Monmouth College

Prepare for Monmouth College’s commencement with official academic regalia, including graduation gowns, graduation caps, tassels, honor cords, and stoles. This guide helps graduates, families, and online shoppers understand regalia options, honor distinctions, and commencement tradition.

• Commencement Ceremony Overview: Monmouth College hosts its annual commencement ceremony each spring as a formal celebration of student achievement. Graduates wear traditional cap and gown academic regalia and participate in a processional, degree conferral, and recognition of honors.
• Academic Regalia – Cap, Gown & Tassels: All degree candidates are required to wear an academic graduation gown and graduation cap (mortarboard). The classic black gown is the foundation of the academic dress, often paired with a matching tassel. While Monmouth College does not publish discipline‑specific tassel colors, traditional practice allows tassels to reflect academic fields or honors when indicated.
• Honor Designations & Cords: Monmouth College authorizes specific honors regalia based on academic achievement. Graduates earning cumulative GPAs meet Latin honors criteria — cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude — with corresponding regalia: summa cum laude is represented by a pendant, magna cum laude by a cord, and cum laude by a gold tassel worn with the graduation cap.
• Honor Cords & Society Cords: Additional honor cords or stoles may be worn for membership in approved academic programs, honor societies, or the College Honors Program. Students are notified by email for pick‑up prior to commencement.
• Faculty Regalia: Faculty academic regalia includes the traditional gown and mortarboard or tam, with faculty hoods and velvet trim indicating earned degrees. Faculty regalia colors correspond to the faculty member’s earned academic discipline following standard academic dress practices (though specific Monmouth College hood colors are outlined per degree).
• Complete Academic Regalia Sets: For commencement, graduates typically purchase or rent cap, gown and tassels sets which may include optional honor cords and stoles to display achievement and affiliation during this milestone event.

Monmouth College Academic Regalia — Google Store Highlights

• Classic Black Graduation Gown & Cap: Standard academic regalia for all undergrad and graduate students.
• Bachelor’s Graduation Tassel: Black tassel with gold tassel for cum laude honors.
• Magna Cum Laude Cord: Academic cord for magna cum laude graduates.
• Summa Cum Laude Pendant: Pendant honor for highest academic distinction.
• Honor Society Stoles & Cords: Approved colorful stoles and cords for honor society members.
• Master’s Academic Regalia: Black master’s gown, cap and tassel with optional cords or stoles.
• Faculty Academic Regalia: Faculty wear discipline‑specific hoods and gown trim reflecting their highest earned degree.

Note: To confirm the exact colors of the graduation gown, cap, tassel, honor cords, and stoles for your specific program at Monmouth College, you can reach out directly to the college's administration or the office responsible for commencement and student services. They can provide you with the most accurate and up-to-date information regarding academic regalia.