Student Blog: Mortarboard Challenge to Spring 2019 Graduates
March 07, 2019
UMSON Office of Communications
UMSON alumna ask graduates to top their mortarboard creations.
Graduation … what a gas! It was the end to a fabulous two years at the Universities at Shady Grove and a great beginning for all of us starting our nursing careers.
There are lots of college graduation traditions, including the hanging of scrub tops in the cafe and decorating mortarboards. A what? You know, those flat-topped hats worn during graduation. Apparently, they are called mortarboards because they resemble the tool used by bricklayers to hold mortar.
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