Academic Cords, Pins, and Other Decorations

The groups below have been approved to wear academic cords, pins, and other decorations as a part of their commencement regalia. Such adornments are available from the sponsoring group

Distinctive Honors 

  • Africana Studies honors cord
  • Alpha Kappa Delta sociology honor society
  • Alpha Psi Omega theatre and dance honor society
  • Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society
  • Bonner Scholars
  • Delta Phi Alpha German honor society
  • Eta Sigma Gamma national health education honor society
  • Eta Sigma Phi classics honor society
  • Gamma Sigma Epsilon chemistry honor society
  • Gamma Theta Upsilon geography honor society
  • Garcy McDowell Institute student fellows
  • Global Studies award
  • Golden Key National Honor Society
  • Kappa Delta Pi education honor society
  • Lambda Alpha anthropology honor society
  • Lambda Pi Eta rhetoric and communication studies honor society
  • Leadership Studies honor society
  • Oliver Hill scholars
  • Omicron Delta Epsilon international honor society in economics
  • Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honor society
  • Phi Alpha Theat history honor society
  • Phi Beta Delta international scholars honor society
  • Phi Beta Kappa national scholarship honor society for liberal arts and sciences
  • Phi Eta Sigma first-year scholarship and academic excellence
  • Phi Kappa Mu music honor society
  • Phi Sigma Iota international foreign language honor society
  • Phi Sigma Tau philosophy honor society
  • Pi Alpha chapter of Mortarboard honor society
  • Pi Mu Epsilon mathematics honor society
  • Pi Sigma Alpha political science honor society
  • Psi Chi psychology honor society
  • Richmond Scholars
  • Scholar Student-Athletes
  • School of Arts & Sciences David C. Evans Award
  • School of Arts & Sciences student symposium awardees
  • Sigma Delta Pi Hispanic honor society
  • Sigma Iota Rho global studies honor society
  • Sigma Pi Sigma physics honor society
  • Sigma Tau Delta English honor society
  • Theta Alpha Kappa religious studies honor society
  • Tre Beta biology honor society
  • Upsilon Pi Epsilon computing and information disciplines honor society
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies honor society

Additional Approved Regalia

  • Alpha Kappa Psi professional business fraternity
  • Alpha Phi Sigma Kappa science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
  • Alpha Sigma Kappa women in technical studies sorority
  • Delta Epsilon Mu pre-health co-ed fraternity
  • Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity
  • Honor Councils
  • International Club international education program
  • Jepson Student Government Association
  • Panhellenic Council
  • Richmond College Student Government Association
  • Richmond's Spider FLI
  • Robins School of Business Student Government 
  • Science Leadership Scholars Program
  • Sports Clubs
  • Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
  • Student Athletes
  • Student Conduct Council
  • Study Abroad Students
  • United World College Scholars
  • University of Richmond Emergency Medical Services
  • Westhampton College Government Association