Demonstrate Pride in Your Graduates!
Participate in Commencement by marching in one or more ceremonies and plan to celebrate with your graduates and their families at the reception.
Register
Bachelor's, Master's, and Advanced Graduate Certificates candidates participate by school (by department). Faculty march in the ceremony of their school by department. All are welcome to march in additional ceremonies.
Ceremony Times
Ceremonies by academic school include both Bachelor's and Master's candidates. Information to follow.
School of the Professions
School of Education Including Individualized and Multidisciplinary Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
Questions?: See the Academic Affairs web site
Regalia
Rentals
All packages include cap, gown, tassel and hood.
Doctor Package: TBD
Master Package: TBD
Bachelor Package: TBD
*Price does include tax.
Placing Rental Orders
Place rental orders directly through the bookstore by TBD, for standard shipping charges and guaranteed hood colors.
Email: kellerm@buffalostate.edu
Phone: (716) 878-5509 to place rental orders.
Loans
A limited inventory of doctor and master's gowns, master's and doctor hoods, and caps are available for loan through the Academic Affairs Office.
- Hoods will not match the marcher's discipline or institution where degree earned.
- Sizes and hood colors are limited, and requests are filled in the order they are received.
- For guaranteed colors, marchers should purchase or rent hoods through the bookstore.
Placing Loan Orders
Email: kingap@buffalostate.edu by May 10, 2024, to arrange for regalia loan for commencement.
Include your ceremony time(s), highest degree earned, and indicate small, medium, large and extra-large.
Honors Accessories for Students
Please Inform Students:
Faculty, staff, and advisers to academic and service programs, honor societies, and scholarship programs who distribute honors cords and other honors accessories, and also advise students in the proper wearing of regalia and accessories at commencement, please review the Policy on Commencement Honors Cords and Accessories.
Check-In
Location and Times
Robing Room
- The Robing Room is located in the Ice Arena upper lobby.
- Enter the Ice Arena entrance ground floor via the east end of the building and report to the second floor.
- For barrier-free access, enter the building through the barrier-free entrance and take the elevator to second floor.
Signing In
Please sign in at the table outside the Robing Room for each ceremony you march in.
Check-In Times
- 9:00 a.m. ceremony: Sign in and be ready no later than 8:30 a.m.
- 1:00 p.m. ceremony: Sign in and be ready no later than 12:30 p.m.
- 5:00 p.m. ceremony: Sign in and be ready no later than 4:30 p.m.
After Sign-In
Marchers
- Proceed to your place in the lineup, inside the Ice Arena (you will find your name card on a chair).
- Put on your academic garb and hang any jackets, etc. on the coat racks provided.
- The faculty marshal will provide marching instructions.
- The processional will leave the robing room 10 minutes before the ceremony is to begin.
- A program will be on your chair in the Sports Arena where the ceremony takes place.
Hooders
- Proceed to the lower level of the Ice Arena.
- Check in at the Hooders sign-in table.
- Look for your department sign and position your students in their proper place.
- Hooders will receive directions from the student marshal.
Points to Remember
- Please use the garment racks.
- Do not leave any valuables in the Robing Room.
- Do not leave belongings or items, including garment bags, on or near your chair in the lineup.
- When you return from either the 9:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. ceremony, the lineup for the next ceremony will be in place in the Ice Arena upper lobby. Therefore, if you are marching again, you may have a new place in the lineup.
- You must sign-in for each ceremony that you attend.
- Light refreshments will be available throughout the day for your convenience.