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REGALIA STYLE FILES: LOOKING GOOD SINCE 1096

Penn arts and sciences faculty wear robes rooted in medieval tradition..

Monday, June 5, 2017

By Lauren Rebecca Thacker

College graduation day looks strikingly similar to graduation days of yore, with soon-to-be grads filling Franklin Field wearing black undergraduate robes and tasseled mortarboards. Faculty, wearing the robes and hoods from their graduate institutions, are a more vibrant group. Penn’s red and blue doctoral robes mingle with Harvard’s crimson and Columbia’s pale blue. An Oxford robe might appear, and hats of all shapes, sizes, and levels of puffiness adorn the scholars’ heads. This could be 2017, 1717, or 1117— academic dress has a history dating to medieval Europe.

Academic dress in the United States and Europe, also known as regalia, can be traced back to traditions begun by Oxford University (founded, by best estimates, in 1096), University of Cambridge (founded 1209), and Portugal’s University of Coimbra (founded 1290). When scholars wore robes and hoods in drafty libraries, hoods weren’t for decoration. They were to be worn as hoods. When hoods transitioned from functional to decorative, scholars began to add hats, and styles differ across  institutions  and countries. Square, flat caps become common in Britain, while French scholars adopted a fluted, pillbox style cap ( très chic ) and Spanish academics took a cue from Roman Catholic clerical dress and wore four-peaked, square hats called birettas.

The first U.S. universities were firmly rooted in the European tradition. However, while European universities generally set their own customs, U.S. academic dress is more standardized. Penn created internal standards for regalia in 1887; in 1895, that system was abandoned when representatives from leading academic  institutions  in the U.S. established a code to regulate the cut, color, style, and materials of the gowns. Additional adjustments to the code were made in 1932, and that was that.

From 11th-century scholars shivering by a fire to a parade of gowns at Franklin Field, wearing regalia has always symbolized academic achievement and commitment. Here, we take a look at some Penn Arts and Sciences professors, partying like it’s 1096.

Larry Silver , James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professor of History of Art

Silver wears Harvard’s crimson robes, but the real story here is the mace he’s wielding. Like regalia, ceremonial maces have a long history. The earliest ceremonial maces were carried in royal processions and doubled as weapons. By the 14th century, maces were increasingly decorative and used in civic and academic processions.

The University mace Silver carries was a gift of the family of William Murray Gordon, M.D. 1910. It is adorned with the seal and arms of the University, the William Penn and Benjamin Franklin family coats-of-arms, a depiction of the Rittenhouse Orrery, and a thistle symbolizing the early ties of the University with the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Each year, the Dean of Penn Arts and Sciences invites a retiring professor to hold the mace at the College graduation. The invited professor is someone who has made a mark on undergraduate education in his or her time at the School. Silver, retiring after 20 years in the History of Art department, says he had fun as the mace-bearer and adds, “It’s lighter than it looks!”

Karen Redrobe , Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Endowed Professor in Film Studies and Chair of History of Art 

Redrobe wears the Princeton II regalia, which follows U.S. conventions set in 1895 and confirmed in 1932. An older, European-style regalia is also available to Princeton grads. In addition, she wears traditional, brightly colored boots—traditional to her, anyway.

“I bought those boots as a present to myself after my own Ph.D. graduation,” she says. “The Ph.D. is an extremely challenging degree; like academic life in general, doing it well requires an immense amount of stamina. I think it is important to remember the great joy that deep learning can bring, especially at these moments of completion. That’s part of what the boots are about for me. They are extremely uncomfortable, so I don’t wear them often, but I wear them every graduation both to remind myself of the trepidation and excitement you feel when you step out into the world with your new Ph.D., and to express sartorial solidarity with the queer community at graduation through my rainbow feet. As a bonus, rainbows happen to pair very well with orange.”

Justin McDaniel ,   Professor and Chair of Religious Studies (left), and  Ralph Rosen ,   Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities and Professor and Undergraduate Chair of Classical Studies (right)

McDaniel and Rosen also wear Harvard’s crimson robes. Most universities use the color of the hood to indicate a graduate’s field of study, but Harvard does things a little differently. All Harvard gowns have a set of embroidered crow’s feet on the chest; the color of the feet reflects the school from which the wearer graduated. Though McDaniel and Rosen are from different disciplines, the blue crow’s feet on their gowns indicate that they both graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

In this photo, McDaniel might be pondering what to add to the syllabus next time he teaches Existential Despair, a Benjamin Franklin Seminar.

Philip Rea , Professor of Biology and Rebecka and Arie Belldegrun Distinguished Director, Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management

Rea wears the unchanged-for-500-years robes of Oxford University. That’s right, Oxford boasts that the last modifications to their academic dress were made back in the 16th century. He demonstrates a major difference between European and U.S. regalia: European regalia is often worn open. He also demonstrates that even with centuries of practice, Oxford hasn’t quite achieved wrinkle-proof robes.

Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw , Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair of History of Art

Shaw wears Stanford’s multicolored regalia. You might notice that her robes, with color blocking and lack of velvet bars, are more similar to Rea’s Oxford dress than to those worn by graduates of other U.S. institutions. That’s because Stanford modeled their dress on the University of Cambridge, another oldie but goodie.

Victor H. Mair , Professor of Professor and Undergraduate Chair of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Mair went to Harvard, but he doesn’t wear crimson robes for special occasions. Instead, his regalia comes from The Education University of Hong Kong, from which he received an honorary Doctor of Humanities in 2010. Like Rea and Shaw, Mair wears robes influenced by the European style. He also demonstrates a variation in academic headgear. If Mark Twain is right that clothes make the man, it’s fair to say that hats make the academic.

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Explore the Symbolism and Prestige of Doctoral Degree Gowns

Doctoral degree gowns hold a rich tradition and symbolism, representing the pinnacle of academic achievement. These gowns, often referred to as doctoral robes or regalia, serve as a visual representation of the wearer's scholarly accomplishments and the institution they represent.

