Land of Oz wrote:
That's probably because very few people know, and when you get set up for
graduation, no
one tells you any of this stuff. I wish I had known some of this stuff when I
got my
Master's degree. All they tell you is to go to the bookstore and pick up a
robe. Then,
you might find (as I did) that the example robes hanging out to try on are
mis-labeled and
the packaged robe you bought doesn't fit! No one mentioned anything about
hoods or other
items for master's degrees and I don't recall anyone wearing any from any dept.
or college
within the university.
One nice thing about graduating from the University of Toronto is that
all our graduates are hooded--yep, even BAs (whose hoods have this silly
fake fur on them). And the hoods are rented from an academic supply
house, so you get the right one. (You can also buy them, but most people
don't).
The one thing I was a bit bummed about when I got my doctorate is that
the rental gown was not the regulation PhD gown, which is quite snazzy
in black with wide red facings along the closure trimmed in white. The
entire hood is red wool with white silk linking. It was pretty cool,
but it kinda sucked with the rental gown. And of course, I never
actually bought any of the regalia since I didn't stay in academia.
Susan
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