Palo Verde College

Palo Verde College requires eligible students to submit a formal “Petition to Graduate” (or follow the graduation application procedures) and then signal intent to participate in the commencement ceremony.

The College schedules its commencement exercises — for example the 2025 graduation ceremony was set for May 31 at the Physical Education Center.

Students who choose to participate must purchase (or order) their academic regalia — a cap and gown — via PVC’s Graduate Affairs/Student Services process before the deadline (typically May 1) to ensure their set is available. The cap and gown (academic regalia) are mandatory — without them graduates are not permitted to walk in the graduation ceremony.

For graduates who meet academic‑honor criteria (e.g. high GPA or honors standing), PVC permits honor cords and a “gold tassel” to be worn at graduation. However — and importantly — public documentation from PVC does not specify a consistent, standardized color‑scheme for the base graduation gown or cap, nor does it define fixed colors for tassels, stoles, or faculty regalia tied to degree level or discipline.

Similarly, there is no publicly available policy describing colors for stoles, hoods, or discipline‑based academic regalia. The official catalog and regalia guidelines only note the requirement for cap and gown and state that ordering information is available via the Student Services or Bookstore.

In summary: Palo Verde College enforces a formal graduation process — application/petition, clearance, and purchase of cap/gown regalia via the college’s official channel. Graduates who qualify academically may wear honor cords or a gold tassel in recognition. But because PVC does not publicly define any standard color guidelines for the gown, cap, basic tassel, stoles, or faculty regalia, it is not possible — based on available public documents — to assert definitive colors for “graduation gown color,” “cap/tassel base color,” or “stole/faculty regalia color.” If you wish, I can attempt to locate archived graduation‑day photos to see if a de facto traditional color emerges.