You have confirmed your doctoral gown. You know which academic hood you need. Now there is one more highly visible part of the graduation outfit to select: the academic headwear. For many doctoral graduates, that raises a practical question: Should I wear a doctoral tam or a traditional mortarboard? The soft doctoral tam has become […]
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A doctoral academic hood can look complicated at first glance. One graduate may have a hood lined with two bright colors and edged in dark blue. Another may have similar lining but green edging. A third graduate may wear completely different colors even though all three have earned doctoral degrees. The easiest way to understand
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Doctoral commencement attire is one of the most distinctive forms of academic dress. The velvet-trimmed gown, colorful academic hood and soft doctoral tam can make a PhD graduate immediately stand out in a commencement procession. But those pieces are not simply decorative. Doctoral academic dress reflects degree level and, depending on the academic-dress system used
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You have finished the dissertation, completed the defense or final doctoral requirements and reached one of the most significant milestones in your academic journey. Now there is one more detail to handle before commencement: your doctoral graduation regalia. Shopping for doctoral academic dress can feel more complicated than buying undergraduate graduation apparel. Instead of choosing
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Graduate school comes with plenty of expenses, so it is understandable that students preparing for commencement want to avoid overpaying for academic regalia. Fortunately, finding reasonably priced master’s graduation apparel does not have to mean buying the first inexpensive gown you see online. A smarter strategy is to determine exactly what your ceremony requires, separate
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Stand behind a group of master’s and doctoral graduates at commencement and you may notice something interesting: their gowns may look similar, but their academic hoods can display dramatically different combinations of blue, gold, white, green, purple, orange, pink and other colors. Those differences can carry academic meaning. In academic-dress traditions commonly referenced in the
You finished your bachelor’s degree, carefully stored your graduation gown and now, a few years later, you are preparing to graduate again—this time with a master’s degree. Opening the closet and finding your old masters cap and gown naturally raises a question: Can you simply wear the same graduation regalia again? Sometimes an individual component
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Shopping for a master’s academic hood can be confusing because a single hood may contain several different colors—and those colors are not necessarily chosen simply to coordinate with your graduation gown. The lining, outer shell and edging can serve different purposes within an academic-dress system. Your exact degree and degree-granting institution may also affect which
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Your master’s gown may be easy to recognize, but the academic hood can be less intuitive. When you first remove a graduate hood from its package, its long shape, lining, edging and attachment features may make it difficult to tell exactly how it should sit. The good news is that academic hood placement becomes much
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If you are preparing to graduate with a master’s degree, you may notice that your commencement outfit looks different from the academic regalia you wore for a bachelor’s degree. Master’s academic dress can include several coordinated pieces rather than simply a graduation masters gown and cap. Depending on your college or university, the complete outfit
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