From the President
Posted: Thursday, November 6, 20142014-2015 Honorary Degree Committee
I am pleased to announce that the following faculty and staff members will serve on the 2014–2015 Honorary Degree Committee:
Chair, Maryruth Glogowski, Associate Vice President, Information Services and Systems
Bill Benfanti, Associate Vice President, Government Relations
Kathy Doody, Assistant Professor, Exceptional Education
Charles Kenyon, Associate Vice President and Dean of Students, Student Affairs
Michael Niman, Professor, Communication
Kathleen O’Brien, Director, Campus House; Lecturer, Hospitality and Tourism
Gary Pettibone, Professor, Biology
Nancy Weekly, Head of Collections, Burchfield Penney Art Center; Lecturer, History and Social Studies Education
Bonita R. Durand, chief of staff in the President’s Office, will provide staff support to the committee.
The group is charged with identifying candidates for the State University of New York honorary doctorates, SUNY’s highest academic honor, and preparing nomination portfolios. Honorary degrees are awarded to recognize excellence that exemplifies the mission and purpose of the State University of New York in the following fields: public affairs, the sciences, humanities and the arts, scholarship and education, business and philanthropy, and social services.
Honorary degrees also can honor meritorious and outstanding service to the university, the State of New York, the United States, or humanity at large, or people whose lives serve as examples of the university’s aspirations for its students.
Names of suggested nominees for SUNY honorary doctorates should be forwarded to Maryruth Glogowski, Butler Library 133, by Monday, December 1.
