Celebrating Your Commencement

Congratulations! You are soon to be a college graduate and what better way to honor that transition than by attending your college commencement.

Your college commencement is designed to honor your journey through higher education. It is a day set aside to honor the earning of your Bachelor’s Degree.

Celebrate your College Commencement with your family and friends.

Enjoy putting on your academic regalia and reflect on the hours of studying, learning, and sacrificing that is took you to get to this important point. By dressing in your Commencement Regalia, you become part of the rich tradition of higher education that is traced back to the 12th Century. Although the basis for higher education can be traced back to the work of Isocrates, in ancient Greece, it is not until the 12th and 13th Century that we see the emergence of universities in Europe.

Your Commencement Regalia consists of the academic robe and mortarboard with tassel. Some institutions use a baccalaureate hood, which contains the university colors and the appointed colors of the discipline. Depending on the honors and awards you have earned, you will also wear honor cords with your academic robes. Also, your honor designations will be announced and acknowledged in the commencement program.

CUM LAUDE: Graduating with distinction – 3.5 grade point average or above out of a
possible 4.0 in bachelor’s degree program.

MAGNA CUM LAUDE: Graduating with great distinction – 3.7 grade point average or above out of a possible 4.0 bachelor’s degree program.

SUMMA CUM LAUDE: Graduating with highest distinction – 3.9 grade point average or above out of a possible 4.0 bachelor’s degree program.