Official SHSU Ring
It's an Honor.
Current or past SHSU students, who have completed 75 credits, are eligible to order the official SHSU Ring. Graduate students are eligible at any time.
Each gold ring symbolically captures the uniqueness of SHSU. The top of the ring features "SH" above a star and is surrounded by the words, "Sam Houston State University." One side of the ring displays Austin Hall with "SHSU" below, and the other side shows a high-contrast image of the statue of General Sam Houston with the founding year of "1879" below and the class year to the right of Sam Houston.
Cast into the inside of the ring is the word "Honor." When Sam Houston joined the U.S. Army in 1813, Sam Houston's mother Elizabeth understood her son's decision. She called Sam to her side and handed him a musket saying "never disgrace it: for remember I had rather all my sons should fill one honorable grave, than one of them should turn his back to save his life." She told him to always remember, "while the door to my cottage is open to brave men, it is eternally shut to cowards." Elizabeth Houston placed a small gold band on his finger with a one-word inscription - HONOR.
The Tradition.
Each SHSU class ring spends the night at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum in Sam Houston's historic home on the eve of the ring ceremony. Juniors and seniors wear rings with the school name facing them. Upon granting of degrees at Commencement, graduates turn the ring around, with the name facing outward. This symbolizes that the graduate is taking their SHSU knowledge out into the world.
Ordering Your Ring
Summer l Ring Days:
June 21 & 22, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Lowman Student Center (LSC), Room 144
Summer ll Ring Days:
July 25 & 26, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Lowman Student Center (LSC), Room 144
Fall - Ring Week l:
August 28, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
The Woodlands Center
August 29 - 31, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
September 1, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Lowman Student Center (LSC), Room 144
Fall - Ring Week ll:
September 11, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
The Woodlands Center
September 12 - 14, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
September 15, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Lowman Student Center (LSC), Room 144
NOTE: Rings ordered after February 17, will not be included in the Spring'23 Ring Ceremony Rings ordered during the Summer and Fall events will be presented during the Fall ceremony.
Upcoming Ring Ceremony
Ring Ceremony - Spring '23
Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum
Business Attire
*Check-in begins at 5:00 p.m. Ceremony at 6:30 p.m.
Ordering Ring Ceremony Photos
GradImages is the official Ring Ceremony photographer. Register before the ceremony to receive a coupon code for 20% off your $50 or more purchase. A link will be sent to you by GradImages to view your ceremony photos
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