Ooo, you're gonna walk the walk! I didn't go to my graduation, but I feel sure that I'll walk for any advanced degree I get. It is pretty impressive, after all.
After this much effort, sweat, swearing and time, HELL YES I'm gonna walk the walk. I'm gonna milk this damned thing for every bit of pomp and circumstance it's worth. :D
That and there's a good chance I'll end up shooting for academia, so they'll be needed for those formal occasions.
I wonder what one wears under a kilt under a robe??
So, will this be a grad-school-only ceremony, or will the undergraduates be involved as well? Be warned, if the latter, the three hours of Pomp and Circumstance will horribly scar you. Trust me on this.
Oh no, UNC ditched any sort of even token nod at the PhD candidates during the big ceremony three years ago. They used to have the PhDs file through, and the name and title were announced, you got your 'diploma', and then offstage you went. Dept by dept. They decided this was just an annoyance to everyone else and ditched it.
So the Graduate School now has their own *very* formal ceremony, and each dept has a small informal one as well.
Ah. When I got my BA many years ago, the PhD candidates went first, and got their names mentioned, then the MA candidates, and their names, then 2 hours of nameless black-robed undergrads :). Frankly, I'd rather your school's set up :).
Ah yes, one must have one's fancy hoodie for wearing in future lengthy graduation ceremonies during which one's not actually doing the graduating. It's a cult, man, RESIST!
And of course you shouldn't have anything on under the kilt, the robe should block any uncomfortable drafts. Do you have the snazzy socks as well?
You know, I seemed to recall an old joke along those lines, but right now I have nothing in the mental cache that isn't geared towards getting done. :}
U. Hawaii's formal robes were in emerald green with white arm stripes, and I wore them when I got my MBA at Cornell, because I didn't walk in Hawaii. Cornell of course has deep crimson/scarlet/red with black arm stripes, so all morning it looked like I was a photographic negative of everyone else. I still get comments about that to this day. The robes are expensive, but at least you have a ready costume for emergencies!
Well I'm not done *yet*... I still have to make this damned thing work, and prepare a defense, in the next four weeks. There's a chance I won't make it, and graduation will be pushed off a bit.
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That and there's a good chance I'll end up shooting for academia, so they'll be needed for those formal occasions.
I wonder what one wears under a kilt under a robe??
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I'm Heeeellllping.
So, will this be a grad-school-only ceremony, or will the undergraduates be involved as well? Be warned, if the latter, the three hours of Pomp and Circumstance will horribly scar you. Trust me on this.
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So the Graduate School now has their own *very* formal ceremony, and each dept has a small informal one as well.
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Frankly, I'd rather your school's set up :).
Congratulations, again.
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And of course you shouldn't have anything on under the kilt, the robe should block any uncomfortable drafts. Do you have the snazzy socks as well?
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hee hee.
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Tell you what, after I actually get this thing done, I can come get it in person. :)
Oh, lordy.
In my copious free time, I'll have to search through my sent-mail to see if I can find the reference.
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"I've worked my ass for this. See? NO ASS!"
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Congratulations
And... uhm... some of us know goodandgoddamnwell what you'll be wearing under the kilt under the robe... besides the socks.
:-P
Hugs to you - and to Leah, for havin' your back through all of this!!
You BOTH rock!
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WOOHOO!
Wait, if you do this, I won't be able to joke on you about not graduating yet! Noooooo!
;)