Official SHSU Ring
Ring Ordering Days Fall '25
Summer- Ring Week l: Summer- Ring Week ll:
Monday, June 16 & Tuesday, June 17 Monday, July 15
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Lowman Student Center (LSC), Room 321 The Woodlands Center, Room 111
11 a.m. – 7 p.m. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Woodlands Center, Room 111 Lowman Student Center (LSC), Room 321
Fall- Ring Week l: Fall- Ring Week ll:
Monday, August 25 Monday, September 8
11 a.m. – 7 p.m. 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
The Woodlands Center, Room 330 The Woodlands Center, Room 330
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Lowman Student Center (LSC), Room 321 Lowman Student Center (LSC), Room 321
Rings may be ordered online
Ordering Your Ring
The ordering deadline for the November 2025 Ceremonies is September 19.
Save the date for Fall 2025 Ceremonies:
November 11 (A-L), November 12 (M-Z).
Important Questions
If you have a question, not answered here, please contact jmarks@shsu.edu.
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
About The SHSU Ring Program
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.