Tradition at Colorado State calls for doctoral students to be hooded by their advisors at the commencement ceremonies. In the event that any of your advisees are planning to go through the commencement exercise, the Graduate School encourages you to attend the ceremony and participate in their hooding. If you are not able to attend, you are encouraged to ask another faculty member to come to the ceremonies in your place. In some cases, this may be a member of the student’s committee or someone else who has been significant to the student during their graduate career.
There is no mechanism by which we can know whether your advisee(s) are in fact planning to attend the ceremonies. Past history suggests that most who attend get in touch with their advisor. However, if there is any doubt, you might want to initiate contact.
Procedures for the ceremony
- Assemble with your advisees in Never No Summer at least 45 minutes before the ceremony begins. Each candidate will bring an appropriate hood to the ceremony, having received it with the rest of the academic regalia. Please take the hood from each of your advisee(s) because you will need to carry it for the formal hooding ceremony.
- As the Processional enters the LSC Ballrooms, proceed with your advisee(s) to the proper reserved seating on the floor. A marshal will direct you to appropriate places. Each advisor should be seated with his or her advisee(s).
- For the hooding, the candidates, accompanied by their advisors, will approach the platform. The announcement will be read; the doctoral candidate will move forward and be hooded by their advisor.
- Candidates will individually ascend the platform. The college dean will present the diploma and the Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs and Dean will congratulate the graduate.
- Following congratulations, both graduate and advisor are to return to their original seats.
We hope that you will be able to attend this important function. Thanks for helping make it a success.