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	Honorary degree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Honorary degrees are usually awarded at regular graduation ceremonies, at which the recipients are often invited to make a speech of acceptance before the assembled faculty and graduates – an event which often forms the highlight of the ceremony.
		The recipient of an honorary degree may add the degree title postnominally, but it should always be made clear that the degree is honorary by adding "honorary" or "honoris causa" or "h.c." in parenthesis after the degree title.
		Honorary degree recipients, particularly those who have no academic qualifications, have sometimes been criticized if they insist on being called "Doctor" as a result of their award, as the honorific may mislead the general public about their qualifications.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honorary_degree (1151 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Honorary degree
		An honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is an extra-ordinary academic degree awarded to an individual as a decoration, rather than as the result of matriculating and studying for several years.
		Honorary degrees are usually awarded at regular graduation ceremonies, at which the recipients are often invited to make a speech of acceptance before the assembled faculty and graduates — an event which often forms the highlight of the ceremony.
		In 2001, the conferment of an honorary degree to George W. Bush by Yale University prompted a boycott of the university's commencement ceremony by numerous students and faculty.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Honorary_degree (630 words)

	220.030 Honorary Degrees \| Chapter 220: Degrees, Diplomas and Honors \| Collected Rules and Regulations \| General ...
		Degrees should be granted only in the name of the University of Missouri with the campus designation appearing in the body of the certificate as a means of specifying the campus where the degree is conferred.
		Should an honorary degree designee be unable to accept in the year the degree is awarded, the name shall be resubmitted for faculty approval if the campus committee recommends conferring the degree in a later year.
		As a general policy, honorary degrees shall not be awarded to active members of the University faculty or staff, or retired faculty members for career distinction achieved at the University of Missouri nor to political officials unless retired from political life.
	www.umsystem.edu /ums/departments/gc/rules/programs/220/030.shtml (506 words)

	Honorary degree: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The degree itself may be a bachelor's, master's (master's: United States poet (1869-1950)) or doctorate (doctorate: One of the highest academic degrees conferred by a university) degree — the latter being by far the most common.
		Honorary degree recipients, particularly those who have no academic qualifications, have sometimes been criticized if they insist on being called "Doctor" as a result of their award as the honorific (honorific: An expression of respect) may mislead the general public about their qualifications.
		In 2001, the conferment of an honorary degree to George W. Bush (George W. Bush: 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)) by Yale University (Yale University: A university in Connecticut) prompted a boycott of the university's commencement ceremony by numerous students and faculty.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/honorary_degree (724 words)

	University of Cincinnati Honorary Degree and Award for Excellence
		The Honorary Degree is awarded to recognize an individual for extraordinary accomplishment and achievements that have ongoing and significant importance.
		Honorary Degrees are not awarded posthumously or in absentia unless so voted upon by the Board of Trustees to grant a specific exception.
		Honorary Degrees are presented at the June and December commencement exercises.
	www.uc.edu /awards/honorary_degree_info.html (565 words)

	Honorary Degree Policy
		Honorary degrees are not normally awarded to candidates for political office or to elected officials currently in office or to faculty, staff, or administrators currently in service.
		The Honorary Degrees Committee shall be a standing committee of the University Faculty Council, with its membership composed of four members of the University Faculty Council selected by the Nomination Committee and four members from outside the Council selected by the President.
		Nominees for honorary degrees shall not be voted upon by mail ballot except in circumstances judged to be emergencies by the Agenda Committee of the University Faculty Council.
	www.indiana.edu /~ufc/docs/policies/hondegree.html (1157 words)

	Honorary Degree Rules 1992 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A proposal for admission to an honorary degree is to be accepted by the Committee only if it is supported by at least three quarters of the number of members present at the meeting.
		Where the Council admits a person to an honorary degree, it may authorise the Chancellor, or such other member of the Council as it determines, to confer that honorary degree on behalf of the University at such time and in such place as is convenient to both the University and the recipient.
		Honorary degrees are not to be conferred in absentia.
	www.canberra.edu.au /secretariat/legislation/rules/21.html (768 words)

