Honorary Degree Candidates Needed

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 17, 2014) — The University of Kentucky is seeking nominations for honorary doctoral degree recipients to be awarded at Commencement exercises in December 2014. 

Following the criteria, principles and guidelines approved by the University Senate and Board of Trustees, the University Joint Committee on Honorary Degrees solicits the nominations, which may be made by faculty, students, staff and friends of the university.

An honorary 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.  For information on criteria and the nomination process, as well as the list of previous recipients, please visit the Graduate School’s Honorary Degrees website at Honorary Degrees.

Lead nominators who are assembling a nomination dossier should upload the completed document at the link on the website. The deadline for submitting a completed nomination dossier is Thursday, May 1, 2014.  

Please direct any questions or Dr. Morris Grubbs at morris.grubbs@uky.edu to Dr. Jeannine Blackwell at jblack@email.uky.edu .