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Graduation

Cords and Stoles

Showing your pride and achievements

Honor cords earned by graduates represent scholastic achievement and membership in a specific honor society. Some of these are presented in formal ceremonies, while others are distributed more informally. Students qualifying for a particular cord or stole should learn of their eligibility via their departments or club advisors.

A guide to the colors

commencement cords

  • Blue and gold cord: Omicron Delta Epsilon, international honor society in economics
  • Blue and red cord: Phi Alpha Theta, national honor society in history
  • Blue, white and red cord: Pi Delta Phi, national honor society in French
  • Burgundy and gold cord: Pi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda, national honor society for adult learners
  • Crimson and black cord: Sigma Tau Delta, international English honor society
  • Gold and purple cord: Delta Mu Delta, international honor society in business
  • Gold and white cord: Order of the Omega, honor society for members of fraternities and sororities
  • Green and purple cord: Kappa Delta Pi, international honor society in education
  • Green and white cord: Sigma Pi Sigma, honor society in physics
  • Kente cloth stoles: Students identifying as Black or African American
  • Lavender and rainbow stoles: Students identifying as LGBTQIA+
  • Light blue cord: Teacher candidates earning exemplary marks for Oregon licensure
  • Light blue and gold cord: Kappa Tau Alpha, honor society for journalism and mass communication
  • Navy blue and silver cord: Alpha Alpha Alpha, national honor society for first-generation students
  • Platinum and blue cord: Psi Chi, international honor society in psychology
  • Purple and white cord: Phi Sigma Tau, honor society in philosophy
  • Purple and white cord: The Xi Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, international honor society in nursing
  • Purple and white stole: ASLU Cabinet members
  • Purple stole with white letters: Students identifying as Latino, Latina or Latinx
  • Red stole with yellow letters: Students identifying as Asian or Pacific Islander
  • Red, gold and white cord: Alpha Lambda Delta, honor society for first-year academic success
  • Red, purple and white cord: ASLU Senator
  • Red, white and black cord: Pi Sigma Alpha, national political science honor society
  • Silver and burgundy cord: The Oregon Alpha Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, honor society for forensics, speech and debate
  • Teal cord: Alpha Kappa Delta, international honor society in sociology 
  • Teal, royal blue and silver cord: National Residence Hall Honorary, honor society for students in residence halls
  • Violet, gold and lavender cord: Oregon Epsilon Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, national honor society in mathematics
  • White stole: Lambda Alpha, national anthropology honor society 
  • White stole: ÃÛѨÊÓƵ Wildcats student-athlete