	FHB A61.12 HONORARY DEGREE COMMITTEE
		If the Honorary Degree Committee decides there are appropriate candidates--to a maximum of three annually--they may make a selection or selections and shall present the names of the nominees to the Senate Graduate Committee for confidential approval or disapproval of any or all names.
		It is not the University's policy to award honorary degrees to active members of the faculty, staff, or administration.
		Honorary degrees will be awarded only upon the approval of the Regents, based on recommendations from the Honorary Degree Committee, whose membership is set out in the Faculty Handbook.
	www.unm.edu /~handbook/A61.12.html (675 words)

	Degree Ceremonies: Honorary Degrees
		The ceremony is a colourful one and is held in the University's Senate-House.
		The University's Statutes provide for the conferment of titles of degrees honoris causa ('as a mark of honour') on "members of the Royal Family, British subjects who are of conspicuous merit or have done good service to the State or to the University, and foreigners of distinction."
		Proposals for honorary degrees must be considered by the University's Council.
	www.admin.cam.ac.uk /univ/degrees/honorary (691 words)

	Controversial Honorary Degree Recipients - Super Degree Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Degrees, and Nominations for the Honorary Degree recipients and the speaker for...
		Honorary Degree and Order of the U of C recipients for June Convocation Honorary degree recipients.
		Call for nominations for honorary degree recipients The Senate Honorary Degrees Committee is inviting nominations from members of the Carleton University...
	www.superdegreeguide.com /controversial-honorary-degree-recipients.html (801 words)

	Honorary degree - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		(Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is an extra-ordinary academic degree awarded to an individual as a decoration, rather than as the result of matriculating and studying for several years.
		This was Morgentaller's first honorary degree, although it has been rumoured that degrees from other university were vetoed due to the controversy the convocation was expected to produce.
		The spelling honorary is predominant in American English and in Commonwealth English, although such an award is an "honour" rather than an "honor" in the latter.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Honorary_degree (1049 words)

	American Education Foundation, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A. It is common practice for honorary degree recipients from the business community to make a contribution to the educational institution.
		A. No comprehensive list of honorary degree holders exists but here are some names you may recognize.
		Second, this is a confidential process and both the institution and the honorary degree recipient agree to keep the financial donation confidential unless both parties agree to make it public.
	www.honorary-degrees.net /faq.htm (2394 words)

	Veritasonline Front Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Broder is being awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Journalism in recognition of his journalistic talent and keen political insight, which together have helped many Americans, as well as countless others around the world, stay current on political events.
		Cruz is being awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Music in recognition of her extraordinary musical talent, dazzling performance style, and for helping bring the "tropical music" of salsa to audiences and listeners worldwide.
		He is being awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Music in recognition of his extraordinary musical talent and versatility, which together have delighted audiences and listeners worldwide.
	www.miami.edu /veritas/may99/frontpage.html (1223 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Dylan receives honorary degree
		Dylan was tapped on the head with the university's graduation cap, a late 17th Century doctor's birretum, which is thought to have been in use for the last 300 years.
		He remains as much an influence amongst current rock musicians as he was to the Beatles and the Stones in the sixties.
		The singer is currently on tour in Europe and, after receiving his honorary degree, will play the first of two nights in Glasgow.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/3830099.stm (475 words)

	Newhouse A1
		Dozens of honorary degrees are conferred at colleges nationwide during annual spring commencement ceremonies.
		Some alumni are rewarded for large contributions with honorary degrees; other colleges lure high-profile speakers with the promise of a free degree.
		Author John R. Thelin recalls an honorary degree Yale University awarded years ago to a generous donor, the "degree of M.D." But it wasn't a doctor of medicine; it stood for the Latin phrase "multum donavit," or "he gave much."
	www.newhousenews.com /archive/sefton043004.html (710 words)

