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Cambridge is the only university in the world apart from the University of the South in America to retain the cappa clausa as part of its academic dress. College Praelectors, and all other presenters, wear the academical dress of their highest Cambridge degree when presenting graduands. [17]
These are cheaper (£60-90), tend to be focused on live music, and frequently have less formal dress codes. Some colleges alternate June events and May balls from year to year. Trinity Hall, Newnham and Wolfson hold June events. In 2018 Wolfson held a May Ball instead. In 2023, Darwin College was the first college at Cambridge to host a vegan ...
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A graduation or commencement speech, in the U.S., is a public speech given by a student or by alumnus of a university to a graduating class and their guests. Common themes of the graduation speech include wishing the graduates well in the "real world", cautioning that the world of academe is a special place where they were taught to think (a ...
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The Cambridge University Endowment Fund is the main vehicle of investment for the University. [95] In the fiscal year ending 31 July 2023, the university group, excluding colleges, reported a total endowment of £3.736 billion. [96] The figure includes both restricted and unrestricted funds.
Today, also in common with most American universities, academic regalia is commonly seen only at graduation ceremonies. For most of its academic dress, Stanford follows the Intercollegiate Code of Academic Costume which was devised in 1895 and sets out a detailed uniform scheme of academic regalia.