A graduate or former student of a school, college, or university.

Someone who is eligible to graduate but has not yet graduated.

When your degree, certificate, or diploma is awarded, you become a graduate.

An academic degree for which has been waived all the usual requirements.

Bow Valley College instructors, academic and department leaders, members of the board of governors, executive team members, Indigenous and government leaders, valedictorians and keynote speakers make up the platform party.

When the Platform Party and graduands enters the ceremony hall.

At the end of the ceremony, this is when the Platform Party and graduates exit the ceremony hall.

The black cap and gown graduates wear. The gown and hood members of the platform party wear.

A decorative sash worn by graduands. The colour of stoles will represent the School graduands are graduating from.

Decorative black hanging threads from the cap. Worn on the right side of the graduation cap until it is announced at the ceremony to move it to the left side.

A student, typically having the highest academic achievements of the class, who delivers the valedictorian speech at a graduation ceremony.