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.
Cecil 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 …
April 21, 2023Ella, Nosbusch, Grant to receive honorary degrees from UW–Madison
Three global leaders with careers of extraordinary accomplishment will be awarded honorary degrees at spring commencement this May at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The recipients are Krishna Ella, a groundbreaking vaccine scientist and entrepreneur; Keith …
March 28, 2022Broadway star, prominent psychologist to be speakers at commencement
John Gottman, Ph.D., an alumnus of UW–Madison, is world-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction. He will be awarded an honorary doctoral degree during spring commencement. As is the tradition for recipients …
April 9, 2021- More Honorary Degrees posts