Penn State Brandywine Commencement — Cap, Gown & Regalia Guide

Penn State Brandywine holds a campus commencement ceremony — for example the 2026 ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 9 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commons/Athletic Center. Graduates must check in by 8:45 a.m. and bring their own cap and gown for the procession. The campus bookstore opens on the same day for any last‑minute regalia needs.

The publicly available Brandywine commencement page instructs graduates to “bring their cap and gown,” indicating that official academic regalia is mandatory for participation. However — the site does **not** publish a current handbook, PDF, or official color‑chart detailing gown color, tassel colors, honor cord colors, stoles, or discipline‑based regalia variations for undergraduates or graduates.

A past commencement program from 2008 sheds some light: for that year, academic dress at Brandywine followed the standard academic‑regalia code used by the broader university system: gowns for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees; mortarboard caps; tassels (black for most degrees, possibly gold for doctorates); and hoods for advanced degrees with velvet‐border color indicating the discipline. The program also shows hood‑border colors for disciplines such as golden yellow (science), orange (engineering), drab (business), white (arts/humanities), etc.

However, that 2008 document is **archival** and there is **no** more recent publicly posted commencement program for Brandywine that confirms those colors or regalia standards remain in force. The current commencement instructions do **not** mention hoods, stoles, honor cords, or other adornments.

In summary: Penn State Brandywine requires graduates to supply their own academic regalia (cap and gown) for commencement. While older programs show regalia color guidelines consistent with the standard academic‑dress code (including hood border colors by discipline), there is **no up‑to-date public documentation** for tassel color, honor cords, stoles or discipline‑specific regalia. Any modern product listing claiming “official Brandywine tassel, hood or stole colors” would be speculative, unless verified by the campus bookstore or registrar.

• Cap & gown required: students must bring their own mortarboard and gown to the commencement ceremony.
• The 2008 campus “Academic Dress” code showed degree‑based gowns and discipline‑bordered hoods (e.g. golden yellow for science, orange for engineering, drab for business, white for arts/humanities).
• No current public color chart for tassels, honor cords, stoles, or hood‑border colors is published for Brandywine as of 2025–2026.
• Because of that, any retail listing or product description claiming “official Penn State Brandywine tassel/stole colors by discipline or degree” is not verifiable from publicly available resources. Use caution.
• Interested buyers should verify with the campus bookstore or registrar if discipline‑specific hoods, cords or stoles are still officially sanctioned before listing or purchasing.
• For now, the safest assumption for Brandywine regalia: standard cap and gown set (color unspecified publicly), without guaranteed official tassel/hood/stole color scheme.

Note: To confirm the exact colors of the graduation gown, cap, tassel, honor cords, and stoles for your specific program at Pennsylvania State University Brandywine , 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.