Cap & Gown
To be eligible to participate in Commencement, you must:
- Be a Fall 2024 graduate or have applied to graduate Spring 2025 or Summer 2025
- Purchase a cap and gown by the DEADLINE date: April 11, 2025
(Same deadline date also applies to purchasing of a cord and/or stole)
PURCHASING A CAP AND GOWN
Purchasing will begin on Monday, March 17, 2025 in the Austin East Campus Bookstore during regular bookstore hours Monday - Friday.
Students can also purchase online: GRADUATION REGALIA | Austin Campus Bookstore (riverland.edu)
DEADLINE to purchase is Friday, April 11, 2025.
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.
When you purchase your cap and gown, you will receive up to 4 tickets for up to 4 guests to sit in the auditorium during the Commencement Ceremony. (Number of tickets provided to each participating graduate is subject to change dependent on total number of graduates that participate in Commencement)
All guests must have a ticket to enter the auditorium the day of Commencement. 1 person per ticket.
Additional seating (bleachers) will be available in the Ove Berven Gym at the high school - ticket 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.
Purchase Fees
Cap and Gown fees are due at time of purchase and are non-refundable.
Purchase fees are as follows:
• (TBD for 2025)
• **Students who have achieved honors distinction as indicated by the cumulative gpa on their transcript may also purchase (name must be on Honor's List in Bookstore):
- GPA 3.25 - 3.74 Honors Cord for (TBD)
- GPA 3.75 - 4.00 Honors Stole for (TBD)
• Above fees are NON-REFUNDABLE
**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.