Undergraduates
Full academic regalia (including a cap) is required for all ceremonies: Honors and Awards, Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement. Bachelor’s degree candidates must purchase a cap (with tassel), gown and hood at the Salve Regina bookstore. Hoods will not be given to you at the time of purchase but will instead be presented to you at the Baccalaureate Mass.
Men should wear black shoes, black socks, dark trousers (preferably black), a white shirt, a dark tie, a black gown, a cap with black tassel and an honor cord if applicable. Women should wear black shoes, neutral stockings, a dress, a black gown, a cap with a black tassel and an honor cord if applicable. Hoods presented at the Baccalaureate Mass are worn at Commencement.
During the Commencement ceremony, only University-recognized cords, stoles or pins may be worn on the outside of the gown. Corsages or other ornamentation are not allowed.
Graduate students
Full academic regalia (including a cap) is required for Commencement. Candidates must purchase a cap (with tassel), gown and hood at the Salve Regina bookstore.
Men should wear black shoes, black socks, dark trousers (preferably black), a white shirt, a dark tie, a cap, a gown and a hood. Women should wear black shoes, neutral stockings, a dress, a cap, a gown and a hood.
During the Commencement ceremony, only University-recognized cords, stoles or pins may be worn on the outside of the gown. Corsages or other ornamentation are not allowed.