Commencement Ceremony Information

• 不允许有空气角或额外的大声喧闹during the ceremony.
• No helium balloons are allowed.
• Students participating in the ceremony should arrive an hour before the ceremony.
• Students are to wear business casual attire. Students do not wear regalia, honor cords or academic cords from previous universities.
• Nursing Pins – All undergraduates students (RN-BSN and Pacesetters) will be given nursing pins by the PARTNERS organization
• Diplomas will be available from the Student Affairs Office six weeks after graduation.
• Interstate Candid Photography will take photos of all students receiving awards and photos of students with their pinners crossing the stage.
• Students may order transcript through theUT Registrar’s Office

Commencement Ceremony – SPRING ONLY

• All guests over 2 years of age are required to have a ticket to enter the venue.
• 不允许有空气角或额外的大声喧闹during the ceremony.
• No helium balloons are allowed.
• Students participating in the commencement ceremony should arrive 2 hours before the ceremony.
• All students are required to wear regalia (cap, gown, etc.) to the ceremony. Undergraduates wear a black cap and gown. Masters, Post-masters, and doctoral students are to wear cap, gown, & hoods. Students may order regalia through the Graduate Affairs website athttps://www.graduateaffairs.com/college-c-4/university-of-texas-health-science-center-houston-c-4_28/
• Students may order invitations, graduation rings, diploma frames, certificate frames and regalia thruGraduate Affairs website athttps://www.graduateaffairs.com/college-c-4/university-of-texas-health-science-center-houston-c-4_28/
• Nursing Pins – All undergraduates students will be given nursing pins by the PARTNERS organization
• Students should wear business casual under their regalia.
• No flip flops, gum chewing, personal pets (real or fake), stick horses, feather boas, etc.
• Students are not allowed to alter their caps, gowns, tassels, or hoods in any way.
• There is no place to safely store personal items during the ceremony. Therefore, students are not allowed to bring purses and are not allowed to process with their purses.
• PhD and DNP graduates will carry their hoods. You will be hooded during the ceremony.
• MSNs and Post Masters are to wear their hoods.
• Students in all programs wear their tassels on the right.
• Students in Sigma Theta Tau may wear their STT honor cords.
• Student representatives in Student InterCouncil may wear the white sashes.
• UTSNA students who have earned service points and been given blue cords may wear those.
• Student Government Officers may wear their SGO cords.
• Undergraduate students who are graduating with honors will be given gold cords to wear. Summa Cum Laude 3.90 - 4.00; Magna Cum Laude 3.70 - 3.89; Cum Laude 3.50 - 3.69(Cumulative GPAs are NOT rounded up)
• The designated Photography will take photos of all graduates crossing the stage.
• Diplomas will be available from the Student Affairs Office approximately six weeks after graduation.
• Students may order transcript through theUT Registrar’s Office