The Office of the Provost is now accepting nominations of candidates for honorary doctoral degrees at West Virginia University, to be awarded at Commencement exercises in May 2017.

The Provost urges all members of the campus community—faculty, staff, students, and alumni—to consider nominating exceptional individuals, especially women, minorities, and other members of communities often under-represented in the public sphere.

The honorary degree is the highest distinction that West Virginia University bestows. Nominees are evaluated on the basis of the three criteria and need only meet one criterion to be eligible to receive an honorary degree.

The criteria are:
• Having attained national/international pre-eminence in their field
and/or
• Having provided distinguished and pre-eminent leadership in society
and/or
• Having a sustained record of extraordinary philanthropy to West Virginia University and/or having supported the University substantially in various ways.

Nomination packets are due to the Office of the Provost by October 7, 2016.

More information about the nomination process, as well as nomination forms, guidelines and a complete list of previous honorary degree recipients, can be found at http://honorarydegrees.wvu.edu.

If you have any questions, please contact Lory Osborn at lory.osborn@mail.wvu.edu or 304.293.7119.

Please submit nominations by October 7, 2016 to:

Lory Osborn
Office of the Provost
Room 206 Stewart Hall
PO Box 6203
Morgantown, WV 26506-6203

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CONTACT: Lori Osborn
304.293.7119; lory.osborn@mail.wvu.edu

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