Honorary Doctorate Committee

WPUNU

Honorary Doctorate Committee

The Honorary DOCTORATE Committee is appointed annually by Senate and consists of the Registrar and such other members of Senate as determined from time to time by Senate. The duty of the Committee is to select persons to be recommended to Senate for the conferment of Honorary DOCTORATE. RECOMMENDATIONS TO SENATE ( 1 ) The Honorary DOCTORATE Committee shall submit a Motion for the award of Honorary DOCTORATE in the form of a written report which shall be made available to members of Senate at least two days before the Ordinary Meeting at which it is to be presented. ( 2 ) The names of those recommended for Honorary DOCTORATE are confidential until approved by Senate and offers have been accepted by candidates. DOCUMENT CHECKLIST( Common for Honorary Doctorate & Honorary Awards ) Nominations submitted without the following documents will be returned to the Nominator: A letter from the Nominator describing reasons for nominating the Nominee, including contributions or special accomplishments of the Nominee, and any other information which the Nominator feels may be pertinent to the nomination. Letters of Support (no more than three). Nominee’s abridged curriculum vitae containing details such as education, a field of endeavor a short description of publications (if any), specials awards, and distinguished service. A short biographical summary (maximum 200 words), which will form the basis of the citation at convocation should the Nominee be chosen as an honorary DOCTORATE recipient.