Significance of All-Black Gowns with Black Velvet

The classic image of a doctoral robe often features an all-black gown with intricate black velvet accents, particularly on the front panels and sleeve cuffs. The choice of black symbolizes the seriousness, solemnity, and dignity of academia. The luxurious black velvet signifies the discipline and rigor that define the journey toward earning a doctoral degree.

Wearing Gowns with Colors

While the traditional all-black gown is deeply symbolic, some institutions incorporate specific colors or elements into doctoral regalia. These colors often denote fields of study, academic disciplines, or the university's colors. For instance, a splash of a distinctive hue on the velvet trim, hood, or sleeves might represent a specific academic department or discipline. This customization adds a personal touch to the regalia while honoring the diverse fields of study pursued by doctoral scholars.

The Impact of Academic Prestige

Wearing doctoral gowns holds a special significance during commencement ceremonies, academic convocations, and other scholarly events. The attire not only reflects the individual's scholarly achievements but also contributes to the overall atmosphere of achievement, tradition, and scholarly excellence. It signifies the dedication, hard work, and expertise that culminate in earning a doctoral degree. Here's a comprehensive color chart outlining the meanings associated with different colors for doctoral graduation robes:

• Represents solemnity, formality, and the traditional color of doctoral regalia.
• Symbolizes the discipline, dignity, and seriousness of academic achievement.
• Signifies philosophy, a broad field encompassing wisdom, intellect, and scholarship.
• Represents the study of liberal arts, including literature, history, and the humanities.

Gold/Yellow:

• Symbolizes excellence, achievement, and the highest level of academic accomplishment.
• Represents the fields of science, mathematics, and social sciences.
• Represents growth, fertility, and the natural world.
• Signifies the study of medicine, pharmacy, and related health sciences.
• Symbolizes royalty, power, and ambition.
• Represents the study of law, jurisprudence, and political science.
• Signifies passion, energy, and determination.
• Represents the study of arts, including music, fine arts, and performing arts.

Light Blue/Cyan:

• Symbolizes tranquility, creativity, and innovation.
• Represents the study of education, pedagogy, and instructional design.
• Signifies stability, reliability, and practicality.
• Represents the study of business, management, and related disciplines.
• Symbolizes compassion, nurturing, and understanding.
• Represents the study of social work, counseling, and psychology.

Silver/Gray:

• Signifies neutrality, balance, and practicality.
• Represents interdisciplinary studies or a combination of various fields.
• Symbolizes purity, innocence, and spirituality.
• Represents the study of theology, divinity, and religious studies.
• Signifies enthusiasm, creativity, and determination.
• Represents the study of communication, journalism, and media studies.

Doctoral degree gowns, whether in traditional all-black with black velvet or adorned with specific colors, stand as a symbol of academic accomplishment, knowledge, and dedication. They embody the rich heritage of academia and serve as a testament to the wearer's commitment to advancing knowledge in their field. Whether steeped in tradition or personalized with vibrant hues, these gowns showcase the culmination of years of scholarly pursuit and excellence.

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How to Wear Your Doctoral Regalia Set

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It’s time for graduation, and we want to make sure that you wear your beautiful regalia correctly. During my own graduation, I remember searching on Google for videos to try to figure out how to properly wear my gown. And since we often get this question here at PhinisheD Gown, we decided to share the instructions with you.

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Most men wear a nice crisp dress shirt with a tie on top. A nice pair of slacks or khakis plus dress shoes complete the look. Ladies usually wear a summer dress and heels or flats. If your ceremony is on a grass field and you want to wear heels, make sure the heel points are wide enough that they don’t sink into the ground.

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Most doctoral graduation gowns are worn closed with a front zipper, except Stanford which has an open style. Your sleeve should sit around your wrists, and the bottom of the gown should be about 8-12" above the floor.

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To keep the hood secured in place, loop the string attached to the hood onto the button inside the gown near the top of the front zipper. Alternatively, you can loop the string onto your shirt’s button underneath the gown.

Once you have the hood on, have someone flip the part of the hood on your back inside out starting from the top. This reveals the hood lining color and shows off your school colors. To keep the hood in place, use the string to loosely tie the 2 buttons on the hood that should be sitting on your upper back.

If you are receiving your PhD degree, don’t wear your hood until after the hooding ceremony. During the hooding ceremony, you will be granted the degree and hooded by your department.

Wear the tam horizontally so that it is parallel to the ground and sits about an inch above the ears. Place the tassel on the left side of the tam (flipping the tassel is only for undergraduate degrees).

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Official Degree Color Chart

This Academic Hood Colors List serves an important function for your set of graduation Academic Regalia (hood, tam, and gown). The regalia hood colors typically include four sections: shell fabric, velvet edge, satin field, and satin chevron. The color of the velvet edge is determined using this official degree color chart . That velvet edge hood color, sometimes known as Academic Regalia Inter-Collegiate Colors, represents your specific degree or discipline. The satin field and chevron (the hood lining colors) represent your university or college school colors. The overall size and shape represents the type of degree: bachelor's, master's, or doctoral (with the narrow end getting progressively longer with the higher ranking degrees). Finally, the fabric shell color simply matches the fabric color of the graduation gown, which is usually black but sometimes is another color depending on the degree-granting institution. Associate degrees use a special cowl instead of a hood. Below is the official academic regalia hood color list. Your academic hood colors are ultimately the decision of your degree-granting institution and you. However, these are the official academic regalia colors.

See the footnote for PhD degrees, rules regarding multiple degrees, and determining your field and chevron colors.

