Academic regalia

Its that time of year again. The strains of Pomp and Circumstance fill the air as commencement ceremonies all over the country open with the faculty filing into the field, or gymnasium, or stadium, or convention center. Tradition calls for the faculty and students to be dressed in academic regalia. Academic regalia, or academicals, refer to …

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The design of Vanderbilt’s academic regalia and the colors worn by graduating students, faculty and administrators are significant from cap to collar to cuff. But what does this ornate attire mean?

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Why are U.S. graduates still sporting gowns, caps and tassels at their commencement ceremonies?

I’d like to see a big televised tournament where America’s top 64 history, literature, and art professors are bracketed against each other in a competition. (Above–An illustration…

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5.3.24– Academic Hooding Ceremony • • The beginning of an absolutely amazing weekend. 10/10, no notes. On this day I ✨officially✨ became Dr. Amber D. Crenshaw and it feels so unreallllll. To have my parents place my hood was enough to have me in my feels for a lifetime because I honestly could not have completed this journey without them in my corner cheering me on and praying for me real hard. I’ve been crying since Thursday and I’ll probably be crying until the end of the year tbh. I…

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