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Submit Honorary Doctorate Nominations Now

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 18, 2015) — The University of Kentucky Joint Committee on Honorary Degrees is accepting nomination packages for honorary doctorates to be awarded at the UK Commencement exercises in December 2015.

An honorary doctoral degree pays tribute to those whose lives and work exemplify professional, intellectual, or artistic achievement and who have made significant contributions to society, the state, and the University of Kentucky. 

Nominations may be made by faculty, students, staff and friends of the university. The committee will follow the criteria, principles and guidelines approved by the University Senate and Board of Trustees.  For information on criteria and the nomination process, as well as the list of previous recipients, please visit the Graduate School’s Honorary Doctoral Degrees website.

Lead nominators who are assembling a nomination package should upload the completed document on the above website by July 15, 2015.

For more information, contact Morris Grubbs at morris.grubbs@uky.edu in the Graduate School.