Academic Regalia Inter-Collegiate Colors

* In determining your academic regalia colors, please note the following: All PhD degrees (as opposed to Doctorate degrees) use "PhD Blue", which is dark blue, in the academic colors. For example, a Doctorate in Psychology would include in your academic hood colors the color Gold, however a PhD in Psychology would use dark blue. If you are unsure if your degree is a Doctorate or PhD, please contact your administrative advisor to determine your precise degree title and academic regalia hood colors.

If you have multiple degrees , the rule is that you use only one hood, and only one degree/discipline color. You use the hood and color that represents your highest ranking degree (with Doctoral as highest, Masters as second highest, Bachelors as third highest, and Associate as the lowest). If you have two different degrees at the same highest ranking degree, you generally use the most recently awarded degree as your hood.

If you have an unlisted degree , there is no official color and it is dependant on the individual college or university to determine the color to be used for your hood. Typically, the most similar degree on the official chart is chosen. For example, if your degree is in an advance computer science field, usually the school chooses Science Gold for the degree color.

Hood Lining Colors (Field and Chevron)

The above list describes only your velvet colors. There are three additional colors that typically go into your hood. They are the shell fabric (usually black, but sometimes the color of your robe if your robe is a special color that your university uses), and the lining colors.

Hoods are lined with the official color or colors of the college or university conferring the degree. More than one color is shown by division of the field color in a variety of ways. Most schools divide the color by using a single chevron. Occasionally, a school might use more than one chevron, no chevron but instead a single field color, an equal division, a reverse chevron, a straight bar, or other methods. While Academic Apparel can make any variety of hood, please note that the online ordering system assumes a single field and a single standard chevron. For other unusual types of hoods, you will have to use our downloadable fax forms.

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The official "Academic Costume Code and Academic Ceremony Guide" includes a sentence that reads as follows: "The various academic costume companies maintain complete files on the approved colors for various institutions."

Once upon a time long ago, that sentence was correct. However, that was before colleges started springing up across the nation at a rapid rate in the last 50 years or so, and before institutions started the practice of changing their hood colors depending on style or taste or the desires of the student body or economics for bulk manufacturing (sometimes even on a yearly basis).

We are the direct manufacturer of academic regalia.  This means one good thing and one bad thing (from your perspective). 

The good thing is our prices are significantly lower than your degree-granting university would charge to sell them to you, yet the quality is the same or better than what they offer.  That's because we are a relatively lean organization, independent, with over 60 years of experience, and we do not pay sales representatives, or have retail stores, or have a large advertising and marketing budget.

The bad thing is we cannot keep up with the changes each university makes to their regalia each year, and therefore require that our customers make their own inquiries to their degree-granting universities to discover what the current regalia colors are supposed to be for that school before placing an order.

We suggest you find out in advance of ordering what your school colors are, and which goes in the field and which goes in the chevron of the hood. You might also ask the following additional information: 1) whether they use 6 or 8 sides for their tam (if you are buying a tam); 2) whether they use a tam or a mortarboard for a Master's degree (if you are inquiring about a master's gown regalia set); 3) whether they use the standard black for the gown and hood shell color or if they have a special color; 4) whether they use an embroidered school emblem or symbol on the gown velvet an dif so what it looks like (these are fairly rare, but a few schools use them); 5) and if there is anything special about the regalia not covered by those questions. 

Generally the best source for this information is the University book store or student store. Someone at most bookstores has all of this information.

You should know that you have the right to purchase your gown from any manufacturer, and not just the company that has a contract with your university. By getting this information on your own and purchasing your regalia from Academic Apparel, you will be saving money, and getting a regalia set that looks at least as good as what your school offers, and often it looks and feels significantly better than the bulk manufactured chinese gowns many colleges are now selling (and ours will last longer than those gowns too).

While we would really like to help you obtain this information, and hope to some day send out surveys each year to each university asking for this data, it is beyond our abilities to do so right now. If you are willing to do the footwork to find this information out, we know you will get a superb robe, hood, and tam from us, at prices that cannot be beat.

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Chipotle chairman and CEO Brian Niccol ’96 will deliver address to nearly 4,100 degree candidates

Nearly 4,100 degree candidates are expected for Miami University’s 185th Spring Commencement this Saturday at Yager Stadium.

The ceremony celebrating the Class of 2024 begins at 10:30 a.m. and will be livestreamed on YouTube for those unable to attend in person. The ceremony will be held rain or shine.

A total of 4,099 degrees are expected to be conferred during the ceremony, including 3,480 bachelor’s degrees; 419 master’s degrees; 131 certificates; 56 associate degrees; and 13 doctorates.

Brian Niccol ’96 is this year’s commencement speaker . Niccol, chairman and CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill, has maintained strong ties to Miami since graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Science, Engineering Management. Niccol and his wife, Jennifer ’97, recently donated a $2 million gift to the Miami men’s basketball program, as well as providing the Niccol Family Basketball Award for Excellence in Academics and Athletics.

Divisional ceremonies and other graduate recognition programs occur throughout the weekend. More information can be found on the commencement webpage .

The top 10 undergraduate degrees to be conferred this year are: Marketing (284), Finance (272), Psychology (209), Biology (148), Nursing (121), Political Science (111), Kinesiology (109), Computer Science (108), Strategic Communications (102), and Supply Chain and Operations (83).

A total of 14.9% of students earning a bachelor’s degree will graduate with cum laude honors, 10% magna cum laude, and 5.7% summa cum laude. For associate degree recipients, 7.1% will graduate with cum laude honors and 3.6% magna cum laude.

Degree candidates represent 43 states and 23 countries.

Additionally, four honorary degrees will be awarded. Those recipients are:

• David Dafoe, founder and owner of Flavorman and one of the country’s foremost authorities on flavor. Dafoe graduated from Miami in 1984 with a B.A. in Zoology.
• Sharon Draper, author and educator whose novel “Out of My Mind” was recently adapted into a film . Draper earned a M.A. in English from Miami in 1973.
• Brian Niccol, who has helped accelerate sales growth in his roles as chairman and CEO of Chipotle.
• Tom Smith, founder and managing partner of Prescott General Partners, a private asset management firm. Smith graduated from Miami in 1950 with a B.S. in Economics and recently donated a fourth sculpture to Miami’s Oxford campus.

