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Preity Zinta being given honorary degree in India
TV5 News @ 12PM 31st October 2010
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...in 1996 and later the Haskins Award as the top collegiate golfer in the United States in 2002.” When he picks up the degree he will join fellow golf star Darren Clarke as an UU honorary doctor. * Colm Moriarty of Team Ireland was tied eighth at the end of...
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Irish Times
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...but U of W president and vice-chancellor Lloyd Axworthy, the former federal Liberal cabinet member who has received a few honorary degrees of his own, voiced his disappointment over Larson’s speech. “I think it’s important to point out that I don’t think Mr....
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Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/winnipeg/2010/10/17/15725331.html
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...Ian Wood, chancellor of Robert Gordon University, left, presents Donald Trump with his honorary degree. EDINBURGH: The property tycoon and aspiring US presidential candidate Donald Trump has a new honour to add to his list of accolades. The television host...
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Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/world/defiant-trump-gets-honorary-degree-amid-protests-20101009-16d0q.html
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...students have much to learn from his acumen, drive and focus. "Given that business and entrepreneurship lie at the heart of much of the university's academic offering, it is only fitting to award Mr. Trump with an honorary degree," he said in a statement....
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Omaha.com
http://www.omaha.com/article/20101008/AP05/310089973
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...Tycoon to be honoured at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Pic: © STV US tycoon Donald Trump is to receive an honorary degree from an Aberdeen university. The American billionaire, who is building a £750m golf resort in Aberdeenshire, is to be awarded...
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STV
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/north/201599-/
Mary Jean (Price) Walls is awarded with the University's first honorary undergraduate degree during the Summer 2010 Commencement ceremony.
Author Marina Lewycka has been awarded an honorary degree from Leeds Metropolitan University. Ms Lewycka was awarded an honorary doctorate in literature on 20 July. Her first novel, The Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (2005), tells of the exploits of two feuding sisters trying to save their elderly father from a Ukrainian divorcee, Valentina. This book won the 2005 Saga Award for Wit, the 2005 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction, long listed for the Booker prize, and went on to sell more than a million copies. Her second novel Two Caravans was published in 2007, and her third novel We Are All Made of Glue came out in 2009. Ms Lewycka is of Ukraine origin and was born in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany, in 1946. She studied at Keele University, and has written a number of books of practical advice for carers of the elderly, published by Age Concern. She is currently a lecturer in media studies at Sheffield Hallam University. She said: "I'm delighted and honoured to receive this award. My academic career suffered because I was always sneaking off to write novels when I should have been working on academic papers, so it's nice to get there in the end." Leeds Metropolitan's week-long graduation celebrations saw over 3000 celebrating their achievements at the Graduation Village at the University's Headingley Campus. Ms Lewycka received an honorary doctorate in literature alongside students from the Faculty of ...
Leeds City Council Civic Architect, John Thorp, MBE, has been awarded an honorary degree by Leeds Metropolitan as part of our Summer Graduation celebrations. John was born in Leeds, studied at the Liverpool School of Architecture and has worked for the City Council for over 35 years. Examples of John's work include the Henry Moore projects at Leeds City Art Gallery and, more recently, the £12 million creation of Millennium Square. John has been instrumental in developing the current programme of City Centre Squares, Buildings and Spaces such as City Square and Briggate, major civic buildings such as Leeds Town Hall, the City Library and Art Gallery, Victoria Gardens and the renewal of green spaces such as Park Square and Merrion Gardens. John received a lifetime achievement award in the 2009 Leeds Architecture Awards in recognition of his creation of award-winning places and spaces created by a lifetime of dedication to the city of Leeds. John received his honorary doctorate in arts from the University's Faculty of Arts and Society.
