Nominations being accepted for May 2020 honorary doctoral degrees

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 2020.

The Provost urges all members of the university 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 preeminence in their field

and/or

• Having provided distinguished and preeminent 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 4, 2019. 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 specific questions or concerns not addressed on that site, please contact Lory Osborn at 3-7119 or lory.osborn@mail.wvu.edu.