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• Area high school students are benefitting from Early College Academy , an offering from Miami University Regionals that allows them to obtain an associate degree before graduating from high school. The first cohort of 19 high school seniors graduate from the program, which launched in 2022.
• Miami’s Nursing graduate program celebrates its first cohort this spring. The online Master of Science degree program has seven who will graduate in the growing field of advanced practice nursing.
• Graduate student Gavin Osterday combines his interest in earning a Master’s Degree in Entrepreneurship and Emerging Technology.
• Sean Scott found a passion for the press while at Miami. After graduation, he’ll serve the community as the founding editor of the new Oxford Free Press.

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EMORY UNIVERSITY'S 179TH COMMENCEMENT CELEBRATED THE EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CLASS OF 2024.

Accomplishment, joy and abundant gratitude took center stage as thousands of Emory graduates and their loved ones came together May 10-13 to mark the university’s 179th Commencement.

Proud graduates celebrated their achievements at diploma ceremonies for each of the university’s nine schools and multiple degree programs, while undergraduates in the Class of 2024 gathered on Monday morning, May 13, for the university ceremony.

From the moment families and friends began filing into their seats in the Gas South Arena until the final chorus of the alma mater, with blue and gold streamers drifting down upon the newest group of Emory alumni, the ceremony was a celebration of the remarkable achievements and perseverance of the Class of 2024.

Spirited gathering music from the Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet welcomed students and their families. As graduates in caps and gowns processed in from the four corners of the arena, the boom of a bass drum and the iconic skirl of bagpipes from the Atlanta Pipe Band silenced the crowd.

With that, Emory University Commencement began.

Professor Robert Franklin: "Strive to be timeless."

Robert Franklin, the James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership at the Candler School of Theology, welcomed attendees with an acknowledgment of the change of venue for this year’s events.

“All of you have demonstrated the wisdom of a little proverb that says, ‘Blessed are the flexible, for they shall never be bent out of shape,’” Franklin said.   

Offering the first of many first pieces of advice graduates would receive throughout the day, he encouraged each to “strive to be timeless — in your ambitions, in your actions, in your treatment of others.”

Franklin reflected on the unique challenges faced by this undergraduate class, who graduated high school amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the courage with which they’ve faced it all.

“When the history books are written, those headlines will tell only a part of the story, but they will not capture the depth of your resilience, your humanity, your thoughtfulness, your countless daily efforts to lift others up and, even when it’s painful, to hear the perspectives of others, especially those with whom you disagree,” said Franklin.

“But that is precisely what it takes to be timeless, to tap into the eternal essence of what it means to share a community and, indeed, a planet, to give of yourselves in those small, mundane moments, so that you and others can excel, thrive, heal and understand.”

With the official conferral of degrees, Emory welcomed 5,145 new alumni across the university’s nine schools, who earned a total of 5,260 degrees and hailed from 55 U.S. states and territories along with 58 other nations.

Emory President Gregory L. Fenves encouraged graduates to take a moment and bask in the glow of their achievements, surrounded by those they love the most.

“Enjoy this moment of accomplishment. In the years ahead, you will strive to achieve new goals. But right now, take one more look around at your friends and your family. Appreciate this experience,” Fenves said. “You have reached a milestone in your life. You did this. You made it happen. Savor it, enjoy it, celebrate it.”

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Dr. valerie montgomery rice: “welcome to your first day in the school of life.”.

Physician-scientist and health equity advocate Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and CEO of the Morehouse School of Medicine, delivered the keynote address for the Class of 2024.

A renowned infertility specialist and researcher, she began her remarks by reflecting on her experience as a resident at the Emory School of Medicine, where she trained at both Emory University Hospital and Grady Memorial Hospital — two facilities with quite different patient populations. Seeing her professor treat patients at both hospitals with the same expertise and respect helped set the foundation for her commitment to health equity.

Speaking to students who mostly began their Emory careers in fall 2020, Montgomery Rice noted this was the first educational milestone many were able to celebrate in person. And while their time as Emory students ended that morning, she explained, their time in the “school of life” was just beginning.

“Getting here is a great accomplishment. But having traveled this road, I can only imagine that for some of you, it wasn’t easy. Maybe you had to work two or three jobs, struggle to get passing grades or change directions when you figured out the career path you thought you wanted no longer fit for your future,” she said.

It’s a road Montgomery Rice knows well. Pursuing a cooperative undergraduate education, she worked with Proctor and Gamble and was offered a job at the end of her experience.

“The realization of life as a chemical engineer forced me to assess if my personal interests really aligned closely with science or with people,” she said. “I realized you could actually have both and I found my true passion in medicine.”

In other words, change is possible.

Montgomery Rice went on to detail four guideposts she hopes graduates will find helpful as they move into the “school of life”:

First, listen to learn . Rather than listening to respond, use listening to engage with ideas. “It’s not passive,” she said, “but a deliberate choice to be fully present and immerse ourselves in the perspectives of others without judgment. It’s inclusive.”

Second, learn to include. “I implore each of us to embrace the values of diversity and inclusion and make every effort to have constructive conversations, no matter the situation. The path forward begins with listening and inclusion.” Montgomery Rice also spoke to the importance of broadening exposure to a wide range of people, which will lead to more meaningful experiences in the future.

Third, include to grow . “The wider the circle you have, the more opportunities you have to grow,” she said. “You’re not just growing for yourself. You’re growing for yourself and everyone else.” That means including others, but it also means saying “yes” when others work to include you.

