Montcalm Community College celebrates student achievement with its annual commencement ceremony each May on the Sidney campus. The event brings together graduates, faculty, friends, and family in a formal academic procession honoring associate degree and certificate recipients. The ceremony includes platform presentations, conferral of degrees, and recognition of academic accomplishments in a traditional commencement format.

All participating candidates in the Montcalm Community College commencement must wear official academic regalia, consisting of a mortarboard graduation cap and a classic black graduation gown. Graduates are responsible for ordering their cap and gown through the MCC Bookstore prior to the ceremony, and the cost of cap and gown attire is billed to the student’s account if they choose to participate.

Academic tassels accompany the graduation cap as part of the cap and gown set and are typically matched with the standard black graduation gown. While Montcalm Community College does not publish an official tassel color chart or a mandatory honor cord color guide on its public website, students commonly wear additional accouterments such as honor cords or stoles for affiliations like Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society or the National Society of Leadership & Success during commencement, according to society policy and approval.

Faculty members and administrators participating in commencement wear full academic regalia appropriate to their earned degrees, including faculty gowns with hoods and color accents denoting academic disciplines. Traditional academic regalia standards are observed to reflect scholarly achievement across programs.

Whether preparing your graduation cap and gown set, coordinating tassels, or adding honor cords and stoles permitted by college policy, Montcalm Community College’s commencement attire underscores academic tradition and student accomplishment.