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COMMENCEMENT HANDBOOK Touro University Worldwide
Table of Contents
General Information ..................................................................................................................................... 2
Commencement Schedule ........................................................................................................................ 2
The Academic Dress .................................................................................................................................. 2
History ................................................................................................................................................... 2
Order Instructions ................................................................................................................................. 4
Honors ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
Graduation Honors Recognition ........................................................................................................... 5
Valedictorian ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Commencement Map ............................................................................................................................... 7
Information for Graduates ............................................................................................................................ 8
Participation in the Ceremony .................................................................................................................. 8
Graduate Lineup ....................................................................................................................................... 9
University Schools and Programs............................................................................................................ 10
Information for Guests................................................................................................................................ 12
Guest Information ................................................................................................................................... 12
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Office of the Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer Dear Graduating Students: On behalf of the Touro University Worldwide Faculty, Staff and Administration, I want to extend my congratulations to you upon the achievement of your degree. The Seventh Annual Touro University Worldwide Commencement Ceremony will be held on Sunday, July 12th at 2:00 P.M. PST in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA. Students earning a degree by Summer II 2019 thru Summer I 2020 are eligible to participate in this year’s Commencement. The Commencement Handbook will provide you and your guests with all the necessary information required to plan for this auspicious occasion. Directions to the ceremony are provided on page 12. We sincerely thank you for attending Touro University Worldwide and celebrate your accomplishment. We encourage you to remain involved with TUW through the Alumni Association and University LinkedIn page. I look forward to seeing you at Commencement! Sincerely, Dr. Yoram Neumann Chancellor & Chief Executive Officer
General Information
TUW is monitoring the recent outbreak of COVID-19. The wellbeing of our students, their families, and
TUW staff are a top priority. At this time, our commencement ceremony is still scheduled for July 12,
2020 but due to COVID-19 we will inform you if the dates change. We will continue to monitor Federal,
State and Local Health agencies guidelines. Therefore, if you are planning to attend the 2020 TUW
commencement, it is a good idea to purchase travel insurance.
Commencement Schedule
Sunday – July 12, 2020 Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. PST Segerstrom Center for the Arts
600 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Ticket Pickup 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. PST
Graduate Arrival/Check-in 12:30 P.M. PST
Doors Open to Guests 1:00 P.M. PST
Graduate Lineup 1:30 P.M. PST
Processional (start) 2:00 P.M. PST
Recessional (end) 4:00 P.M. PST
The Academic Dress
Adapted from the American Council on Education
Historical Overview of the Academic Costume Code and
Academic Costume Code
History
The origins of academic dress date back to the 12th and 13th centuries, when universities were taking
form. The ordinary dress of the scholar whether student or teacher, was the dress of a cleric. With few
exceptions, the medieval scholar had taken at least minor orders, made certain vows, and perhaps been
tonsured. Long gowns were worn and may have been necessary for warmth in unheated buildings.
Hoods seem to have served to cover the tonsured head until superseded for that purpose by the skull
cap.
A statute of the University of Coimbra in 1321 required that all "Doctors, Licentiates, and Bachelors"
wear gowns. In England, in the second half of the 14th century, the statutes of certain colleges forbade
"excess in apparel" and prescribed the wearing of a long gown. In the days of Henry VIII of England,
Oxford and Cambridge first began prescribing a definite academic dress and made it a matter of
university control even to the extent of its minor details.
The assignment of colors to signify certain faculties was to be a much later development, and one which
was to be standardized only in the United States in the late 19th century. White taken from the white
fur trimming of the Oxford and Cambridge Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) hoods was assigned to arts and letters.
2|PageRed, one of the traditional colors of the church, went to theology. Green, the color of medieval herbs,
was adopted for medicine, and olive, because it was so close to green, was given to pharmacy. Golden
yellow, standing for the wealth which scientific research has produced, was assigned to the sciences.
European institutions have always had great diversity in their specifications of academic dress and this
has been a source of confusion. In contrast, American colleges and universities opted for a definite
system that all might follow. A significant contribution to the development of this system was made by
Gardner Cotrell Leonard of Albany, New York. Mr. Leonard designed gowns for his class at Williams
College in 1887 and had them made by Cotrell and Leonard, a firm established by his family in Albany,
New York. He was greatly interested in the subject and following the publication of an article by him on
academic dress in 1893, he was invited to work with an Intercollegiate Commission made up of
representatives of leading institutions to establish a suitable system of academic apparel.