Finally, grow to impact . Montgomery Rice was not interested in obstetrics when she began and instead had her sights set on reproductive endocrinology and infertility. To get there, she had to complete an OB/GYN residency. She expected to be “checking the box” but instead grew curious about the science of ovulation and connected the dots of how research could positively impact women — particularly women of color. “I’ve never lost sight of the fact that research, technology, and who we train and how we train them, have an impact.”

On this “first day in the school of life,” she also left students with a homework assignment: to hug the people in their support systems and share how grateful they are. After all, nobody got here alone.

“Many of you will do great things, but to graduate from the school of life with a cum laude degree, all you have to do is one thing,” Montgomery Rice said. “That is to do the best you can with what you have. And remember to listen, learn, include and grow.

“The world may not be ready for you, but I am confident you are ready for the world.”

Before speaking, Montgomery Rice was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters. During the ceremony, Emory also awarded honorary degrees to acclaimed violinist Robert McDuffie and Dr. Victor Dzau , president of the National Academy of Medicine.

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Celebrating today, with big plans for tomorrow.

While each year’s graduates deserve celebration, Commencement for the undergraduate Class of 2024 held special meaning for students and their families.

“So many students in this class were born around 9/11 and then had no prom or graduation because COVID-19 changed their senior year,” said Kim Ajy of Johns Creek, Georgia. Her son Samir Ajy — an Oxford College continuee — graduated from Emory College of Arts and Sciences with a degree in political science and plans to take a gap year while studying for the law school admission exam. “This is the first opportunity for them to have a true graduation celebration,” she said. “I’m so glad we can celebrate them now.”

The celebrations weren’t confined to undergraduate ceremonies, however. Case in point: Sydney McCabe , who graduated first in her Emory Law class with a JD in transactional law, had a 22-member cheering section on hand, ranging from a 14-month-old nephew to her 90-year-old grandmother.

And Ijeoma Nwaobia traveled from Botswana to see her daughter, Precious Adanna Nwaobia , graduate from Rollins School of Public Health with a focus in behavioral, social and health education sciences. Her interests in program evaluation and health equity are no surprise to her brother George, who says concern for the welfare of others is what drew Precious to the field of public health. “I am in awe of the energy and passion she demonstrates,” he said.

Passion is also a hallmark of Kenneth Williams from Lawrenceville, Georgia, who earned his MD from Emory School of Medicine and will begin his anesthesia residency in Dallas, Texas, next month. “He’s very hard working and very passionate about his future profession,” said his mother, Jaicy Williams. “He’s known he wanted to go into medicine since he was in elementary school.”

For other students, their Emory experience took them down a different path than what they originally anticipated — and they realized that was okay.

First-generation student Paul Cruz Jr. began Emory’s nursing program believing his main interest was the emergency room, but he was soon won over by young patients. His next step will be a nursing residency at Texas Children’s Pediatrics in his hometown of Houston, Texas. He got so much from the program that his mom, Angie Barajas, expects him to return to Emory when he’s ready to pursue his nurse practitioner degree.

Sometimes being at Emory does more than open a student’s eyes to their career path. It can open their door to the world.

Cody Seitz , who attended Emory as a Questbridge Scholar, hails from Anchorage, Alaska. He studied marketing and international business through Goizueta Business School and also minored in Japanese. During his time at Emory, he did online research with the University of Tokyo, working with the engineering department to create artificial intelligence that can analyze the speech of non-native English speakers. He will return to Tokyo after graduation and plans to teach for a few years before pursuing graduate studies there.

Nick Weaver of Havana, Illinois, didn’t study abroad while working on his master’s in public health, but he wants his work to have a worldwide impact. He’ll do exactly that when he begins his role as an associate scientist with the American Cancer Society.

“My undergraduate degree is in molecular biology, which taught me the mechanics of disease in the cell,” he said. “Studying genetics and molecular epidemiology at Rollins helps take that to the population level. Now I’m equipped with the data skills to draw conclusions about population health. I didn’t have that bridge beforehand to understand why things are like they are.”

A search for deeper connections and understanding contributed to Kendra Plating choosing Candler School of Theology for her doctor of ministry studies.

“I knew that just about every denomination would be represented here, and I wanted those interdenominational conversations,” she said. “What I’ve appreciated most is having time with my Black colleagues. Just hearing their theological voices has been so enriching and educational for me. The diversity was the reason I chose Candler, and it has taught me so much.”

The community Plating found during her studies is echoed as an Emory highlight for many graduates.

“It has been really nice to have that sisterhood and be among like-minded college women,” Goizueta graduate Makari Patterson said of her sorority membership. “The organization is very oriented in community service. Joining them has probably been the highlight of my college career.” She’ll return home to Chicago with a degree in marketing that focuses on arts management and a minor in African American studies.

Colorado native Katherine Lindquist , who earned her PhD in anthropology from Laney Graduate School, has fond memories of singing karaoke with her cohort, where the group would “dedicate our favorite songs to different social theorists.” Her go-to karaoke artist? ABBA, easily. Though, the social theorist dedication can change on a whim.

Emory College graduates Rishika Nahata , Noah Marchuck and Kendall Parsons — whose studies encompassed neuroscience and behavioral biology, psychology, Spanish and more — learned to deeply value their time together on campus, from planned activities to casual moments.

“My favorite memory is just watching the sunset with friends,” said Parsons, who came to Emory from Fort Mills, South Carolina. “The view from the ledge by Kaldi’s in the Emory Student Center is really pretty.”

Their times of watching sunsets together from the Emory Student Center have ended, but the Class of 2024 is ready for its next adventure. No matter what they studied or where they may go from here, the sentiment on nursing graduate Shay Gutowski ’s mortarboard encapsulates how each student’s hard work at Emory will now pay off: “All this labor and finally a delivery.”

