Announcements
Posted: Thursday, December 11, 20082008–2009 Honorary Degree Committee
From the President
I am pleased to announce that the following individuals will serve on the 2008–2009 Honorary Degree Committee:
Chair, Paul Theobald, Woods-Beals Endowed Chair and professor, Center for Excellence in Urban and Rural Education; Felix Armfield, professor, History and Social Studies Education Department; Marian Deutschman,interim director, College and Community Partnerships Office; Charles Kenyon, associate vice president and dean of students; Kevin Railey, associate provost and dean of the Graduate School. Bonita Durand, executive assistant to the president, President’s Office, andMaryruth Glogowski, associate vice president for library and instructional technology, E. H. Butler Library, 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 Paul Theobald, c/oMaryruth Glogowski, E. H. Butler Library 134, by Wednesday, February 18.
