From the President
Posted: Monday, September 16, 20192019-2020 Honorary Degree Committee, Call for Nominations
I am pleased to announce that the following faculty and staff members will serve on the 2019–2020 Honorary Degree Committee:
Chair: Kimberly A.Kline, Chair and Professor, Higher Education Administration
Cynthia Conides, Associate Professor, History and Social Studies Education
Joy Guarino, Associate Professor, Theater
Jevon Hunter, Woods-Beals Endowed Chair in Urban Education, School of Education
Mary Jo Jagord, Director, Alumni Engagement Office
Lawrence Maheady, Distinguished Professor & Hank Mann Endowed Chair, Exceptional Education,
Lorena Mathien, Associate Professor, Business
Gary Pettibone, Professor, Biology
Celestine Simmons, Secretary 1, Muriel A. Howard Honors Program
Crystal J. Rodriguez, chief of staff in the President’s Office, will provide staff support to the committee.
The Honorary Degree Committee 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 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 the names of suggested nominees for SUNY honorary doctorates, along with a brief rationale, to Crystal J. Rodriguez, Cleveland Hall 518, by Wednesday, September 25.