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Published May 13, 2024. Writing by Leigh DeLozier, Michelle Ricker, Anna Chapman, Susan Carini, Carol Clark and Laura Douglas-Brown. Commencement photos by Kay Hinton and Sarah Woods; additional photos by Jack Kearse (Medicine), Paul Beezley (Oxford), Allison Shirreffs (MBA and BBA), Cindy Brown (Candler) and Tom Smarch (Law). Video by Corey Broman-Fulks and Avery Spalding. Design by Kirk Leitch, Amanda Qubty and Laura Douglas-Brown.

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• JTC 24: From Goldwater to Graduate

Ally Watrous balances three majors, two minors, research and much more

This story is part of the 2024 Journey to Commencement series, which celebrates the pinnacle of the academic year by highlighting University of Mississippi students and their outstanding academic and personal journeys from college student to college graduate.

Alexandria "Ally" Watrous was sure about being a chemistry major and joining a research group before she even graduated high school.

A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Watrous was interested in attending college out of state if she found the right program. Intent on majoring in chemistry, finding a program where she could begin research as a freshman was her top priority.

She found just that at the University of Mississippi , where she graduates in May with a bachelor's degree in chemistry , physics and German , with minors in French and mathematics. She also has received a Goldwater Scholarship, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious scholarships in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Ally Watrous earned a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship in 2022, funding her education and research and enabling her to publish nine peer-reviewed research papers in professional journals during her undergraduate career at the University of Mississippi. Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services

Over the course of her undergraduate years, she has worked with the same computational astrochemistry research group under Ryan Fortenberry, associate professor of chemistry and her mentor.

"I was looking at a lot of different programs and this was one of the only schools where the chemistry department said I could start research as a freshman," said Watrous, who has just published her ninth peer-reviewed paper with the department. "I always knew I wanted to be a chemistry major and I realized the parts of it that I loved overlapped with physics.

"When I asked to be a double major, both of the departments really supported it."

Fortenberry fondly remembers meeting Watrous at admitted students' day and her start in the group.

"I'll never forget the high school senior who showed up in my office wanting to do research when she got to campus the next fall," he said. "She has delivered well beyond my wildest expectations.

"She is the heart of the team, the one to whom the other students look for leadership and emotional stability, and the student on whom I can count the most to get things done."

Ally Watrous graduates with degrees in multiple sciences and languages, having studied chemistry, physics, mathematics, German and French. Photo by Srijita Chattopadhyay/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services

Not only will she receive multiple science degrees at graduation, but also in multiple languages. Watrous began taking French in middle school and planned to continue studying the language throughout college, but she never planned on pursuing a degree in German.

"I was in the summer intensive program for German, and I initially planned to minor in the subject but I really fell in love with the department and the professors," she said. "I didn't want to stop taking the classes."

Watrous credits her success and confidence abroad to her experience as a German major. In January 2023, she left for Berlin, where she spent a month in a semi-intensive German language course. Shortly after, she took her research international and spent the summer in a program at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria.

Apart from the community Watrous has found in chemistry, she has built another one in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College . An ambassador since her sophomore year, and head ambassador the last two, the Honors College has been an integral part of her undergraduate years.

"The Honors College has given me such a great experience," she said. "I have loved the community I made there, especially with the advisers and professors."

More than just her success in the classroom, both in Oxford and overseas, Watrous is most proud of her research in computational chemistry.

"My research is something that can extend past me and leave behind an impact," she said. "I've even tried to promote more undergraduate research at the university and get other students involved as well."

During her sophomore year, Watrous was awarded a Goldwater Scholarship , granting her two years of funding for her research. The Goldwater supports exceptional sophomores and juniors who show promise in becoming the next generation of research leaders in these fields.

Not only was Watrous part of the first group of three to win at Ole Miss, she was also the first sophomore to win.

Ally Watrous presents a poster presentation of some of her research. Submitted photo

"Winning as a sophomore made me more confident since I had so many opportunities for projects," she said. "Without the scholarship, I would have never thought to apply for international opportunities. I really was not expecting to win and get that extra year of funding."

Watrous said that her biggest piece of advice for prospective students would be to be true to your passions.

"I truly believe that the students and faculty at Ole Miss really care a lot about you finding who you want to be and teaching you how to achieve that," she said. "It is so important to just go for whatever you're interested in.

"I remember being scared as a freshman to go up to a faculty member about research, but that ended up really changing my trajectory."

Audrey Samples, College of Liberal Arts

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Ole Miss graduation speaker Wright Thompson: 'Don't wear the seductive coats of nostalgia'

Speakers do not directly mention may 2 protest, campus investigation.

OXFORD — As thousands of University of Mississippi students left the school's famous Grove following its annual graduation ceremony, they were left with key pieces of advice from commencement speaker and famous author Wright Thompson.

Most notably, Thompson urged Ole Miss's graduating students who were choosing to stay in Mississippi to shed the yoke of the state's politically questionable past and forge a path toward a progressive future.

"To exist means you must hope," Thompson said at Convocation. "Throughout the history of our state, and if you went to Ole Miss, it's your state too, there have been brave men and women, some of them famous, like Governor William Winter, Fannie Lou Hamer, others anonymous like Willie Reed or Moses Wright, who didn't let the math or cynicism deter them from reaching for a future and still awaits us all. Be one of those people."

On Saturday, many of the 5,000 Ole Miss 2024 graduating class gathered in the Grove to listen to the seldom heard campus Lyceum bells ringing in celebration and for final words from campus leadership, as well as a speech from Thompson.

A Clarksdale native, Thomspon said that among his 10 key pieces of advice for students, he urged them to enjoy the day that could very well dictate the rest of their lives, learn more about the people around them as they grow, and most notably, that Mississippi needs people to be here.

"Mississippi needs you," he said. "We need writers. We need accountants and lawyers and school teachers and financial advisors. We need musicians and producers and filmmakers. We need public servants. There's probably a future governor of Mississippi, sitting in his crowd somewhere."

