Cap & Gown
To be eligible to participate in Commencement, you must:
- Be a Fall 2025 graduate or have applied to graduate Spring 2026 or Summer 2026
- Pick up a cap, gown and tassel by the DEADLINE date: April (date to be determined), 2026
CAP AND GOWN
Cap, gown and one tassel - no charge to current graduating Riverland students
Pick up will begin on Monday, March (date to be determined), 2026 in the Austin East Campus Bookstore during regular bookstore hours Monday - Friday.
Students can also order online: GRADUATION REGALIA | Austin Campus Bookstore (riverland.edu)
DEADLINE to purchase is April (date to be determined), 2026
If you already have a cap and gown from a previous year at Riverland, you must take it to the Austin East Bookstore for approval and to get your name on the Commencement list.
WRISTBANDS for Auditorium seating at COMMENCEMENT
When you pick up your cap and gown, you will receive up to 4 wristbands for up to 4 guests to sit in the auditorium during the Commencement Ceremony. (Number of wristbands provided to each participating graduate is subject to change dependent on total number of graduates that participate in Commencement)
Each guest must be wearing a wristband to enter the auditorium the day of Commencement. 1 person per wristband. Graduate is responsible to give a wristband to their guests for auditorium seating.
Additional seating (bleachers) will be available in the Ove Berven Gym at the high school - wristband is not required for gym seating.
We do stream and record the ceremony so you can watch it live online or at a later time.
HONORS DISTINCTION
**Students who have achieved honors distinction as indicated by the cumulative gpa on their transcript (name must be on Honor's List in Bookstore) may also pick up:
- GPA 3.25 - 3.74 Honors Cord
- GPA 3.75 - 4.00 Honors Stole
**For Commencement purposes only: we will use the cumulative gpa as indicated on the student's transcript, from the student’s most recently completed term (typically the previous Fall semester) to determine who will be recognized at Commencement as a Distinction or High Distinction graduate.
**Any grades posted in the Spring semester of "your" Commencement will not be used to determine honors status for Commencement.
Students can review their cumulative gpa on their unofficial transcript in e-services by clicking on the Academic Records tab.
Once all final grades post, honors status may change either way – meet it or no longer meet it.