Doctoral Hooding Ceremonies

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony, Arts and Sciences

The Graduate Arts and Sciences Doctoral Hooding Ceremony will be held on Saturday May 21st from 1:30-3:30 p.m., at the Cohen Auditorium. Invitations have been mailed, and you must notify Gina Murray (Office of Graduate Studies) of your attendance. Family and friends are invited to a reception immediately following the ceremony. If you choose to attend, the dean will give you a hood as a gift. Gina Murray will be distributing the hoods in her office (Ballou Hall first floor) in early May. Academic regalia are required at the ceremony. You can choose to wear your own gown, or the gown of a family member. Academic regalia is not available for rent.

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony Engineering

The School of Engineering will have its own commencement ceremony following the all-university ceremony. All engineering degree recipients, Doctoral, Masters and Bachelors will receive their degrees at this ceremony. The doctoral recipients will be hooded accompanied by his/her advisor and their research noted at this ceremony. Engineering doctorate recipients will not be part of a separate hooding ceremony, but will be invited to a celebratory reception on Saturday afternoon, May 21, 2011. More information about this event will be relayed directly to eligible students by the School of Engineering. If you choose to attend, the dean will give you a hood as a gift. Gina Murray (Office of Graduate Studies, Ballou Hall, First Floor) will be distributing the hoods in early May.