Thompson also addressed the state's politically charged past, although in a way more akin to the "winds" many alumni say call them back to Ole Miss, softly calling onto gradates to forge a more enlightened future for Mississippi.

"Don't be part of the problem. Be part of the solution," Thompson said. "Don't wear the seductive coats of nostalgia, and don't let anyone make you feel like there's no hope for a different tomorrow."

While neither Thompson, nor Chancellor Glenn Boyce, nor any other speaker directly addressed it, those words came right on the heels of a campus pro-Palestine protest that occurred May 2, which quickly turned aggressive and is now under investigation by the school and the Ole Miss NAACP chapter.

On that day, what began as a pro-Palestine protest with a few students quickly grew to include more than 40 people by about 1:30 p.m. At the same time, about 200 counter protesters, passersby and others had gathered around the group of students, faculty and at least one Oxford resident. Counter protesters were shown yelling, waiving conservative and pro-Israel symbols as flags, throwing garbage and some hurling racist insults.

Protest marred by counter-protest insult Ole Miss students evacuated off campus after pro-Palestine protest escalated

At one point, University Police Department officers had to move students inside the Applied Sciences building to avoid further confrontations and eventually bussed protesters off campus. During the protest, one student, James Staples, was videotaped by student journalist Stacey Spiehler doing a monkey dance toward another student, Jaylin Smith.

That incident, as well as several other reports of inappropriate conduct, has spurred the campus investigation into the protest. Staples was also removed from his fraternity, Phi Delta Theta for what the organization called "racist actions.".

Campus investigation: NAACP leaders at Ole Miss call for expulsion of 3 counter protestors after racist taunts

Following the incident, students walking into graduation ceremonies, caps and gowns on, had to move past signs posted around the various commencement venues that state the following:

"Hand-held signs, banners and flags are not permitted at commencement ceremonies," the sign read.

Ole Miss Media Relations Director Jacob Batte did not say if the signs were used in previous years, but he said they were put in place to make sure the graduation ceremony went as smoothly as possible.

When asked if the move was even constitutional for a public university to potentially limit free expressed during commencement ceremony, constitutional attorney Leonard Van Slyke told the Clarion Ledger the school had every right to do so.

"I think it would pass muster as a time, manner and place restriction," Van Slyke said.

Chancellor congratulates students on hard won day

During the convocation ceremony, Boyce told students he had much appreciation for their hard work and dedication through what he and several others described as an unusual four-year term.

"To be here, celebrating this class is especially rewarding because you experienced unprecedented global pandemic that impacted your personalized and educational journey toward this day," Boyce said. "I know we are also grateful that things look and feel different now than they did four years ago. And I thank you for your role in that. You responded to those trying times with the resilience, energy and passion. It will go down in history that the class of 2024 is characterized by your grit, by your determination, and by your perseverance. You not only weathered a tremendous storm, you thrived, and you have shaped who we are as a university."

Boyce also noted the historical implications for graduating 5,000 students this year as compared to in 1851, when the then three-year-old school had graduated its first class of just 15 students.

"It is humbling to think about the generations of Ole Miss graduates making their way into the world, and leaving their impact and those around them," Boyce said. "During today's ceremony, we're recognizing more than achievement. We are celebrating a journey of discovery and personal growth."

Before coming off the stage, Thompson also told students to soak in what many called a momentous occasion and gave students a quote from a box his parents gave him upon his own graduation at the University of Missouri.

"I remember raising pints of Guinness with my friends and feeling like something impossible had been completed," Thompson said. "That something mysterious was about to begin. I remember my father's handshake, and his look of pride. You know, he's been gone for almost 20 years now, and I remember in that moment, I remember so clearly, feeling like I've somehow changed in his eyes, a treasure that feeling the unspoken volumes that passed between us in that moment."

"Step now into the waiting world, but never forget the way back home," Thompson said of the note in the box.

Grant McLaughlin covers state government for the Clarion Ledger. He can be reached at [email protected] or 972-571-2335.  

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Bernard Bates taught and conducted research work in planetary astronomy, exploration of the solar system, space technology, and any lights in the sky, including, U.F.O.s. He has worked with lunar soils, studying whether the composition of the soils could be revealed through the way they interact with light. He has also explored micrometeorites recovered from the ocean floor. Bates has been quoted widely in the media on space exploration, alien life, and astronomical phenomena, including in The Atlantic, Popular Mechanics, Computer World, Live Science, KPLU Radio, The Loop, and The News Tribune . Bates credits the Apollo program for his interest in pursuing planetary astronomy throughout college and graduate school. He regularly gives public talks on astronomical topics, including one of his most popular presentations—about searching for extraterrestrial life with a home computer. He taught courses on Mars exploration, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), and astronomy.

Lynda Livingston taught introductory corporate finance, as well as advanced electives in financial markets, investments, valuation, and portfolio management. She holds the top professional investment credential, the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, which informed her teaching. She is the founder and president of the not-for-profit financial education corporation, Four Horsemen Investments, which offers scholarship and research opportunities to Puget Sound students.

Eric Orlin is a Roman historian whose primary interests center on the religious practices of the ancient world. He has studied how religious practice shapes and reflects cultural identity, and he has looked at what the similarities and differences in religious practice across the ancient Mediterranean reveal about the peoples inhabiting that world. He has also explored how memory is shaped by religious practices and how those memories in turn shape the development of a society. Orlin is general editor for the Routledge Dictionary of Ancient Mediterranean Religions (Routledge, 2015), and is working on the book Republican Rome: A Social and Cultural History . Previously, he wrote Foreign Cults in Rome: Creating a Roman Empire (Oxford University Press, 2010), which explores how religion contributed to the reshaping of the Roman sense of identity in the wake of their transition from a single city to the dominant power in the Mediterranean basin. Orlin suggests that the methods by which the Romans absorbed cults, priests, and practices allowed them to recreate a clear sense of community that could include the people they had conquered. His earlier book, Temples, Religion and Politics in the Roman Republic , discusses the connections between politices and the construction of new temples in Rome. Orlin has published numerous articles in professional journals and regularly gives public presentations. He taught Greek and Roman history, as well as classical languages.

