Hooding Instructions

1. At the EECS Departmental Graduation, you will approach the stage with the other candidates.
2. At this point, you carry your hood draped neatly over your arm.
3. Once on the stage, your name will be called, and you will receive your certificate. Wait there for your Major Professor (or another professor they have designated).
4. Your Major Professor will emerge from the hand-shake line. Stick one of your hands out and rest your hood on it. The button loop at the neck of the hood should face inward, towards you. The colored silk portion of the hood should face outward, away from you. Practice this before you arrive!
5. Your Major Professor will take the hood from you. Turn around and face the audience. Don’t remove your cap (unless your Major Professor asks you to). Your Major Professor will lift the hood over your head and place it at your collar, draping the length of the hood down your back. (Depending on your height, you may need to stoop slightly.) Smile for the photos, and enjoy the moment.
6. Turn to face your Major Professor and shake hands. Again, this is a supreme photo moment.
7. You will then cross toward the stage, shaking faculty hands as you go.
8. When you've finished crossing the stage, head down the stairs and return to your seat.