Hooding and Recognition Ceremony Faculty Information

The Hooding and Recognition Ceremony honors our graduates and their hard work in earning an advanced degree. We hope you will join us to celebrate their accomplishments. 

Arrival 

Please arrive between 3:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

Please arrive in your regalia, find your student(s) before assembling, and sit with your candidates. If you are hooding multiple candidates, please remain and sit together during the ceremony.

Hooding Procedures

While many Ph.D. students prefer to be hooded by their adviser, all faculty members are eligible to participate. If an adviser cannot participate, a member of the graduate student’s committee or the University’s chief marshal can stand in. Students are only permitted to have one faculty member hood them, although all faculty members may attend the ceremony 

When it is time to hood the Ph.D. candidates, you and your student will walk together up to the stage. You will ascend first, walk across the platform, stop next to the chief marshal, and face the audience. Once your student’s name has been called, they will stand on an X in front of you. You will place the hood over their head from behind and straighten the tail of the hood. If you are hooding multiple students, remain next to the chief marshal until you have hooded the last candidate.  

Find step-by-step instructions in our How to Hood a Doctoral Candidate Guide.

Faculty Regalia

Please wear academic regalia from the institution from which you received your advanced degree. If you do not have regalia, you can rent or purchase it from our vendor, Harden and Associates: 

You can also contact Harden & Associates by email, or by calling 800-228-7935.

Frequently Asked Questions