Doctor<\/strong>: tailored with full, bell-shaped sleeves; three velvet bars (signifying the third level of degree) on each sleeve; and two velvet panels on either side of the front closure. The bars and panels are either black or in the color of the given degree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHood<\/h3>\n
The three-degree levels are represented in different hoods of increasing length. Not worn by graduating seniors, a hood is worn by faculty and staff whose terminal degree is the baccalaureate; the hood is short and hangs to about the middle of the wearer’s back. The master’s hood is moderate in length, and the doctoral hood is fuller and longer.<\/p>\n
The colors of the external velvet panels represent the particular degree field. Colors most commonly seen at commencement<\/span> exercises:<\/p>\n\n- Arts<\/li>\n
- Business Administration<\/span><\/li>\n
- Education<\/li>\n
- Law<\/li>\n
- Philosophy<\/li>\n
- Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Internal colors of the hood opened outward on the lower end, representing the institution that granted the degree. The colors for Bemidji State University are green and white.<\/p>\n
Hat<\/h3>\n
The academic hat can be either the traditional flat-top variety, known as a mortar-board or the tam variety.<\/p>\n
\n- Mortar-boards<\/strong>: The mortar-boards are so named from the similarity to the top portion of the mortar-board used by a mason. At the University of Paris, teachers placed square, stiff caps on graduates to signify promotion. This type of headgear was adopted later by the masters at Oxford.<\/li>\n
- Tassels<\/strong>: The doctoral degree is represented by the gold bullion tassel on the academic hat. At Bemidji State University, all other degrees are indicated by black tassels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Commencement Attire Undergraduate students who participate in the Commencement exercise MUST wear a green cap and gown. Graduate students who participate in the Commencement exercise MUST wear a black cap and gown. There are sizes available for all graduates. If you are receiving an honors medallion, the medallion can be picked up at the Sanford […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":944,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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