Bradley Richards holds B.A. degrees in Physics and Computer Science, an MSc in Computer Science, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his research was on custom memory-system support for distributed shared-memory parallel computers. In addition to his continuing work on parallel and distributed computing, Richards is active in Computer Science education, having authored numerous papers on pedagogy and curricular issues. He has taught at Puget Sound since 2005.

In teaching, advising, research, and service, Amy Ryken is deeply interested in the lifelong journey of the teacher each of us hopes to be, in engaging in teaching and learning as intellectual and humanizing acts, and in confronting biases and inequities in the personal and institutional relations of our daily lives. Ryken studied teacher learning, how to create equitable classroom spaces and partnerships that foster connections between schools and community resources. Throughout Ryken's time at Puget Sound, they actively pursued culturally responsive practice and contributed collaboratively to the ongoing work of equity. Ryken was significantly involved with diversity and inclusion initiatives on campus such as serving as chair of the Committee on Diversity; co-leading the initiative to add the Knowledge, Identity, and Power (KNOW) graduation requirement; serving on the Diversity Advisory Council; co-founding the Transgender Advocacy and Inclusion Committee; supporting the work of the Race & Pedagogy Institute; serving on the Gender & Queer Studies Advisory Board; and leading the Advancing Systemic Equity grant work to center race and community in the MAT curriculum.

Leslie Saucedo's research focus is understanding the mechanisms that allow for unregulated cell growth—a basic hallmark of cancer. Cancer has long been understood to be a genetic disease; there are more than 100 genes implicated in promoting cancer when they are mutated. In particular, Saucedo uses fruit flies as a model for the underlying genetic changes that subvert the normal biology of cell growth and division. Fruit flies share with humans more than two-thirds of the genes known to play a direct role in human disease. Saucedo and her students focus primarily on the protein PRL-1 in regard to human cancer biology. While elevated levels of PRL-1 are used as a clinical marker to stage advanced cancers, Saucedo's work focuses on how misregulated PRL-1 functionally contributes to cancer. Uncovering such specific mechanisms in model organisms such as fruit flies is often the first step for developing targeted therapies to halt cancer progression. Saucedo's genetic research has been funded by the National Institute of Health and the National Cancer Institute. Her published work in journals such as PLOSONE, Mechanics of Development, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, and Nature Cell Biology has been well-cited in the field. Saucedo taught courses in areas including Genetic Determinism, Cell Biology, and Cancer Biology.

Carolyn Weisz is a social psychologist with research interests in racism, homelessness, and social perception. Her recent research on homelessness, conducted in collaboration with other scholars and with the Pierce County Department of Community Connections, has focused on racial disparities in homelessness; links between stigma, psychological distress, and physical health; trauma; smoking; emotional labor among service providers; and organizational diversity climate. Weisz played an integral role in the research, development, and evaluation of Project PEACE—a series of dialogues between community members and the Tacoma Police Department—and was lead author of a report on the event. Her past work on social identity includes published papers on friendship (with Lisa Wood) and on outcomes of substance abuse treatment. She also co-authored the article "Being Teacher-Scholars in a Liberal Arts Setting," in Dialogue: Newsletter of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2010). Weisz served on the leadership team of the university's Race & Pedagogy Institute. She volunteers in the Diversion Program of the Pierce County Juvenile Court and serves on the Board of Directors of the Fair Housing Center of Washington. She taught in the area of statistics and research methods.

Roger Allen taught courses on clinical anatomy, neuroscience, functional neuroanatomy, and psychological aspects of physical therapy practice. In addition to his physical therapy degree, he holds a Ph.D. in psychophysiology, MSEd in health education, and B.S. in both psychology and biology. His physical therapy practice specialized in the treatment of people who experience chronic pain, with emphasis on the treatment of complex (and often surprising) relationships between our bodies, our minds, and mechanisms within the human brain. His primary research work now explores delayed modulation mechanisms of neuropathic pain. He is author of three textbooks, along with chapters in the three most recent editions of the encyclopedic benchmark reference, Bonica's Management of Pain . He has now made over 100 national and international research presentations at venues including the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, World Pain Congress, World Congress of Physical Therapy, World Congress of Neurology, American Pain Society, World Institute of Pain, European Congress of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, American Academy of Orthopaedic and Manual Physical Therapists, and regularly at APTA's Combined Sections Meetings and Annual Conferences. His published research has appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Physical Therapy, Psychophysiology, the Journal of Neurological Physical Therapy, European Journal of Pain, Physiotherapy, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America , the International Journal of Sport Psychology , and includes an anthologized paper in the science parody Journal of Irreproducible Results . Much of his research was conducted with the integral involvement of his graduate physical therapy students and undergraduate neuroscience interns. These important faculty/student collaborations ignited and nurtured the sparks of exciting fresh insights. So far, more than 100 of his students have presented research at national or international conferences or published their work in professional journals, and four have received international research awards.

In 2005 he was granted a John Lantz Senior Research Fellowship to complete research aimed at mapping neurovascular innervation patterns of peripheral nerves and subsequently received the Brown Sequard Medal from the Institut de Physiologie Nervologie for this work. From the University of Puget Sound, he is recipient of the Dirk Andrew Phibbs Memorial Research Award and the Outstanding Teaching Award (now named the Tom Davis Teaching Award). Prof. Allen was selected in 2016 to deliver the 44th Regester Lecture, "Echoes of Pain in the Neuromatrix" and in 2017 was recognized with the President's Excellence in Teaching Award, presented by University of Puget Sound President Isiaah Crawford.

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