@montclairstu, June 6, 2023
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Read the transcription below for the captions that are given in this video.
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Montclair State University is located in Montclair, New Jersey
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about the custom of non-academic university organizations in the United States conferring stoles and/or cords and/or other decorations such as medallions (medals) to its members to wear during those members' graduation ceremonies.
This pancocojams post presents videos about university graduation and an except article excerpt comme
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-custom-of-non-academic-university.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents three online AI (Artificial Intelligence) results about that subject.
The content of this post is presented for historical and socio-cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who provided information so that AI could present this information online as it is found in this post.
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TRANSCRIPTION OF SHOWCASE VIDEO #1 (given at the top of this post)
Pancocojams Editor: This English language transcription is largely made from the captions that appear on the video's screen, but also includes some dialogue that is given in that video which isn't in the captions. I added a description of those people who were interviewed [in brackets.]
These words may not be spelled correctly in this transcription. Additions and corrections are welcome.
[Questioner]-What are you wearing today?
1. [Black man]- "So "I'm wearing my Delta Chi stole, Order Of Omega, IFC, university fellows and cast department"
2. [White woman] -" I am wearing my organizational liaison one from SGA, I have my treasurer of MSDC, and then there's my cord for being a RSO leader"
3. [Latina woman]- "I am wearing my because I am a member of RSO tassel because I am part of an organization called LASO, being the Latinissimo chair"
4. [White woman] - "I'm wearing my student athlete stole, my national honors society stole, my sorority Theta Phi Alpha."
5. [man from Egypt wearing a stole that has the colors of his nation's flag & its name] - "I'm not a Greek.-Egypt" [The caption reads "Land of the Great- Egypt"]
6. [man from Peru wearing a stole that has the colors of his nation's flag & its name) - Peru
7-[man from Ecuador wearing a stole wearing a stole that has the colors of his nation's flag & its name] -"Ecuador"
8. [man from the nationof Puerto Rico, a United States territory, wearing a stole that has the colors of his nation's flag & its name ] - "Puerto Rico"
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The screen shot for this video includes a Black woman graduate who is wearing a crimson and cream Delta Sigma Theta Sorority ,Inc. kente cloth stole watching the interview. Delta Sigma Theta is a historically Black Greek letter organization.
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In the context of universities, "SGA" means "Student Government Association".
"Order of Omega" is a Greek honor society which isn't the same as any of the Greek letter organizations that have the Greek letter "Omega" in their name.
In the context of this video short, "I'm not a Greek" means "I'm not a member of a Greek letter organization.
Notice that some students from other nations or from United States' territory may wear a stole with the color and/or the name of their nation.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - CORD AND STOLE TOUR
@KaitlynJohnson, May 13, 2025
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This video short is given without my transcription of its captions. The woman in the video identifies a number of stoles and cords from various honor societies at the University as well as cords from her sorority Kappa Alpha Theta.
SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 -Explaining the Graduation Gown, medals, cords, and tassels!
Dr. Abi Eso-Adeleke, May 27, 2021 #gocanes
2021 University of Miami Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony!
#canegrad #gocanes #umiami2021
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Here's my transcription of that video with spelling corrections, added capitalizations and punctuation marks:
"So this medallion symbolizes um my work on the trailblazer project. The new trailblazer project is essentially a commemorative plaque and wall dedicated to the first Black graduates of the university. This specifically is supposed to go on the cap itself
These cords which are white black and blue are for Omicron Delta
Kappa, the national leadership honor society which I'm a brother of .
This orange and white is for student government in my time at eastern
government and then this specific stole is for student government as well because i was the president.
And then this is the student center complex because i was a student supervisor
and student employee for many many years.
And then this medal is for the Ronald A. Hammond scholar which is the scholarship
that i did receive which is a full tuition scholarship at the University. And then this kente cloth is for to
commemorate the Black graduates. Specifically, it's an African rite of passage so that's why we wear the kente
cloth.
And that’s it.
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There are many types of kente cloth with different color combinations and traditionally with one or more adinkra symbols*. I refer to the type of kente cloth that is shown in this video as the "pan-African kente cloth" because of its green, gold, red, and black colors which ae the colors of the pan-African flag. Since at least the early 2000s, this pan-African kente cloth color combination has become the most widely used type of kente cloth among African American university graduates.
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* Click https://www.adinkrasymbols.org/ for information and pictorial examples of adinkra symbols. To quote that page, "Adinkra are visual symbols that represent concepts, proverbs, and aphorisms. They originated from the Gyaman people of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Back then, they featured as prints on cloth which royals wore to important ceremonies. But they have transcended these Ghanaian and Ivorian origins. They now grace logos, clothing, furniture, architecture, and more. These new usages embody a global recognition of their profound cultural significance."...
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ARTICLE EXCERPT:- GRADUATION HONOR CORD COLORS- WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
From https://www.graduationsource.com/blog/graduation-cord-colors-their-meanings [given with no writer's name or publishing date; retrieved on June 2, 2025]
"Graduation cords are rope-like accessories that drape around
the graduate's neck so the two tassels hang down the gown. There are a variety
of graduation cord colors, which have been codified by the Association of
College Honor Societies. Some institutions also develop their own
color-specific traditions with graduation honor cords as well. In this guide, we share details about all the
major graduation cord colors, including their associated degrees, honors, and
clubs.
College & University Graduates
Each institution may have its own specific meanings for
these cords, and there could be additional colors representing other
achievements or honors. The list below provides a basic understanding but
should be cross-referenced with specific college or university guidelines for
precise meanings.
Gold Cords: Often signify high academic achievement, such as graduating cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude.
Red Cords: Can represent achievement in a particular field,
like humanities or journalism.
Blue Cords: Typically indicate academic success in areas
like education or philosophy.
Green Cords: Often associated with success in science or
environmental studies.
Purple Cords: Commonly used to denote honors in fields such
as law or theology.
Pink Cords: Often represent accomplishments in music or the
arts.
Silver Cords: May
signify volunteer service or significant community engagement.
Orange Cords: Typically represent achievements or
distinctions in the field of engineering.
Black Cords: Could symbolize business or accounting
achievements.
White Cords: Traditionally linked to arts and letters or
humanities.
Double/Multi-Colored Cords: Sometimes used to represent
membership in an honor society or a dual accomplishment in different academic
fields.
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This article continues with information about the meaning of different high
honor cord colors for high school graduates.”
This article also presents more detailed information about the meaning of
specific colors and some academic disciplines
and (PWI) Greek letter organizations that are represented by a certain
colors or by a combination of certain
colors.…
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This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series on university graduation cords and stoles.
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