Prestige Moulding

This moulding creates a dramatic look with its beautiful lacquered cherry finish with gleaming inner and outer gold accents (1 3/4 " wide).  

Not sure which style you like best?  E-mail me at info@graduateframes.com and I'll send you out a corner sample kit which has a piece of each moulding.  Free of charge of course!

Matboard

Currently we offer
five matting options:

Single blue, single black, double blue & gold, double black & cream, triple ivory & gold & blue.  Please e-mail or call for custom options.

Museum quality matboard and mountboard are used to help protect and preserve your diploma. Every piece of matboard used in our diploma frames meets the United States Library of Congress standards for document preservation.

Heres what our customers have to say about us:

"Wanted to thank you for the USNA double frame.  I received the order last week and it came out beautiful. What a perfect present for my husband's first deployment homecoming!  Thanks again for terrific craftsmanship!"

Kristen T. in Connecticut, May 2006

"I knew the frame was gorgeous.--and I was delighted to have my '06 say the same--and got the degree and the commission mounted in the frame within hours of our arrival home.  Thank you!"

Carol M. in Illinois, June 2006 (Proud Parent of 2 USNA graduates)

(Send to USNA Parent Club Members)  "Greetings Navy Family Just wanted to let everyone know that I ordered a diploma frame as a graduation gift for Spencer (USNA06).  It came today and Gary and I are very pleased.  We paid much more for our daughters frame last year, and this one is much nicer.  If anyone wants to come over to my house and see it, let me know!  Go Navy!"

Lynne & Gary H. in Colorado, April 2006

"I don't know if I already told you, but my daughter (now ensign) saw the frame and was absolutely delighted.  She'd seen frames at the Mid Store and wasn't impressed with them--yours she was--it had the style and class she wanted!  Thank you.  And I shall be ordering another one for my son in a few months".

Carol M. in Illinois, June 2005 (Proud Parent of 2 USNA graduates)

"Thanks so much for the beautiful frame.  It arrived last Tuesday.  Since you had wrapped it so well we decided not to open it.  When Jon opened it on Friday, it was even more beautiful than I had anticipated.  You do exceptional work!!!  Jon loved the frame needless to say".

Nicki C. in Virginia, May 2004

More to come...

About the United States Naval Academy

The U.S. Naval Academy was founded in 1845 by the Secretary of the Navy, George Bancroft, in what is now historic Annapolis, MD. The history of the Academy has often reflected the history of the United States itself. As the U.S. Navy has moved from a fleet of sail and steam-powered ships to a high tech fleet of nuclear-powered submarines and surface ships as well as supersonic aircraft, the Academy has changed also. The Naval Academy gives young men and women the up-to-date academic and professional training needed to be effective naval and marine officers in their assignments after graduation.

Every day, as the undergraduate college of the naval service, the United States Naval Academy strives to accomplish its mission to develop midshipmen "morally, mentally, and physically."

Moral Education

Moral and ethical development is a fundamental element of all aspects of the United States Naval Academy experience. As future officers in the United States Navy (USN) or United States Marine Corps (USMC), Midshipmen will someday be responsible for the priceless lives of many men and women and multi-million dollar equipment. From Plebe Summer through graduation, the Naval Academy's Officer Development Program is a four-year integrated continuum that focuses on the attributes of integrity, honor, and mutual respect. One of the goals of this program is to develop midshipmen who possess a clearer sense of their own moral beliefs and the ability to articulate them. Honor is emphasized through the Honor Concept of the Brigade of Midshipmen. These Naval Academy "words to live by" are based on the moral values of respect for human dignity, respect for honesty and respect for the property of others. Brigade Honor Committees composed of elected upper-class midshipmen are responsible for the education and training of the Honor Concept. Midshipmen found in violation of the Honor Concept by their peers may be separated from the Naval Academy.

Academic and Professional Education

Every midshipman's academic program begins with a core curriculum that includes courses in engineering, science, mathematics, humanities and social science. This is designed to provide a broad-based education that will qualify the midshipmen for practically any career field in the USN or USMC. At the same time, our majors program gives them the opportunity to develop a particular area of academic interest. For especially capable and highly motivated students, we offer challenging honors programs and opportunities to start work on postgraduate degrees while still at the Academy.

The Academy also provides professional and leadership training. We don't just teach the students about life in the U.S. Navy and U.S Marine Corps. After four years at the Naval Academy, the life and customs of the naval service become second nature. First, the midshipmen learn to take orders from practically everyone, but before long, they acquire the responsibility for making decisions that can affect hundreds of other midshipmen. The professional classroom studies are backed by many hours of practical experience in leadership and naval operations, including assignments with Navy and Marine units.

Physical Education

Just as the Naval Academy promotes the moral and mental development of midshipmen, so also must it fulfill its responsibility for each midshipman's physical development. The Naval Academy athletic program as part of the mission, receives a priority much different than at civilian schools. The athletic teams are an integral part of the overall education of the midshipmen. USNA Athletics provide leadership opportunities and the experiences of team play, cooperative effort, commitment and individual sacrifice. In the academy's program everyone has a wide variety of athletic choices, as well as the required physical education curriculum. The primary goal of the Naval Academys physical education curriculum is fitness, which is so vital for midshipman health, personal appearance and well-being.

Classic high-gloss mahogany moulding 

? Premium solid wood moulding with a luxuriant high-gloss mahogany finish            

Classic matt mahogany moulding

? Premium solid wood moulding with a deep and rich mahogany matt finish