Photo: What Obama will wear at Notre Dame's Commencement

Here is Notre Dame's traditional academic garb for the degree Obama is being awarded:

This week the White House confirmed that the plan is for Obama to wear this on May 17th:

“I honestly don’t know what the dress code is for that day. I can assume that the president would wear what one traditionally wears at that commencement,” Gibbs told CNSNews.com during Monday’s White House press briefing. (CNSnews)

"Vita, Dulcedo, Spes" is part of the opening line of the Salve Regina, and means "(our) Life, (our) Sweetness (and our) Hope." It was the favorite hymn of Fr. Basil Moreau, CSC, founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross which founded the University of Notre Dame. The phrase is also Notre Dame's institutional motto (source).

[photo credit: Herff-Jones]