Graduation pin
A graduation pin is a small decorative pin badge worn on academic regalia during commencement ceremonies to denote membership in an honor society, academic achievement, or affiliation with a recognized organization.[2] Pins are one of several forms of adornment worn alongside the cap and gown, together with honor cords, stoles, and honor medal.[3] Northwestern University lists cords, stoles, and pins together as items awarded by schools and campus organizations and distributed to eligible students before commencement.[4]
Use at commencement
At Drake University, academic honor cords or pins may be worn at commencement if earned from a college or school recognized academic organization.[5] Pacific Lutheran University permits students who have received honors pins, such as those from the Wang Center and Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability, to wear them during commencement.[6] Penn State Harrisburg notes that Psi Chi (Psychology) awards graduating members a pin and platinum and blue cord, and the Gary McDowell Institute awards graduating Student Fellows a pin bearing the letters GMI.[7]
Relationship to honor cords
Georgia Tech's commencement regalia policy lists pins among approved adornments that may be added to standard regalia to signify a student's membership or association with a recognized organization or academic program.[8] Penn State Abington's commencement policy permits all ornamentation including pins, cords, ribbons, stoles, sashes, and medallions representing recognized honorary societies to be worn at commencement.[9] The Phi Beta Kappa society awards graduating members a distinctive key worn from a blue and pink ribbon at the University of Richmond's commencement, bearing the Greek letters and the society's founding date of 1776 on the reverse.[10][11]
See also
- Honor cords
- Honor medal
- Academic regalia
- Honor society
- Commencement
- Phi Beta Kappa
References
- ↑ "The Phi Beta Kappa Key". www.rochester.edu. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- ↑ "Caps, Gowns, and Attire". Drake University. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- ↑ "What to Wear". Penn State Harrisburg. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- ↑ "Regalia". Northwestern University. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- ↑ "Caps, Gowns, and Attire". Drake University. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- ↑ "Regalia". Pacific Lutheran University. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- ↑ "What to Wear". Penn State Harrisburg. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- ↑ "Commencement Regalia Policy". Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- ↑ "What to Wear". Penn State Abington. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- ↑ "Distinctive Honors". University of Richmond. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- ↑ "The Phi Beta Kappa Key". University of Rochester. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
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