Graduation
Congratulations!
Many of you we met for the first time at your freshman orientations. We are truly happy to see what you have accomplished since then, and wish a heartfelt congratulations to both you and your families.
Celebration Graduation | Caps & Gowns
Graduation Announcements | Diploma Frames | Gifts
Graduation is Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland
Celebration Graduation
In the Portland Bookstore
Wednesday, May 2nd 10am - 2pm
Come pick up your cap and gown & enter drawings to win many exciting prizes! There will be vendors and services of interest to new graduates.
Food, Friends, and Festivities!
Graduation Announcements
Unpersonalized:
We sell unpersonalized graduation announcements in our stores for $1.75 each.
Personalized:
You can also order them directly from www.balfour.com if you want them personalized.
Diploma Frames
We have a great selection of USM Diploma frames. We carry Bachelor's & Master's sizes. We also carry Maine School of Law Diploma Frames.
We also offer customization of the moulding type and matting color with Church Hill Classics. To see the options, visit their website and type in "University of Southern Maine" in the upper right-hand corner.
Caps & Gowns
Caps and Gowns are available at the USM Bookstores starting on May 2nd at 10 am at our Celebration Graduation event.
They are then available in our stores until the day before graduation. They are available to pre-order through our website but they will not be ready for picking up or shipping out until May 2nd.
A Bachelor's Cap, Gown, and Tassel set is $22.95
A Master's Cap, Gown, and Tassell set is $26.95
A Master's Hood is $15.00
A Doctoral set is $45.99. All Doctoral Graduates should have received an order form. Doctoral Regalia is not available through the website.
Students picking up their Caps and Gowns in the Portland or Gorham stores do not need to pre-order. Just come in on or after May 2nd.
USM's black gowns are 'green' because each one recycles 15 plastic bottles.
Graduation Gifts
Do you need a gift to show a graduate how proud you are? Or maybe you are graduating and need a gift to thank someone for helping you along the way.
Click here to view our Online Gift Catalog
Other Resources
For more information about Graduation (including directions and local accomodation info.) please visit:
http://usm.maine.edu/commencement/
The Perfect Gift - A USM Bookstore Giftcard!
Let them pick out their own sweatshirt or even put their giftcard toward their books for next semester!
USM Bookstore giftcards can be used at all three on-campus locations as well as for purchases through this website!
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