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Academic dress of King's College London in different colours, designed and presented by fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate ...
The word comes from Latin, meaning nurslings, pupils or foster children, derived from alere "to nourish". [1] The term is not synonymous with "graduates": people can be alumni without graduating, e.g. Burt Reynolds was an alumnus of Florida State University but did not graduate. The term is sometimes used to refer to former employees, former ...
The dictionary, however, and most colleges, which gladly classify all attendees as alumni for fundraising and other purposes, disagree with you. The word "alumnus" has a clear meaning, and it is not what you wish it to be. The category which excludes those who did not graduate would be "graduates by university or college".
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Most of the newer degrees use the Burgon whilst older degrees use either, although the Burgon shape is becoming more popular. Generally, hoods are worn by graduates whenever subfusc is worn, but sometimes they are worn with an ordinary tie, e.g. by the lecturer at a public lecture.
This is a list of Goldsmiths College people, including office holders, current and former academics, and alumni of the Goldsmiths, University of London. An alumnus is a former student or pupil of a school, college, or university. Commonly, but not always, the word refers to a graduate of the educational institute in question.
A person should be included as a "notable alumna or alumnus" if the person would qualify for an article in his or her own right under Wikipedia: Notability (people)/WP:BIO. By implication, this means that each person listed in a "notable alumni" or "notable alumnae" section should have a wikilink, either red or blue.
Use wiki-links wisely; check that the content applies in the education system you are describing. For example, the letter K in the British school system is an abbreviation for Key Stage, but in the US is an abbreviation for kindergarten. Kindergarten is a pre-school in most European countries but part of the school system in North America.