Regalia information for FALL - December 13th, 2025 Commencement.
Congratulations on your upcoming NMU Graduation! Now - It's Grad Fair time!!
Here is your chance to get everything you need for Commencement at our Fall Grad Fair 2025: [Date TBD] at the NMU Bookstore in the Northern Center.
Purchase your cap and gown, get class ring information, announcements, honor cords, and more. All cap and gown packages will be $10.00 off during Grad Fair ONLY! In store sales only.
There will be refreshments provided and you can enter to win prizes!
We will have a photographer here from GradImages to take graduate and professional portraits - the sitting is free, but you will need to purchase the photographs.
Undergraduate package (cap, gown and tassel) is $69.98 (Grad Fair SPECIAL - $59.98!). Graduate package is $73.98; graduate hood is $54.98 (Grad Fair SPECIAL $118.96 for both!). We also have individual regalia items for sale.
Please note: If you are not in the Marquette area and/or you cannot come into the bookstore for your regalia - you may order your commencement regalia at https://oakhallcg.com/pages/NMichU (additional shipping charges and handling fees apply).
Class rings and announcements can be found at https://collegerings.herffjones.com/
Please let me know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you!
Paul
Paul Wright - Store Manager
Barnes and Noble at Northern Michigan University
Contingent Instructor - Northern MI University
P: 906.227.1166 | C: 906.250.1570
Regalia Requirements
Undergraduate (Bachelor & Associate Degrees)
Graduate (Masters Degrees)
The following Regalia is available to purchase at the Bookstore in the Northern Center:
- Graduate/Masters Package - $115.98 (cap, gown, hood and tassel) Black
- Cap only - $15.98
- Tassel only - $8.98
Graduate Program Hoods
Refer to the list below to ensure you order the correct hood.
- Applied Behavioral Analysis - GOLD
- Athletic Training - SAGE GREEN
- Biology - GOLD
- Business (MBA) - DRAB TAN
- Education (MAE and EDS) - LIGHT BLUE
- Clinical Molecular Diagnostics - GOLD
- Computer Science - GOLD
- Creative Writing (MFA) - DARK BROWN
- English (MA) - WHITE
- Exercise Science - SAGE GREEN
- Integrated Biosciences - GOLD
- Interdisciplinary Studies (MIS) - WHITE
- Mathematics - GOLD
- Nursing (MSN and DNP) - APRICOT
- Outdoor Recreation/Nature Based Tourism, Administration of - PEACOCK BLUE
- Psychology - GOLD
- Public Administration - PEACOCK BLUE
- Social Work - CITRON
Service Animals
The NMU regalia vendor, Oak Hall, will make a free cap/gown for a service animal that will be assisting a student participating in the NMU commencement ceremony. Please contact the Paul Wright, pwright@nmu.edu, at NMU Bookstore with the following information at the beginning of the semester you plan to graduate:
- Type of animal
- Height from back to floor
- Length from shoulders to beginning of tail
- Waist girth
Additional Regalia
Additional cords, stoles, and other regalia may be available through extracurricular programs or organizations you participated in during your time at NMU. Please check with the relevant departments or program coordinators to confirm availability and eligibility.
Examples of additional regalia include:
First-Generation Students: Light Blue Cord – provided by the Dean of Students
LGBTQ+ Graduates: Lavender Cords – provided by the Center for Community and Connection
Superior Edge Program Graduates: Blue Cord – awarded to students who complete all four edges, provided by the Center for Student Enrichment
Student-Athletes: Athletic Stole – provided by the NMU Department of Athletics (Compliance Office)