Once you have been approved as a candidate for graduation by the Registrar’s Office, you will receive an email from our commencement team with instructions for placing a cap and gown order. Emails will not be sent until after the middle of February and must be completed no later than Wednesday, March 15. Phone orders are not accepted.
If you have not received commencement information by March 1 and received approval on your graduation application, contact commencement@nwmissouri.edu.
Graduates have three options to pick up their cap and gown.
More notes on cap and gowns:
Graduates who are eligible for honor cords will receive them with their cap and gown.
Honors are based on the graduate’s Northwest and cumulative GPA the semester prior to graduation. Honors for transcripts and diplomas are adjusted after final grades have been calculated. Honors are only given to undergraduate candidates.
The Registrar's Office maintains the listing of graduates who have earned honors. Graduates who believe they should have received honor cords and did not should contact the Registrar’s Office at 660.562.1151.
The cap is yours to keep, and you are invited to decorate your keepsake cap and show your Bearcat pride, creativity and style. The top of your cap is 9" by 9".
Make sure you look inside the cap to determine which side is the front and decorate accordingly.
Rules for decorations:
Gowns must be returned to the Student Recreation Center within 1 hour of the conclusion of the ceremony. After that time, the doors will be locked and you are required to mail your gown to the University at your own expense.
If you would like to keep your gown or if your gown has not been returned within two weeks of the ceremony, your account will be charged an additional:
*Note that honor cords, other than your University GPA earned honor cords are not approved to wear at Commencement. However, your honor society can order and wear stoles as long as they are pre-approved by the Provost. Provost@nwmissouri.edu
| Alpha Chi |
| Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Fraternity |
| Alpha Sigma Lambda |
| Alpha Sigma Pi |
| Beta Beta Beta Biological Society |
| Blue Key National Honor Fraternity |
| Cardinal Key National Honor Society |
| Delta Mu Delta National Honor Society |
| Delta Tau Alpha Honor Fraternity |
| Gamma Sigma Epsilon National Honor Society |
| Gamma Theta Upsilon International Honor Society |
| Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity |
| Kappa Omicron Nu National Honor Society |
| Kappa Pi International Honorary Society |
| Lambda Pi Eta National Honor Society |
| Mortar Board National Honor Society (Turret Chapter) |
| National Residence Hall Honorary |
| National Society of Collegiate Scholars |
| Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society |
| Order of Omega National Honor Society |
| Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia |
| Pi Mu Epsilon National Honor Society |
| Pi Omega Pi National Honor Society |
| Pi Sigma Alpha National Scholastic Honorary |
| Psi Chi National Honor Society |
| Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity |
| Sigma Gamma Epsilon Professional Honorary Society |
| Sigma Tau Delta International Honor Society |
| Upsilon Pi Epsilon National Honor Society |
If you are involved in an honor society or organization that provides stoles for graduates, you must work directly with your organization to receive them.