Gowns
Touro University Worldwide gowns are black. The gown for associate and bachelor degrees have
pointed sleeves and are designed to be worn closed. The gown for master degrees have oblong sleeves,
opens at the wrist. The sleeve base hangs down in the traditional manner. The rear part of its oblong
shape is square cut, and the front part has an arc cut away. The gown is so designed and supplied with
fasteners that it may be worn open or closed. The gown for the doctoral degree has bell-shaped sleeves.
Gowns for the associate, bachelor and master degrees are untrimmed. For the doctoral degrees, the
gown is faced down the front with black velvet; three bars of velvet are used across the sleeves. These
facings and crossbars may be of velvet of the color distinctive of the disciplines to which the degree
pertains, thus agreeing in color with the binding or edging of the hood appropriate to the particular
doctoral degree in every instance.
For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctoral gowns and edging of hoods, the colors
associated with the different disciplines are as follows:
Agriculture Maize Music Pink
Arts, Letters, Humanities White Nursing Apricot
Commerce, Accountancy, Business Drab Oratory (Speech) Silver Gray
Dentistry Lilac Pharmacy Olive Green
Economics Copper Philosophy Dark Blue
Education Light Blue Physical Education Sage Green
Engineering Orange Public Administration, Foreign Service Peacock Blue
Fine Arts, including Architecture Brown Public Health Salmon Pink
Forestry Russet Science Golden Yellow
Journalism Crimson Social Work Citron
Law Purple Theology Scarlet
Library Science Lemon Veterinary Science Gray
Medicine Green
Hoods
Touro University Worldwide hoods are black. Hoods are worn for master and doctoral degrees. Only
hoods worn for the doctoral degree have panels at the sides.
3|PageHoods are lined with navy blue and a light blue chevron and gold accent. The binding or edging of the
hood is to be velvet or velveteen. Width of binding or edging is based on degree and the color should be
indicative of the subject to which the degree pertains (see above).
Caps
Touro University Worldwide caps are black. Caps for associate, bachelor and master degrees are
mortarboards. Only doctoral degree caps are velvet. A long tassel is to be fastened to the middle point
of the top of the cap only. The tassel should be black for associate, bachelor and master degree. A tassel
of gold should be used for the doctoral cap.
Order Instructions
THE DEADLINE TO ORDER IS JUNE 4, 2020!!
1. Go to https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/2421071/Touro-University-
Worldwide/ or call Jostens Customer Care at 800-854-7464
2. Click on the photo with the text above it that says “Graduation Caps and Gowns.”
3. A pop-up box will appear asking you to Select Your Collection between Faculty
Rental, Student 2019 or Student 2020. Please choose ‘Student 2019’ or ‘Student
2020’ based on the year you completed your program.
4. Please select from the options available – Associate, Bachelor, Masters or
Doctorate. Each unit includes a cap, gown and tassel. Additional tassels, honor cords
and stoles are also available for purchase. Stoles and Honor Cords are optional.
5. Masters Degree students will need to choose their major/curriculum field of study
for the band color for your hood.
6. On the cart page, please take a moment to review your selection. When ready,
please click on the checkout button and complete the checkout process.
7. Orders will be shipped via UPS to the address you provide. UPS does not deliver to
PO Boxes.
8. THE DEADLINE TO ORDER YOUR REGALIA ONLINE IS JUNE 4, 2020. IF YOU MISS
THE DEADLINE, PLEASE CALL JOSTENS CUSTOMER CARE AT 800-854-7464.
