graduation ceremonies
Cap and gown events
Graduation ceremonies are formal events marking the completion of an academic program, where students receive diplomas or degrees.
They typically feature caps and gowns, processions, speeches, and the conferral of credentials: The whole family flew in for the graduation ceremony.
Also called commencement, especially in American English, emphasizing the beginning of a new phase rather than the end of study.
- graduatesDegree recipients
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- cap and gownCeremonial graduation attire
- processionFormal moving line
- facultyInherent power or ability
walking across the stage · benediction · invocation · venue selection · mortarboard · recessional · pride · faculty members · tassel turning · valedictorian · conferral · stole · pomp and circumstance · alumni · regalia · tassel · keynote speaker · seating arrangements
- school auditoriumsstage, seats, curtains, microphone, podium
- maritime educationnaval academy, naval academies, naval cadets, cadet programs, seamanship
- school traditionspep rallies, graduation ceremony, school spirit, school dances, homeroom
- Brazilian Educationprofessor, vestibular, colegio, campus, biblioteca
- military academiesmilitary academy, Annapolis, Sandhurst, cadets, VMI
- African Educationuniversities, colleges, polytechnics, technical colleges
graduation ceremoniesorientation
Position relative to surroundings
freshman orientation · matriculation · move-in day · admissions · registration
graduation ceremoniesexpulsion
Forced permanent removal
dismissal · dropping out · suspension · academic probation · withdrawal