The Daily Bulletin

The campus community is invited to attend the university’s traditional celebration of Honors Convocation on Friday, April 19, 2024 at 3:00 pm in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall. 

In an effort to add to the pomp and circumstance of this traditional event, we will have a procession wearing academic regalia.  We invite faculty and staff to march in the academic procession. If you are planning to march, please register by Monday, April 8, 2024: Honors Convocation Marcher RSVP . However, if you are invited by a student, we encourage you to sit with them as their guest instead of participating in the procession.  Academic regalia is encouraged but optional.

Regalia rentals are available through the Barnes and Noble bookstore in the Student Union. Email Marybeth Keller kellerm@buffalostate.edu or call (716) 878-5509 by Friday, March 22, 2024 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 22. 

A limited inventory of doctor and master’s gowns, master's and doctor 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.  Email Ann Delmont  kingap@buffalostate.edu  by Monday, April 8, 2024 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 a great opportunity to celebrate the academic excellence of our outstanding students.  We hope that you will join us.