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8. Field education (for MDiv, MAEM, MARC and MAWM students). MDiv students mustcomplete 300 hours of supervised field education; MAEM, MARC and MAWM students mustcomplete 150 hours.REGALIAAccording to the information on the student’s graduation application, the Registrar’s office will providea cap, gown, and academic hood (if applicable) for each student. The day after graduation, students mustreturn their cap, gown, and academic hood (if applicable) to One-Stop. Once the regalia has beenreturned and all other requirements have been met (see above), the diploma will be awarded.Degree program graduates who would like to purchase an academic hood may contact the Registrar’soffice for contact information for an individual who makes academic hoods.COMMENCEMENTGraduating students are expected to attend the baccalaureate and commencement exercises. CovenantSeminary provides appropriate academic dress. Students with outstanding financial obligations to theSeminary will not be allowed to participate in commencement exercises.GRADUATION HONORSStudents in the MATS, MAEM, MAC, MAET, MARC, MAWM and MDiv programs who achieve a3.55 cumulative GPA will graduate cum laude; 3.75, magna cum laude; 3.90, with faculty action, summacum laude. ThM degree candidates will graduate with honors only by special faculty action. Honorsappear on the student’s diploma and transcript.Each year at commencement the faculty recognizes special achievements of graduating students with thefollowing awards:• The Robert G. Rayburn Homiletics Award is given to the graduating senior who best representsCovenant Seminary’s tradition of excellence in preaching.• The J. Oliver Buswell Theology Prize of a significant evangelical publication furnished by BakerBook House is given to the graduating senior deemed worthy of special recognition for work inhistorical or systematic theology.• The R. Laird Harris Award in Exegesis is given to the graduating student deemed worthy ofspecial recognition for work in biblical exegesis.[49]