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 …
Honorary Degrees
Ella, 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 …
Broadway 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 …
V. Craig Jordan, Michael G. Moore to receive honorary degrees
Update: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, spring commencement ceremonies at Camp Randall and the Kohl Center are being postponed. The honorary degrees for V. Craig Jordan and Michael G. Moore are now scheduled to be conferred …
Steve Miller, Tom Brock to receive honorary degrees
The 2019 recipients of honorary degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison are both rock stars — one literally, the other in microbiology. The honorees are legendary musician Steve Miller, a 2016 Rock and Roll Hall …