Academic hood: A dream comes true!

The hood is a part of the academic regalia. Initially, the hood was worn as a covering for the head. It is diversified in colour. The hood is also worn by clergies in the church, most especially in the Anglican Communion. It is also used by the choristers, who wear it over their cassocks. We also find the hoods among elders in the African Community.

For academic regalia, we find the hood of the bachelor and the master to be very simple. The PhD regalia differ from usual regalia that are found around; their hoods are larger and also longer than those used by other member of the education commodity. There is also a uniqueness that come with this hood, in the different colour they come in. their colours depend on their area of specialisation that there wearer specialises in. it is complex thing trying to distinguished the masters and doctors regalia based on the hood colour; the colour range from white through the various colours of the rainbow and to grey.

The Academic hoods are usually differentiated with the various colours the doctors wear. Doctors from agriculture wear hoods that are maize in colour doctor for library science wear yellow and those from medicine wear hunter green. The criteria’s of choosing this colour is unknown but can be speculated. The doctors from humanities or art used hood that are sparkling white, this perhaps could an attempt to signify the purity found in art. The beauty of these different colours can be seen in ceremonial event that the university that has doctors from various field in attendance; in theology, will find the doctors wearing hoods that are red in colour. Red, is the colour associated with the church, and for a very long time was considered as one of the traditional colour of the church. The shedding of blood that has been attributed to salvation is the part of religious that cannot be removed. Blood been red could also explain why doctors in religion use hood that are red in colour. We find among the doctors in pharmacy the use of olive green and also the use of green in medicine. Green is the colour associated to herbs, and herbs associated to healing. Since the primary aim of those in the field of medicine and pharmacy is to heal the sick and create drug that will heal diseases, it is not unusual nor out of place to find field related to this having hood that are green in colour. Golden yellow, is the colour of the hood that the science use. Scientific had been attributed greatly to wealth and golden yellow is a colour that signifies wealth, this explains why science has been favour with that colour. The colour of this hood was standardised in the 19thcentury in united state.

Every undergraduate is opportune to see this vast diversity display before their very eyes on matriculation day, and the university take so much pride in flaunting their asset [doctors] before the fresh men. For student the academic represent a future of excellence, prestige and success; and attaining this hood and this hood is considered has a dreamed come true.

Practical Guideline for Making Your Own Photo Graduation Announcements

To have a sufficiently attended ceremony making up of good number of friends, family and colleagues is the dream of many graduates, and have the opportunity of showing off your academic hoods, especially if it is doctoral regalia. It is not enough to just send an invite, there must be an additional push to ensure good attendance and one of such is to send a photo graduation announcement to your friends. It is cheap, and very convenient, and very effective. Remember the axiom that a photo discloses thousand meaning than words can ever project; besides it is a mark stays longer in ones memory. Do you want to learn how to do this? Read on.

Requirements:

To pull this off effectively below are some of the resources you will require, they are: photo paper, digital photo, clip art, printer, computer, word processor, and scissors.

First on your computer and open the word processor file, Microsoft word is a good alternative, set the background template using colors or clip art. A good suggestion is to select your institution color, let it rhyme with the academic tassel.

Secondly go to my pictures in your computer choose a picture, if you do not have it in the “my picture” file, you can transfer from any source and save in there, or the desktop, once you get it, copy and paste into the word template.

Insert a text box in the file and fill with necessary information like: your name, the name of your school, your course (theology, agriculture, medicine, economics etc), the venue and the date of the graduation ceremony, and any other information you might deem fit. You can as well add colors of the academic hoods normally used for graduation.

Get a duplicate of your schools symbol or logo insert and place in a striking corner of the document. The positioning of the logo is very important, as it makes your work look professional, if you are not sure of where to paste, follow how some professional company’s logo are place, then copy the pattern

Check your word, use the print preview to have a general view of your work, confirm if it is properly positioned in right angles, and the outcome of the presentation.

After the general checking you are very sure of your work, you can print out the invitation paper, not on any paper use photo paper to print the announcement to ensure that you have an excellent outcome that is clear and of high quality.

After printing out the photo, using scissors, or any paper cutter, cut it to size. Printing must be base on the number of invitees you have in mind.

What if you have many friends who incidentally are out of town at the moment and you don’t want to create an inconvenience by sending a late invite. This is what you do. After printing out the invitation paper, you can convert the file into a jpg file, using Photoshop resize it and conduct necessary editing to make it look presentable, then send by email to your out of town friends, you can even go beyond that, paste on your face book wall for your friends to see, you will be surprise at the response.

The Importance of Graduation Tassels and Caps

Tassels are very special during the graduation ceremony. The graduate feels the honor of academic success in a particular field. The tassel should be well attached to the cap so that the graduate can look fantastic. Allowing the tassel to look frail is not good because it does not coincide well with the gown.

During high school and undergraduate graduation ceremony the graduation tassel are mainly worn on the right side at the beginning. Once a graduate has been bestowed the degree or diploma the tassels are then turned to the left side. In normal graduation occasion there is a person supposed to summon the students when the time for turning the tassels. In other situations, various learning institutions choose for the student to turn the tassel immediately after a handshake when one is receiving a degree or diploma.

There are circumstances where the school prefers that students flip or turn the tassels while walking off the stage. This is mainly depends on the school tradition and whichever style the schools it always works. However, in the case where a student is receiving a Master’s Degree the tassel is not shifted from the left or right side. The academic regalia are well matched with the tassels to keep the graduates looking uniform and modest. In most other cases, the female students are not expected to remove their caps at all. On the other hand, the male students are supposed to remove their caps while the National Anthem is being sung.

A major rule that is common in graduation ceremonies is tossing of the cap. Most studies will toss graduation caps into the air once the graduation finalizes. For many schools this is a tradition that is marked with great joy. Is it possible to find your cap again? Well, the cap can be easily retrieved after this special moment by having it marked. Masking tape and magic marker can be used to write something that will help recognize the cap once the ceremony is over. The name is marked on the tape and left to dry. You can be assured of comfort because the magic maker does not wipe out when in contact with sweat. Afterwards one can remove the tape and it comes out easily. The good news is that this does not damage the cap at all.

The graduation ceremony is a formal event or a period of celebration. Many students treasure the graduation night together with the memories it brings. Well, there are those who do not care at all about the day and are eager to leave school and go on with other stuff. Students who loved school would go back even for school or class reunions. Testimonies of prestigious people are there who claim that school life was difficult for them. Others treasure memories of being class presidents or cheerleaders thus they were rather liked in school. This depends on every individual. But all in all the graduation day should be well respected because you never know how special it may turn out for you.