	Honorary Degree Program
		The holder of an Honorary Doctorate Degree has the same legal right to use the title "DOCTOR" before or after their name as a person who achieved their title through an earned degree.
		The fees collected under this Honorary Doctorate Degree program will be used to support the peoples of Anodyne efforts to build the nation of Anodyne through negotiations with the United Nations.
		Honorary Doctorate Degrees are a time honored tradition of thousands of universities, and are usually awarded to famous persons such as Greg Norman, Mark Twain, Bill Clinton, Robert Redford, and Mike Tyson in recognition of their accomplishments and in exchange for the free publicity and the hefty donations that usually follow the award ceremony.
	www.republicofanodyne.org /honorarydegree.htm (363 words)

	Honorary Degree
		The NIH recommends that awards and honorary degrees be accepted on either official duty or on personal time (approved leave).
		An employee may accept an honorary degree from an institution of higher education based on a written determination by a Deputy Ethics Counselor (DEC) that the timing of the awarding of the degree will not cause a reasonable person to question the employee's impartiality in any matter affecting the institution.
		It is recommended that the employee accept an honorary degree as an official duty activity.
	ethics.od.nih.gov /topics/HONDEG.HTM (412 words)

	UBC Archives - Honorary Degree Citations - 1995-1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Richard has received honorary degrees from Wilfrid Laurier University and McMaster University, and was awarded the Centennial Medal of Canada in 1967.
		His noteworthy accomplishments are widely recognized, and he has received honorary degrees from Middlebury College, Queen's University, Simon Fraser University, the University of Western Ontario, and the University of Navarra in Barcelona, Spain.
		He obtained his undergraduate degree in Forest Engineering in 1937 and his doctorate in Forestry in 1954, the year he was named dean of the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Sopron.
	www.library.ubc.ca /spcoll/ubc_arch/hdcites/hdcites11.html (17159 words)

	UMass honors Nelson Mandela with honorary degree - The Boston Globe
		Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Michel are joined by a 12-member University of Massachusetts delegation after a ceremony in the university gave honorary degrees to Mandela and Michel.
		The university also granted the same honorary degree to Graca Machel, Mandela's wife and a global leader in education.
		It was the first time the five-campus university has given system-wide honorary degrees, and the first time the school presented honorary degrees overseas.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/02/22/umass_honors_nelson_mandela_with_honorary_degree (887 words)

	U of C Gazette: June 2, 2003
		For her community efforts, Newall was awarded an honorary degree in 2001 from the University of Manitoba and a Rotary Club of Calgary Paul Harris Award in April 2003.
		Ferrara-Kerr graduated from the U of C with a Bachelor of Arts degree, then went on to obtain her law degree from the University of British Columbia, being called to the Alberta bar and qualifying as a lawyer in 1985.
		As a volunteer, she chaired the senate’s honorary degrees and nominating committees; was a member of the executive committee; and was vice-chair of a Chancellor Search Committee, amongst many other responsibilities.
	www.ucalgary.ca /gazette/june2-03/hon-deg.html (3132 words)

	Degrees Online and Learning Resource - Honorary degree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Candidates for honorary degrees shall be persons of great accomplishment and high ethical standards who...
		The University of Cambridge has been conferring honorary degrees for some 500...
		The 2005 honorary degrees ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 22.
	www.thepace.co.uk /honorary-degree.html (116 words)

	Other Famous Honorary Doctors
		W. - Yale, May 2001, he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from the school.
		The former heavyweight champion received an honorary doctorate from the Houston Graduate School of Theology on Saturday for his charity work with children.
		His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is to receive an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree from the University of Durham.
	www.cosmoedu.net /famous.html (1057 words)

	Did you know that the University of Berkley has been offering Degrees Online since 1988?
		The Honorary Doctoral Degree is the finest way to recognize education by the conferral of the degree.
		An Honorary Degree from the University of Berkley can be your chance for the recognition and Honor you deserve.
		You may be able to join the elite ranks of those individuals who can proudly proclaim their knowledge or attainments, by the possession of the coveted Honorary Doctorate and use of the title, Doctor.
	www.honorary-degree.com (262 words)

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