With a personalized graduation cap to wear to Commencement, Spartans make every moment count. Through humor or heartfelt messages, each cap reveals a personality or life story that makes the celebration uniquely theirs. With a tradition that sprang up in earnest within the last two decades, the graduates’ fun designs come in all shapes, colors, and styles. These Spartans’ creativity is literally the tops!
Spartans who helped support the University and fellow students during the Light the Way campaign wear special cords to display that giving.
First-generation stoles were first seen in 2023. Graduates can proudly proclaim they are the first in their family to earn a college degree.
The “Pass the Tassel” program gives alumni a way to helps the next generation of Spartan graduates. If you have a cap and gown stored away since your Commencement Day, you may be able to donate that regalia – or donate the funds to pay for a new graduate’s regalia. Learn more at https://alumni.uncg.edu/pass-the-tassel-support-a-spartan/
By Lauren Segers
Photography by Sean Norona and Martin W. Kane, as well as Bert VanderVeen