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The Buffalo State campus community is invited to attend the university's traditional celebration of Honors Convocation on Friday, April 21, at 3:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall. We also welcome you to join us for light refreshments following the event. 

In an effort to add to the pomp and circumstance of this traditional event, we will have a procession of marchers wearing academic regalia. We invite faculty and staff members to march in the academic procession. If you will march, please register by Monday, April 3; however, if you are invited to attend by a student, we encourage you to sit with the student as their guest instead of participating in the procession. Academic regalia is encouraged but optional.

Regalia rentals are available through the Buffalo State Bookstore in the Student Union. Please email Marybeth Keller, general merchandise manager, or call (716) 878-5509 by Friday, March 24, to place rental orders. If you are also planning to march in Commencement, you will not be required to return the rented regalia until the Monday after Commencement; however, if you are not participating in Commencement, rented regalia must be returned by Monday, April 24.  

A limited inventory of master’s and doctoral gowns, master’s and doctoral hoods, and caps are available for loan through the Academic Affairs Office. Hoods will not match the marcher's discipline or institution where the degree was earned. For guaranteed colors, marchers should purchase or rent hoods through the bookstore. Please email Carolyn Martino, executive assistant to the provost, by Monday, April 3, to arrange for regalia loan for Honors Convocation. Sizes and hood colors are limited, and requests are filled in the order they are received.

Honors Convocation provides us with a great opportunity to celebrate the academic excellence of our outstanding students. We hope that you will join us.