Commencement Cap and Gown Rental

If you plan to participate in the commencement ceremony, you must rent a Marian University cap and gown through Herff-Jones. The Marian University gowns are custom-made gowns with the university seal.

If you are NOT participating in in the May 2023 commencement ceremony in person but wish to order regalia for another reason, please contact commencement@marian.edu.

Order by March 30, 2023 for the discounted cost! Graduation regalia will be shipped directly to you within 2-3 weeks upon placing your order with Herff-Jones.

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• It is in your best interest to order regalia by March 30, 2023 to pay the discounted cost and to receive your regalia in a timely manner.
• Graduation regalia will be shipped directly to students from Herff-Jones, within 2-3 weeks upon submitting your order, to the shipping address provided on the order.
• If you do not order a cap and gown by April 6, 2023 contact the Office of the Registrar to obtain a “bulk order rental form”, which can be taken to the Marian University Bookstore April 24-28, 2023 to rent regalia from the bulk order shipment. Bulk order regalia will be available for pick-up in the bookstore May 1-5 during regular weekday business hours as posted on their website. Limited quantities and sizes available on a first come, first served basis.
• If you have not arranged your cap and gown rental by April 28, 2023 you will not be able to participate in the Commencement Ceremony. This is a firm deadline.

All Ed.D graduates are hooded by their faculty committee chair. Marian University faculty members are responsible for their own regalia.

DNP and DO graduates are able to select a guest hooder. If you select a guest hooder (someone whose office is not in the Evans Center) for the Commencement Ceremony, your guest hooder may choose to either rent regalia, wear their own personal regalia, or not wear regalia and dress in business professional attire. 

If you will have a Marian University faculty member hooding you, they will be responsible for their own regalia.

• Click on the “Graduation regalia for faculty, staff, and academic hooding” link to submit orders for your guest hooder. DO NOT order regalia for your guest hooder on the student regalia link posted above.
• The deadline for your guest hooder to order regalia is April 6, 2023. This is a firm deadline, with NO exceptions. In the rare circumstance that your guest hooder does not order by the deadline, they will not have the option to wear regalia unless they are able to provide their own.
• Graduation regalia will be shipped directly from Herff-Jones, within 2-3 weeks upon submitting your order, to the shipping address provided on the order.

Checking Your Regalia

Regalia is directly shipped to students from Herff-Jones if the online order is placed by April 6, 2023. Students should promptly verify that all regalia received is correct. Students should work directly with Herff-Jones if any regalia items are missing or incorrect based on the descriptions below for each degree level.

• Associate/Bachelor Regalia: The gown color is midnight blue. The Marian University seal patch will be affixed on the upper left side of the gown. A mortarboard with a navy and gold tassel completes the associate/bachelor regalia. Picture of associate/bachelor regalia

• Master Regalia: The gown color is midnight blue. The Marian University seal patch will be affixed on the upper left side of the gown and the gown sleeves are visibly longer than a bachelor gown. The master hood should display the Marian University blue and gold colors and the appropriate degree color. All Marian University master hoods have light blue as the degree color, with the exception of the Master of Science in Biomedical Science, which has science gold as the degree color. A mortarboard with a navy and gold tassel completes the master regalia. Picture of master regalia

• Doctoral Regalia: The gown color is midnight blue with midnight blue velvet panels braided with gold. The Marian University seal patch will be affixed to both the left and right side of the velvet yoke. Three velvet patches run down the side of each arm sleeve. The doctoral hood should display the Marian University blue and gold colors and the appropriate degree color. A six-sided black tam with a navy and gold tassel completes the doctoral regalia. Picture of doctoral regalia (Note the picture depicts a gold tassel, but the included tassel will be navy and gold.)

  The degree colors for doctoral hoods are as follows:

  • Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine = Kelly Green
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice = Apricot
  • Doctor of Education = Light Blue

Returning Rented Regalia

• Regalia ordered online must be returned to Herff-Jones by mail promptly after commencement, using the return label that was provided with your shipment.
• Regalia rented from the bulk order shipment at the bookstore must be returned to the Marian University Bookstore in Alumni Hall immediately following the commencement ceremony.
• Graduates may keep their cap or tam and tassel.

Once cap and gown rentals have been ordered and paid for, they are processed for shipment. Instructions on how to return unused items within 30 days of purchase are included in the shipment package.

You can cancel your entire order, if you choose. Instructions for cancelling your order are available at this link: www.herffjones.com/collegereturns. You can also contact Herff Jones customer service at (800) 837-4235 with any questions.

Refunds are only available up until the previously scheduled commencement date.

If you are interested in purchasing your regalia vs. renting regalia, purchase orders must be completed using the form below specific to your degree.

• Doctoral regalia purchase: MU doctoral regalia purchase order form
  • Classic vs. Deluxe Doctoral Gown Options
• Master's regalia purchase: MU master's regalia purchase order form
• Bachelor's regalia purchase: MU bachelor's regalia purchase order form

If you are not attending commencement, but want to purchase the “keep” items that come with the rented regalia, complete this MU cap/tam and/or tassel purchase order form.

Submit order forms directly to Patrick Cavazos at Herff-Jones. Contact information for Patrick is located at the bottom of the order form.