Doctoral Hooding at Commencement Form
Doctoral students who plan to attend commencement ceremonies have the option of requesting one member of the Graduate Committee Faculty (generally their committee Chair or Co-Chair) to be invited to present the doctoral hood at the graduation ceremony. Each doctoral student who applies to graduate will be sent an email to their TAMU email account with the link to the Graduation RSVP system approximately one month prior to graduation for the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters.
The student invites one member of the Graduate Committee Faculty via the website to attend the combined hooding and commencement ceremony. The faculty member will then receive a notification about the pending request to their TAMU email and have the option to accept or decline the request. If the invitation is declined, the student will be permitted to request another faculty member to attend if it is before the listed deadline.
The GraduationRSVP system will send a confirmation email to the student once they submit their hooding request. The GraduationRSVP system will also send confirmation emails to the student, faculty and Graduate and Professional School when a faculty member accepts or declines a hooding request.
If a student plans to attend commencement but does not submit a hooding request OR the requested Graduate Committee Faculty member is not able to attend, the student will have their hood presented by the TAMU Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. Department representatives or other stage party faculty that have not been requested by a student will not be allowed to step in to hood that student. If you have any questions, contact the Graduate and Professional School at doctoralhooding@tamu.edu.