HVCC is asking for nominations for Honorary Degree recipients.
The honorary doctorate degree is the highest form of recognition offered by the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York to persons of exceptional distinction. The purpose of the honor is:
1. To recognize excellence in the fields of the degrees authorized at SUNY campuses as well as business, philanthropy, public affairs, and public service, which exemplify SUNY’s mission.
2. To honor meritorious and outstanding service to SUNY, the State of New York, the United States, or to humanity at large.
3. To recognize those whose lives and significant achievements serve as examples of a SUNY’s aspirations for its diverse student body.
4. To elevate SUNY in the eyes of the world by honoring individuals who are widely known and highly regarded for achievements in their respective fields of endeavor.
The criteria for selection:
1. The basis for the selection of a degree recipient shall be consistent with the Purposes of Honorary Degrees stated above.
2. The nominee must be distinguished, and the person’s achievements must be both relevant and appropriate to the nominating campus.
Eligibility for nomination is restricted to persons of state, national, or international stature.
3. The nominee should have a connection with the campus or SUNY as a whole. The nominee may be a graduate of SUNY, may have participated in campus programs, partnered in scholarly or creative activity with its faculty or students, or assisted the campus with programmatic development. Furthermore, the connection may be established through national or international prominence in a particular discipline in which the campus has a program. Alternatively, the candidate may have achieved national or international prominence in their field.
4. Substantive service to SUNY or the campus is not sufficient justification for an honorary degree if the individual does not meet the other criteria. Under those circumstances, a campus award is recommended.
Additional information is available here: Honorary Degrees, Awarding of (suny.edu)
If you have questions or potential nominees, please contact Erin Grace Dwyer (e.dwyer@hvcc.edu) or Liz Yanoff (e.yanoff@hvcc.edu) by September 27. Please note that nominations are confidential.