40th CONVOCATION E- BOOK (17NOV2024)

20 21 CONVOCATION ATTIRE : THEN AND NOW From 1987 to Present The Robe In the early years (1987 -2007), all robes for males and females had the logo of the university in ‘songket’. The logo of the university in ‘songket’ was stitched along the neckline and lapels of all robes. In the case of students, the ‘songket’ along the lapels was up to the waist whereas for robes worn by the Constitutional Head of the University, President, Rector, Deputy Rectors, Executive Directors, Members of the Board of Governors, and Senate members, the ‘songket’ on the lapels was to the full length of the robe together with gold embroidery floral ‘songket’ at the end of the sleeves which represents the Malay culture. The ‘songket’ used for convocation attire was changed to silver metallic embroidery floral ‘songket’ from 2008 to present. The logo of the university, which appears on all early robes, ‘songkok’ and ‘tudung’, represented the aspirations, ideals and objectives of the university. The material used for the robe is a good quality heavy ‘tenun’ cloth in turquoise green, which falls well, and thereby reflects grace and beauty. Different shades of turquoise green are used for different levels of hierarchy in the university. The Constitutional Head of the University wears a purple colour reflecting the royal status. The 'Songkok' In addition to the graduands early robes, the headdress for men was a ‘songkok’ with gold-coloured university logo on a headband three quarters of an-inch wide around the ‘songkok’. The headband has placed 1.5 inches above the base of the ‘songkok’. The headdress for the women was a cream coloured scarf or ‘tudung’ with a headband which had the university logo in gold colour stitched on turquoise green cloth. The Headdress Graduands In the earlier years (1987 -1989) a lighter shade of turquoise green was used with the cloth being much thicker and heavier. In the later years until 2007, a darker shade of turquoise green was used with the cloth being lighter comparatively. Graduating students for the first three years from 1987 to 1989 used plain green robes devoid of any embroidery or other stitched items. Subsequently to that, the robes had the university logo in gold embroidery on a dark green turquoise cloth which was stitched on the edge of the lapels going around the neck. The sleeves ended up with coloured stripes stitched around the sleeves with the colour representing each kulliyyah. Initially, the stripes used were three-quarters of an-inch wide but later in 2002 the stripes were one and a half inches wide. The use of stripes in addition to indicating the affiliation with a kulliyyah also indicated the nature of the degree depending on the number of stripes used. Convocation attire used for students from 1987 to 1989 A black velvet mortarboard with black rayon thread tassel on top and embossed logo on the grip of the tassel and on the tassel in black colour for the Undergraduate, Master and Post Graduate Diploma graduands used from 2008 to present. Convocation attire for the graduands used from 2008 to present. Undergraduate (1 stripe), Master (2 stripes) and Post Graduate Diploma (no stripe) In 2008 the convocation attire was to included the robe, appropriate headgear and a hood. The coloured stripes stitched around the sleeves with the colour representing each kulliyyah were changed to the silver metallic rayon stripes decoration. The use of coloured hoods was introduced to indicate the Kulliyyah the wearer. The ‘songkok' used as part of the earlier convocation attire was changed to the beefeater and mortarboard. Today, the convocation attire worn by all graduands during the convocation ceremony comprises of four items: • Robe • Hood • Mortar Board (Undergraduate, Master and Post Graduate Diploma) or • Beefeater (Clinical Master and all PhD graduands) Graduands Robe for Postgraduate Diploma graduands with no stripes Robe with one and half inches wide coloured stripes on the sleeves used after 2002 for Undergraduate (1 stripe), Master (2 stripes) and PhD (3 stripes) Robe with three quarters of an inch wide coloured stripes on the sleeves used before 2002 for Undergraduate (1 stripe), Master (2 stripes) and PhD (3 stripes) A black velvet beefeater with black rayon thread tassel on top for the Clinical Master and PhD graduands used from 2008 to present. Convocation attire with 3 decoration stripes around the sleeves for the PHD graduands used from 2008 to present. Convocation attire with coloured stripes and 3 decoration stripes around the sleeves for the Clinical Master graduands used from 2008 to present.