| Criteria for selection of honorary
degrees Selections by the CC Academic Events Committee (in conjunction with the Board of Trustees) ALUMNI HONORARY DEGREE: To be presented
at Opening Convocation: CC alumni who exemplify the successful application
of their liberal arts education at Colorado College to their professions
– who have demonstrated excellence in their fields, who are role
models for CC students today. Less emphasis would be placed on prominence,
age, or length of career than is usually the case with Commencement
honorary degree recipients. These individuals will show strong likelihood
of persevering in the course of excellence they have already demonstrated.
The distinguished alumni who are honored through this program ought
to be representative of the college to the rest of the world and also,
to ourselves, of the concrete meaning of an outstanding liberal arts
education. When appropriate, one of the recipients might be asked to
deliver the Opening Convocation Address. |