subject: Affordable Graduate Honor Cords [print this page] If you are looking for graduate honor cords you may also be interested in stoles. Graduate honor cords are normally available in more than a dozen different colors on a website, and they look like glorified ropes. Your student might be required to wear one of these to signify an elevated level of academic achievement, and if this is the case you are probably required to purchase one of a certain color, so check with the school to make sure. If you are not sure where to buy them from, the school will definitely have an idea and a few recommendations of companies you can purchase them from. More than likely, the company will have a website, so do a search to find any companies that are recommended to you, then do some comparisons.
Stoles are a little bit different than the graduate honor cords. They are normally made of satin and they are worn draped around the neck so that both ends fall at the students front. These add some flair and prestige to the academic regalia for students of different levels. These are also usually required to be purchased in a specific color, so again check with the school about it. These stoles usually signify those students who were Class President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer during a commencement ceremony, although many schools use them for distinguishing some other positions and people as well.
Most of the websites that offer graduate honor cords also have dozens of other items that you can purchase at the same time, such as souvenir tassels, caps and gowns, picture frames, diploma holders and other types of memorabilia for students to remember their special day by. It is important that students are dressed in their best attire and that they look distinguished on their day. Be sure that you are shopping online with a company that is dedicated to providing good quality attire, nice accessories and that they have a good reputation for good customer service.
Even though you are always free to purchase whatever souvenir products you want for the commencement ceremony, most schools have pretty strict guidelines that pertain to the accessories like graduate honor cords, caps and gowns. Institutions usually want everyone to look uniform for the ceremony, save a couple of added flairs like stoles for student government members. If you purchase the wrong type or color of graduate honor cords, you will have wasted your money because they will not allow your student to wear them.
