Much of the academic regalia associated with receiving a degree is medieval in origin, including the ubiquitous cap and gown ... to be black with "each cap ornamented with a long tassel attached ...

Today, this tradition remains for gowns of religious orders and judiciary, and in academic regalia. Through the years great diversity in color and style of cap, gown and hood have evolved ... degree ...

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104. [The date of your graduation, spelled out] [a few emojis, like the ideas listed above] 105. Tassel: turned. Future: ready. 110. My OOTD: a cap and gown. 111. Things I won’t miss ...

Dear Abby weighs in on a mother who is going through the burden of seeing her son's girlfriend not being able to wear a graduation gown as they prepare to graduate high school together.

What followed was weeks of back-and-forth with school officials, leading to legal challenges questioning the district’s policies around graduation regalia. Villasano ended up wearing the sash ...

Michigan State University's Black Celebratory hosted their Spring 2024 Black Graduation in the Wharton Center yesterday at 3 p.m. The call and response of the phrase, "go green, go Black" came ...

A young woman wearing a graduation gown was one of dozens arrested at Virginia Tech late on Sunday, April 28, during a pro-Palestine protest. Footage filmed by Justin Fleenor shows police detaining ...

I’m very fond of her. This is an exciting year for them both because soon she will be shopping for her graduation gown. Amanda told me her mom has said she will have to wear her older sister’s ...