CUSTOMER CARE IS AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
9. LATE ORDERS INCLUDE A $20 EXPRESS PROCESSING FEE IN ADDITION TO THE
REGULAR CHARGES, SHIPPING/HANDLING, AND TAXES. LATE ORDERS CAN ARRIVE
UP TO AND INCLUDING THE DAY OF GRADUATION, MAY BE SUBBED IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE REGALIA, ARE NOT GUARANTEED AND ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
4|PageHonors
Graduation Honors Recognition
Exceptional scholarship is recognized upon graduation for students based on the following scale:
Summa Cum Laude: 3.90 to 4.0
Magna Cum Laude: 3.75 to 3.89
Cum Laude: 3.60 to 3.74
Graduates who fall into the above categories may purchase honor cords (see page 4) at the time of their
regalia to wear during the commencement.
5|PageValedictorian
Eligibility
Only graduates who RSVP to the Commencement Ceremony and meet their program requirements by
Sunday, April 19, 2020 are in the running for Class Valedictorian.
Process
Graduates who meet Eligibility for Class Valedictorian will be contacted directly by the Commencement
Committee with instructions regarding the process of selection on Monday, May 4, 2020. All items
requested by the Commencement Committee are due to graduate@tuw.edu no later than 6:00 P.M.
PST Monday, May 11, 2020.
Criteria
1. Overall GPA of 4.0
2. No more than 1 LOA per year throughout the entire length of their program
3. A vote by school administrators
4. Level of participation in Community Service (Local, State, National, and/or International)
5. Dedication to TUW community
The selected Class Valedictorian and runner-up will be notified by the Commencement Committee on
Friday, May 22, 2020 via email.
6|PageCommencement Map
7|PageInformation for Graduates
Participation in the Ceremony
In order to participate in Commencement as a graduating student, you will need to apply for graduation
by completing a TUW Application for Graduation and submitting it to the Office of the Registrar when
you are enrolled in your last course of the program. You are also required to RSVP for commencement
by responding to the official invite sent to all eligible commencement candidates via email or by
emailing your full name and number of guests to graduation@tuw.edu
Final RSVP for Commencement is Friday, May 29, 2020.
*Both an application for graduation and RSVP for the commencement ceremony must be received in order for you
to participate in Commencement activities.
**Submission of an application for graduation is not a substitution for RSVP of attendance of or participation in the
Commencement activities.
****Please Note: Doctoral Students
Only students who have successfully defended their completed dissertation and have been approved by the Provost
may be considered for participation in the commencement ceremony. (This does not mean only the proposal
defense). The graduation of the PsyD student is based on completion and defense of the entire and final
dissertation. The Dissertation has to be completed and defended no later than Spring I 2020.
8|PageGraduate Lineup
Graduates should arrive at 12:30 P.M. PST, 90 minutes prior to the processional, for check-in and
participation in professional graduate photos. Graduates will be instructed by a faculty or staff member
to lineup at 1:30 P.M. PST, 30 minutes prior to the processional, by program and degree level as follows:
Associate, Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral.
9|PageUniversity Schools and Programs
Associate Degree in General Studies
School of Business
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management
o Accounting o Homeland Security Emergency Disaster Management
o Entrepreneurship o Management
o Human Resource Management o Project Management
o Marketing o Criminal Justice
Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution
Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
o Coaching and Consulting o Occupational Health Psychology
o Human Resource Management
Master of Arts in Public Administration
Master of Business Administration
o Accounting o Global Management
o Artificial Intelligence (AI) Management o Human Resources Management
o Cybersecurity Management o Marketing
o Finance o Non-Profit Management
o Global Management o Physician/Health Executive
o Health Administration Management
Master of Science in Human Resource Management
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
Doctor of Management (DBA)
The Edith Neumann School of Health and Human Services
Bachelor of Arts in Social Work
Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences
o Health Education o Long-Term Care Administration
o Health Care Administration
Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy
o MFT (Non-Clinical) o MFT LPCC
o MFT (Clinical)
Master of Science in Health Sciences
o Health Education o Public Health
Doctor of Physician Assistant (DPA)
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Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
o Industrial/Organization Psychology o Special Education
o Child and Adolescent Psychology o Human Services
o Elementary Education o Forensic Psychology
o Secondary Education
Master of Arts in Psychology
o Media Psychology o Educational Psychology
o Health Psychology o Forensic Psychology
Doctor of Psychology in Human and Organizational Psychology
o Organizational Leadership
11 | P a g eInformation for Guests
Guest Information
This is a ticketed event and each graduate is allotted a maximum of five (5) guest tickets. Tickets are
limited based on number of graduates eligible to participate in commencement ceremony and capacity
of the commencement ceremony location. This year’s commencement ceremony location is the Renée
and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall within the Segerstrom Center for the Arts at 600 Town Center Drive,
Costa Mesa, CA 92626 and will take place on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. PST. Additional guest
tickets will be made available on Monday, June 1, 2020 and can be requested on a first come first serve
basis and are not guaranteed. Graduates (and participating faculty) do not require a ticket for
admittance. All tickets will be distributed to commencement candidates via the following schedule:
Friday, July 10, 2020 Sunday, July 12, 2020
9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. PST 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. PST
Touro University Worldwide Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
10601 Calle Lee, Suite 179 Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Los Alamitos, CA 90720 600 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
NOTE: Graduates are responsible for distributing tickets to their guests.
