graduand

In common with most British universities a graduand begins the ceremony wearing the dress of the degree to which they are being admitted.

A graduand (someone about to be presented for a degree) wears the full Cambridge academic dress of the highest status degree that they already hold.

This is in contrast to the practice at some universities such as Oxford where a graduand only dons the dress of a degree after it has been conferred.

A person who qualifies for a diploma, but has not yet received it, is called a graduand; after receiving it, the person is called a graduate.

Jeffrey Eugenides's The Marriage Plot (Fourth Estate, £20) outlines the emotional career of a Brown graduand.

This work, started by the graduand Franziska Kalz in 1995, was accompanied by the wildlife photographer Ingo Bartussek since spring 1996.

At the same time, Agora plays host to another time traveller, ArcHivist Hegelia, and her novice research partner, Graduand Jolarr.

After presentation, the graduand is called by name and kneels before the vice-chancellor and proffers their hands to the vice-chancellor, who clasps them and then confers the degree.

In the speech, the public orator will highlight the major features of the honorary graduand's career, particularly those which have led to eminence and the reasons why the University is bestowing the honour.

The Chancellor then touches the graduand's head with the graduation cap, and the Bedellus steps forth and places the hood of the degree to be conferred over the newly promoted graduate.

The graduand comes forth to the graduation desk before the Chancellor (or in his absence, the Vice-Chancellor), proffering the hood of the degree they are about to be conferred to the Bedellus, and kneels.

On 9 November 2007, he became an Honorary Graduand of the University of Chester where he was presented for admission to the degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa.

On occasions when the wearing of academic dress is prescribed, University Regulations stipulate that accompanying address should be a dark suit - it is not specified whether this is different according to the gender of the graduand.

The mass concludes with the singing of the Saint Anselm College Anthem as each graduand exits the church to meet their family and friends outside of the church and on the surrounding grounds for photographs and a reception in the Carr Center.

During the ceremony they would kneel in front of the Vice-Chancellor or their deputy (who always wears the cope) with the hands closed together whilst the VC encloses the graduand's hands between their own and admits them with a Latin formula.

On September 14, 2007, Salonga resigned as member of his own Sigma Rho fraternity after its involvement and implication in the hazing death of University of the Philippines, Diliman graduand, 20-year-old Cris Mendez (on August 27).

Alternatively, graduate students may wear the academic dress of their old university except at those occasions where "foreign" academic dress is prohibited, such as the Encaenia and the second half of degree ceremonies when the graduand pays his respects to the Vice-Chancellor in the dress of his new Oxford degree.

Oxford: Prior to admission to the degree, the graduand will normally wear either the undergraduate commoner's or scholar's gown (if being admitted to the BA), or the graduate student's gown or the gown and hood of their previous Oxford/external university degree (if being admitted to a higher degree).