Materiel Management and the bookstore are taking orders for caps, gowns, tassels and hoods, for use by faculty and administrators in spring commencement.

Loaner regalia

The Materiel Management unit provides caps, gowns (M.D., Ph.D., Master and Bachelor), tassels and UC doctoral hoods at no charge, with individual departments usually doing the ordering for their faculty members.

Loaner regalia can be picked up at the Central Storehouse. Departments can arrange for delivery at a nominal charge.

Orders can be placed online. If you require a hard-copy order form, need to arrange for delivery, or have questions, call Vern Nickell, (530) 752-9309. Orders are due at the Central Storehouse by Friday, April 24.

Hood rentals

The bookstore rents non-UC doctoral hoods and UC hoods for any degree other than a Ph.D. Faculty members and administrators are advised to order through their departments; the bookstore sends customized order forms to department contacts who have ordered hoods in the past.

Here are the details and fees:

• May commencements (School of Law, School of Veterinary Medicine and School of Medicine) — Customized order forms have already gone out. Rental fee $25 for orders placed by April 3; $30 additional for rush orders after that date.
• June commencements (all others) — Customized order forms will be emailed by March 13. Rental fee $25 for orders placed by April 15; $30 additional for rush orders after that date.

For a generic order form, or for questions about the bookstore’s rental program, contact Kelly Holt, commencement coordinator, at this email address: gradsupplies@ucdavis.edu.

Faculty members and administrators are responsible for returning their commencement regalia to either the bookstore or the storehouse. Staff from both places will be available to collect regalia at all commencement sites. Please be sure to include original packaging or a separate label so that your department can be properly credited.