Dress Degree candidates should dress in keeping with the dignity and tradition of the occasion and in harmony with the formality of the traditional black cap and gown. Wear the academic cap with mortar board flat and the tassel draped over the left temple. Each degree candidate should arrange to obtain a cap and gown from one of the local bookstores well in advance of the ceremony. The costs for the caps and gowns vary according to the academic degree conferred. Processional Each commencement ceremony will include an outdoor processional of faculty and degree candidates into the Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum.
Marshals direct the candidates to their seats.
Candidates for master's degrees should place their hoods over the backs of their chairs before being seated. The doctoral's, master's and baccalaureate degrees are conferred by each college in the order indicated in the commencement program. The first degrees conferred are the doctorates. Each Doctoral candidate walks to the stage when directed by the appropriate dean. Each college dean requests that the masters degree candidates stand as the various major in the college are announced.