At recent La Sierra commencements, decorated mortarboards have become high art, often with a dash of humor or heat-felt message.
Commencement–it is the culmination of a year in the life of a university, and the beginning of the rest of their lives for the students who graduate. It is a ceremony old, but always new.
New each year is the creativity of the art adorning the mortarboards, which offers teasing glimpses into the life stories they represent.