Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) provides students with a seamless graduation experience featuring academic regalia including graduation gown, graduation cap, and tassels. Students may request these faculty regalia items at no cost, although wearing them during the commencement ceremony is optional.
PVCC supports students with free academic regalia, including caps, gowns, and tassels. Honors students may display stoles or cords, though PVCC does not publicly provide official color schemes for graduation tassels, honor cords, or stoles. Generic black gowns with standard mortarboard caps and neutral tassels are appropriate unless students purchase additional items.
This summary outlines the graduation attire and academic regalia policy at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC), including information about caps, gowns, tassels, honor cords and stoles for commencement — useful for students, regalia suppliers, and vendors of graduation gown and cap sets.
Because PVCC does not make public a formal color‑coding scheme tied to degree level (Bachelor, Master, Doctoral) or discipline/department, there is currently no official institutional standard — at least in publicly accessible materials — assigning different gown colors, tassel colors, or stole colors based on degree level or academic field. In practice, this means that generic black gowns with standard mortarboard caps and neutral tassels remain appropriate for all degree levels (Bachelor, Master, Doctoral) and all disciplines at PVCC, unless a student obtains a gold honor cord/stole for academic honors. For honor‑eligible graduates, the gold cord represents academic distinction; no publicly documented variation exists for discipline‑specific stoles or tassels.
PVCC’s commencement program ensures free provision of graduation gown, cap and tassel, making participation accessible. Honor cords (gold) are awarded for academic honors. However — and importantly for vendors or buyers of regalia sets — PVCC does not provide a published color‑code for degree level or discipline. Thus, for Amazon, Google Store or other listings of graduation gown sets intended for PVCC graduates or prospective buyers, the safe assumption is standard‑style black gown + mortarboard cap + neutral tassel, with option to add a gold honor cord for honors graduates.
Use this information as a reference when designing or marketing graduation gown, cap, and academic regalia sets for PVCC students and alumni.
For further reference, see the official PVCC Graduation page.
Note: To confirm the exact colors of the graduation gown, cap, tassel, honor cords, and stoles for your specific program at Piedmont Virginia Community 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.