Guests are asked to arrive at the event no earlier than 1:00 P.M. PST and proceed directly to the location
within the Segerstrom Center for the Arts indicated on the Commencement Map on page 6 of this
handbook.
Patron Safety
Please visit https://www.scfta.org/Saftey-and-Security-Policies.aspx for all Segerstrom Center for the
Arts related Patron Safety information including prohibited items.
Prohibited items
The following is a partial list of items that are prohibited from Commencement and all Segerstrom
Center for the Arts facilities:
Food, beverage*, alcohol, cans, bottles, flasks, coolers, drugs, illegal substances
Laptop/Tablet computers, 2-way radios, laser pointers
Balloons, permanent markers, spray paint
Noise making devices: air horns, drums, whistles
Professional Recording Devices: audio or video
Bags (backpacks, large bags, suitcases, luggage)
Signs/Flags/Banners/Posters
Animals (with the exception of trained service animals and service animals in training for
Patrons with disabilities)
*The only exception is unopened plastic water bottle one liter or smaller.
12 | P a g eService Animals/Pets
Animals or pets of any kind are prohibited in Segerstrom Center for the Arts with the exception of
trained service animals and service animals in training for Patrons with disabilities. Service animals are
welcome inside the venues, but must remain on a leash or in a harness at all times. Service animals will
rest in the seating area of the individual with a disability, rather than in the aisle. A Patron whose service
animal poses a threat to the safety of, or is causing a disturbance for, other Segerstrom Center for the
Arts Patrons, performers, and employees may be asked to escort the animal off the premises.
Service animals/pets will not be permitted on the stage at anytime.
Directions
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is located in the heart of the Orange County Theatre District, just East of
South Coast Plaza. Segerstrom Center can be easily reached from either the 405 or the 55 Freeways,
with signage directing you to the Center.
Address: Public Transportation:
Segerstrom Center for the Arts OCTA
600 Town Center Drive (714) 636-7433
Costa Mesa, CA 92626 The number above is for all OCTA information,
including OCTA ACCESS service (disabled)
13 | P a g eParking
Parking for the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall is located in the Plaza Tower Parking Structure
on the corner of Anton/Park Center Drive. There are parking spaces for guests with disabilities on every
level of the parking structure.
Current rates for event parking are $12 (cash only). Please note that the Center neither owns nor
operates any of these parking garages, and rates are subject to change.
14 | P a g eWe are members of the TUW family.
We are mentors to current students.
We are valued members of communities worldwide.
We are support for each other in our careers.
We are TUW Alumni.
Embrace your legacy and join the TUW Alumni Association today!
For more information and a free membership form, please
visit us at the 2020 Commencement Ceremony or the
TUW Alumni Association webpage: http://www.tuw.edu/alumni/
15 | P a g eTouro University Worldwide is accredited by the Western Association of
Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).
Touro College Los Angeles (Lander Campus) is a division of Touro University Worldwide.
For more information on WSCUC, visit www.WSCUCsenior.org or write WSCUC at 985 Atlantic Ave., Suite 100,
Alameda, CA 94501.T OU R O U NIV E R S IT Y W O R LD W I D E
10601 Calle Lee, Suite 179
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
Ph: 888-586-5193 | Fax: 818 -688-324
www.TUW.edu
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