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Step by Step Graduation Party Planning
By Anjali GhadgeAs students all over the country gear up to walk the aisle in full gown and cap regalia, it's time for you to start planning the Graduation party for your graduate. Weather it’s a small family affair, an open house or a full blown out event with all the trimmings, the success is in the planning. What kind of a party do you have in mind? Is it a surprise graduation party, a themed party, a formal event, a family get together or an open house? Is it geared towards friends, family or both? Seek your graduates help to come up with an answer. Informal events work best for high school graduates. Most likely the graduate and his/her classmates will be moving ...
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Graduation Fun Facts
- The academic dress for graduations started in the 12th and 13th centuries when universities first began forming.
- In 1321, the University of Coimbra mandated that all Doctors, Bachelors, and Licentiates must wear graduation gowns.
- In the late 1800s colors were assigned to signify certain areas of study, but they were only standardized in the United States.
- The shape and size of the hood and the sleeve design of the gown show the degree a student pursued:
- A Bachelor's Degree gown has pointed sleeves and no hood.
- A Master's Degree gown has long, closed sleeves with arm slits and a narrow hood.
- A Doctor's Degree had bell-shaped sleeves and a draped, wide hood.
- The tassels should be black, or in the color of the field. And if it is a doctor's degree the tassel should be golden.
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