From the President
Posted: Friday, October 9, 2015Call for Nominations: SUNY Honorary Doctorate
The Honorary Degree Committee is charged with identifying candidates for the State University of New York honorary doctorate, 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 or 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.
Please forward names of suggested nominees for SUNY honorary doctorates to Maryruth Glogowski, Cleveland Hall 511, or any other committee member (see below) by Monday, October 26.
2015–2016 Honorary Degree Committee
Co-Chair: Ann Colley, Distinguished Professor, English
Co-Chair: Maryruth Glogowski, Associate Vice President, Information Services and Systems
Bill Benfanti, Associate Vice President for Government Relations
John Cabra, Associate Professor, Center for Studies in Creativity
Krista Vince Garland, Assistant Professor, Exceptional Education
Camille Holmgren, Associate Professor, Geography and Planning
Charles Kenyon, Associate Vice President; Dean of Students
Lawrence Maheady, Horace Mann Endowed Chair, Exceptional Education
Daniel Potts, Associate Professor, Biology
Judith Walsh, Professor, Art Conservation
Nancy Weekly, Head of Collections, Burchfield Penney Art Center
Amy Wilson, Assistant Professor, Higher Education Administration
Sergio Ossorio, Graduate Intern, President’s Office
Bonita R. Durand, Chief of Staff, President’s Office, will provide staff support to the committee.
