{"id":6945,"date":"2026-02-16T15:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=6945"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:37:21","slug":"important-student-cap-and-gown-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/important-student-cap-and-gown-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Student Cap and Gown Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Student regalia may be picked up at the Bates College Store during regular store hours on the following dates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thursday, May 28<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday, May 29<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturday, May 30<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To help make the pickup process as smooth as possible, please note the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>No Pre-Orders Needed:<\/strong>\u00a0Unlike previous years, advance ordering is not required. Simply arrive during store hours on the dates above and provide your name and height.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Student ID Required:<\/strong>\u00a0A valid Bates Student ID must be presented at pickup. Students may only collect their own regalia; picking up items on behalf of others is not permitted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cost Information:<\/strong>\u00a0Standard regalia (cap, gown, and tassel) is provided at no cost. Additional items\u2014such as stoles, class rings, and diploma frames\u2014are available for purchase at the college store, either in person or online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/store.bates.edu\/commencement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">store.bates.edu\/commencement<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact Gail St. Pierre at<a href=\"mailto:gstpierr@bates.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;gstpierr@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student regalia may be picked up at the Bates College Store during&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-6945","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6946,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6945\/revisions\/6946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}