FACULTY MARSHAL Dr. Timothy Burson


UNIVERSITY SEAL In 2005, the current university seal was updated to reflect the name of the institution which was changed to Queens University of Charlotte in 2002. In 1930, Queens College merged with Chicora College of Columbia, S.C., whose motto was transferred to the Queens College seal and remains today: Non ministrari, sed ministrare. Translated from Latin, this means “Not to be served, but to serve.”


UNIVERSITY MACE Dr. Edwin Walker, president of Queens from 1954-1967, handcarved the mace used in today’s ceremony. The mace is made of dark stained walnut, stands 32 inches tall and has a six-inch disk-head. Around the outside are the words “Sigillum Reginae Collegii 1857,” and the disk itself displays the current university motto: Non ministrari, sed ministrare. Dr. Mildred McEwen was the first to carry this mace as Faculty Marshal during the administration of Dr. Walker. Over the years, it has been passed to Dr. Joyce Shealy, Dr. Virginia Martin, Dr. Janice Ginger, Dr. Chris Allegretti, and Dr. Bob Whalen, and now resides with the current Faculty Marshal, Dr. Timothy Burson. Dr. Burson keeps the mace until it is time to pass it to his successor.


ACADEMIC DRESS The style of the academic gown varies with the degree it represents. Pointed sleeves are on gowns for the associate’s and bachelor’s degrees, oblong sleeves for the master’s degree, and bell-shaped sleeves for the doctoral degree. There is no trimming on either the bachelor’s or the master’s gown. The gown for the doctoral degree is faced with velvet, either black or the color denoting the academic field in which the degree was obtained. Some academic subjects and their corresponding colors are listed below.


Arts, Letters, Humanities — White Commerce, Business — Drab Communication — Crimson


Education — Light blue Fine Arts — Dark brown Music — Pink


Nursing — Apricot


Philosophy — Dark blue Science — Golden yellow


The subject of study is indicated by the chevron on the back of the hood. For the master’s degrees, the hood is lined in the colors of the institution that conferred the degree and edged in the color denoting the subject-matter field in which the degree was obtained.


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