Cap and Gown Purchase

Dates and Times of Distribution
Caps, gowns, tassels, master hoods and honor cords are available for purchase at the University Store in the Dreyfus University Center from December 7-11.  They will be distributed at the back of the University Store.

Hours of distribution are:
Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
University Store Web site (pricing, diploma frame information)

If you are out of the Stevens Point are and are unable to come pick up your cap and gown during the hours of distribution, you may mail order your cap and gown package to be shipped from December 7-11.  Please call the University Store at 715-346-3431 between 9 a.m.-4 p.m. for mail order and price information. 

Tassel Colors
Bachelor of Science (BS): Gold
Bachelor of Art (BA): White
Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA): Dark Brown
Bachelor of Music (BM): Pink

Master Tassel Color - Black

Hood Colors
MS in Education - Blue
MS in Teaching -  Blue
Master of Music Education - Blue
MA in Communication - Burgundy
MS in Communicative Disorders - Yellow
MS in Human & Community Resources - Yellow
MS in Nutrition Science - Yellow
MS in Natural Resources - Yellow

Attention Master's Candidates: Cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum laude are undergraduate honor designations. Master's degree candidates do not graduate with honors regardless of their grade point average, and do not wear an honor cord.   

Cap, Gown, and Tassel (Protocol)

Wear the mortarboard horizontally (not tipped in any direction), with the point of the cap in the middle of the forehead. 

Bachelor and Associate Degrees Candidates
Wear the tassel on the right side of the mortarboard. After the Chancellor’s charge to graduates (at the end of the program), you will be told to shift your tassel to the left of the mortarboard. It is appropriate to wear honor cords, the Chancellor’s Leadership Award, the Albertson Medallion and/or other approved honors designations. Honors cords are draped over the shoulders with the tasseled ends to the front.

Master’s Degrees Candidates
Tassels are worn on the left side of the mortarboard at all times. Carry the Master's hood over your right arm during the procession. Make sure the hood is unbuttoned. When your name is called, step to the stage. Your hood will be installed by an advisor, dean of your college, or provost.

Semester Abroad Sashes

Students who have participated in a semester-long UWSP semester abroad program have received a sash to wear at commencement which identifies the country in which the student elected to study from the UWSP International Programs office. If you did not receive this sash, contact the office at (715) 346-2717 or visit them in Room 108, Collins Classroom Center.