An honorary degree is one of the highest awards given by the university and the University of Wisconsin System. The Committee on Honorary Degrees evaluates candidates who have shown outstanding service to humanity globally, nationally, or locally. The committee looks for achievements that have enhanced lives through contributions to scholarship or through artistic talent and creativity, and, importantly, evidence of a dedication to the Wisconsin idea, broadly construed.
Shalala, Sensenbrenner to be awarded honorary degrees from UW–Madison
Donna E. Shalala, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services during the Clinton administration and a former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Jim Sensenbrenner, who represented Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives …
March 31, 2025Alexander Gee, community catalyst and transformative educator, to receive UW honorary degree
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will award an honorary doctorate degree this May to Reverend Dr. Alexander Gee Jr., an innovative community servant and transformational educator…
March 21, 2024Cecil Garvin, esteemed teacher of Ho-Chunk language, to receive honorary degree
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will award an honorary doctorate degree this May to Cecil Garvin, a highly respected Ho-Chunk elder who has devoted much of his professional life to the preservation and promotion of the …
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