From the President
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 20222022-2023 Honorary Degree Committee
I am pleased to announce that the following faculty and staff members will serve on the 2022–2023 Honorary Degree Committee:
Chair: Aaron Daniel Annas, Director, Television and Film Arts
William Benfanti, Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Dorothea Braemer, Assistant Professor, Communication Department
Atta Ceesay, Chair and Associate Professor, Political Science and Public Administration Department
Julian Cole, Chair and Associate Professor, Modern and Classical Languages Department
Macy Todd, Associate Professor, English Department
Jennifer Toohey, Associate Professor, Theater Department
LeVar Burke, chief of staff in the President’s Office, will provide staff support to the committee.
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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 the names of suggested nominees for SUNY honorary doctorates to LeVar Burke, Cleveland Hall 518, by Thursday, October 20.
