Regalia
Academic caps and gowns are suggested, but optional, for those attending the WSU Global Campus commencement ceremony both in person or virtually.
Student Regalia Rental
Global Campus students will order regalia online through Herff Jones. More information for 2025 commencement regalia, including dates and deadlines, will appear on this page once available.
ASWSU Regalia Reimbursements
ASWSU Global provides financial reimbursement for graduation regalia for eligible Global Campus students. Learn more on the ASWSUG reimbursement webpage.
Tips for wearing regalia
- Wear tassels on the right side.
- Remove academic caps during the posting of the colors and national anthem.
- Wear your stoles, sashes, and cords underneath the crimson/grey University yoke. Pull the yoke up snug to your throat with no sagging or gaping. (To do this, reach around to the back and pull the end of the yoke down.)
Honor cords
Undergraduates earning a 3.5 or higher grade-point average are considered honor students and can receive a custom WSU honor cord of crimson and silver.
To allow for publication of the appropriate honors in advance of commencement, computation of honors will be done prior to the end of the final semester. However, following the student’s final semester, the Registrar will recalculate the student’s GPA including the last semester’s work, and only this computation will determine official graduation honors which will be noted on your diploma.
All Global Campus students who qualify for honor cords will receive them upon check in at commencement. Students participating virtually who qualify for honor cords will be sent their cord several weeks prior to commencement. If you have questions, please email online@wsu.edu.
Student Involvement Cords
By participating with a student organization and attending at least four meetings or events in a semester, you can receive a cord to wear with your regalia at commencement. Visit our Student Clubs and Organizations page to learn more about how to participate.