Academi
Academic regalia had its beginning
English universities were forming in
scholars also were clerics. They ado
their monastic orders. Caps were a
and capes with hoods attached wer
scholars selected the hood as the a
degrees by color, trim, and binding
The use of academic regalia in the U
since Colonial times. A uniform cod
1895 when the well-defined code of
was adopted by all institutions of hi
The cap, called a mortarboard, is us
all degrees. The standard tassel is
tassels that signify the discipline are
may have a gold tassel. NWTC gra
colored tassel on their caps.
Gowns and hoods vary for different
is usually black with plain sleeves, th
NWTC graduates wear blue gowns.
and has pointed sleeves. The Mast
narrower sleeves that extend below
usually is black but may be of a colo
granting the degree. The Doctor’s
velvet and has three velvet bars acr
The academic hood varies in length
lined with the official colors of the i
The velvet border or edging of the
the degree it represents; apricot-nu
blue-education; brown-fine arts and
taupe-business administration; gold
engineering; pink-music; purple-law
and white-arts, letters and humaniti
Honors N
** Highest Honors (3.75 - 4
* Honors (3.50 - 3
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