Commencement Regalia
Academic regalia is worn by all students who march in the Commencement processional. Baccalaureate degree and graduate students wear a black gown, mortarboard (black hat), tassel and a colored hood that indicates the field of study. Associate degree students do not wear a hood. Regalia has been ordered for all graduates.
The cost of your regalia is included in your graduation fee.
Cap and Gowns for Graduates
For traditional, on-campus students, academic regalia (caps, gowns and hoods) needed to be ordered online by March 31, 2024 via this website. For those residential students, pick-up information is forthcoming.
For graduate, online, and off-campus students, academic regalia (caps, gowns and hoods) needed to be ordered online by March 31, 2024 via this website. Materials will be mailed directly to the student’s home address.
Graduating students who requested their regalia to be sent to the Rindge Campus can stop by the Pioneer Lounge at the following times to pick up the regalia for Commencement.
- Monday, April 29: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tuesday, April 30: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 1: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Please note:
- Students will need their ID with them to pick up their regalia.
- If you must arrange for another student to pick up your regalia, please clarify this by emailing Dean of Student Affairs, Zauyah Waite, at waitez@franklinpierce.edu
- Any regalia not picked up during the times above will be registered as a package and can be picked up in the mail room during mailroom hours.
Additional Questions
If you have any difficulty receiving your cap and gowns or have additional question, please reach out to the Dean of Student Affairs, Andrew Pollom, polloma@franklinpierce.edu for further assistance.
CONTACT Student Affairs
Zauyah Waite, Ph.D.
Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
(603) 899-4162
waitez@franklinpierce.edu
studentaffairs@franklinpierce.edu
