Graduation Arizona

GRADUATION CEREMONY ATTIRE

Men should wear professional attire, such as dark pants, dress shirt, tie, and dark shoes (no tennis shoes or flip-flops). Women should also wear professional attire, such as a dress or dress-pants with dark shoes (no tennis shoes or flip-flops).

Gown or Regalia:
The respective Academic Records department will notify students of the deadlines for ordering
graduation regalia through the University’s portal. Students are responsible for ordering their own regalia and will be provided instructions for the ordering process. Once ordered, regalia will be shipped directly to each student. It is the student’s responsibility to bring their regalia to the ceremony. Please note that students who arrive without their regalia will not be permitted to participate in the ceremony.

Caps or mortar boards and gowns must remain in their original state; no decorations may be added. During the ceremony, men remove their caps during prayer, pledges, scripture, and the alma mater. Women always wear their caps.

Doctoral and master’s degree students will wear the tassel on the left; baccalaureate and
associate degree students will wear the tassel on the right.

In addition to the above, graduates may wear the following during the ceremony:

1. Wayland Latin or academic honor cords, stoles, or sashes
2. Wayland Honors Program or Torch and Mantle medallions
3. Stoles or sashes that represent a student’s heritage, ethnicity, and/or native culture and are no
   wider than 5.5 inches across at the widest point, and no longer than 72 inches in length.

Graduating students who wish to wear stoles or sashes that represent their heritage, ethnicity, native
culture, military service, and/or first-generation college status can order pre-approved stoles through
the University's regalia portal as noted above. Students who wish to order a stole through other
means must contact the University Registrar’s office to receive approval from the Associate Registrar or Registrar no later than eight days prior to the graduation ceremony (generally the Friday before final exams begin).

In accordance with university values, the wearing of non-academic stoles is purely at the
discretion of the university. Students’ attire will be assessed prior to walking the stage, and nonacademic cords, stoles, or comparable items may be removed if they do not fit the criteria listed above. Graduates refusing to comply with requirements for attire may be excluded from the commencement ceremony.

Following the recessional, graduates may add supplementary cords, stoles, sashes, or other
celebratory attire.