This is a short film showing Sir Terry Wogan receiving and responding to the award of an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Leicester. Sir Michael Terence Wogan was born in Limerick, Ireland, on 3rd August 1938. He has been the presenter of innumerable TV and Radio shows, and winner of many awards. He is also the writer of numerous books. Terry Wogan has presented 'Children in Need' since its inception in 1980, and helped to raise over half a billion pounds for the charity. He was created an Honorary OBE by her Majesty and received an Honorary Knighthood, KBE, as well as a Knighthood in Ordinary. He holds an Honorary Doctorate of Literature from Limerick University and is a Freeman of the City of Limerick, Ireland, and Freeman of the City of London. www.terrywogan.com
Royal Armouries Museum Director, Steven Burt, has been awarded an honorary degree by Leeds Metropolitan as part of our Summer Graduation celebrations. In his role at the Royal Armouries, Steven is responsible for delivering a successful, visitor-focused, educational heritage attraction across all the three sites of the museum - Leeds, Tower of London and Fort Nelson. Originally from Leeds, Steven was runner-up in the prestigious 'Spirit of Leeds' award in 2008 for outstanding contribution to the city. Steven is well known for his public lectures and books on the history of the 'Capital of the North' and is former President of the Thoresby (Leeds Historical) Society. He started his career as a teacher with a passion for history, which led to his work on the creation of the Thackray Medical Museum which opened in 1997. He became Advisory Teacher for Leeds City Council's Inspection Services which he undertook for five years working in a series of settings including West Yorkshire Playhouse. He next became Resources Manager for Education Leeds, being responsible for the second largest museum's loans service in the country as well as contributing to the introduction of the new online services for schools. As a result of this work he became head of South Leeds City Learning Centre, part of the government's Excellence in Cities initiative, that used the latest technology to actively engage young people in learning. The success of this centre's activities led to further promotion ...
Sir Bob Scott, London businessman and Chairman of both the Manchester Bid Committee which won the bid to host the Commonwealth Games of 2002 and the Liverpool Bid Committee to be European Capital of Culture 2008, has been awarded an honorary degree by Leeds Metropolitan as part of our Summer Graduation celebrations. Sir Bob started his career as an actor before enrolling on an Arts Council trainee administration course in Manchester. He set up the 69 Theatre Company which became Manchester's Royal Exchange. He was the founder and first Chairman of Cornerhouse, Manchester's film and visual arts centre, and has been a governor of the Royal Northern College of Music and a director of the Buxton Festival, the Halle Orchestra and the Whitworth Art Gallery. In 1985, Sir Bob founded and chaired the Manchester Olympic Bid Committee, the body which campaigned to host the Olympic Games in the years 1996 and 2000. He was made a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Greater Manchester in 1990 and was knighted in the 1994 New Year Honours list. He is now the Chairman of the International Jury set up by the European Commission which chooses future European Capitals of Culture from 2011 - 2016. Sir Bob received his honorary doctorate in Arts from the University's Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education.
A short clip of Hilary Devey receiving and responding to the presentation of the Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Leicester. Hilary Devey is a businesswoman and entrepreneur whose company, Pall-Ex, revolutionised the distribution of small freight loads. Set up in 1996, Pall-Ex was founded on the sale of Devey's house when she could not generate financial interest in her business model, which involved collecting individual pallets from customers into a hub from where they could be delivered next day. Before the launch of Pall-Ex, there was simply no cost-effective way to move a pallet of freight around the country. Big loads could justify a lorry, small stuff could go by courier, but there was a gap in the middle which Pall-Ex filled. The company now shifts 10000 pallets every night, has a turnover of nearly £100 million and recently expanded its operations into Italy. The Pall-Ex 'hub' is a specially built unit in Leicestershire which not only has state-of-the-art facilities but also has been designed to minimise the environmental effect. As Chief Executive of the UK's number one palletised freight distribution network, Hilary Devey is an inspiration to entrepreneurs everywhere. She is also a tireless campaigner for charity, a popular motivational speaker and now adds TV presenting to her skills. In 2008 Devey returned to her Lancashire roots in Channel 4's The Secret Millionaire and she followed this in March 2010 with a series for Channel 5 called ...
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...Nick Cave has proven that being a university drop-out need not thwart your academic career, as he picked up his second honorary degree. The 52-year-old Australian was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Dundee in Scotland for...
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ABC Online
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/26/2937752.htm
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...Nick Cave has proven that being a university drop-out need not stymie your academic career, as he picked up his second honorary degree on Friday. The 52-year-old Australian was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Dundee in Scotland...
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The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/nick-cave-awarded-honorary-degree-20100626-zaae.html
Eight distinguished individuals received honorary degrees from the University of Cambridge in June 2010. The honorary degree is the highest honour that the University can bestow. This year the honorands were recognised for their outstanding efforts in music, literature, science, mathematics, politics and business. Here they tell us how they feel about gaining this prestigious degree.
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...students and Mr Rice has also taught there. The doctorate builds on 's roots in promoting art and ceramic design. Another honorary degree will be presented to Gill Brown, chief executive of Stoke-on-Trent-based social housing organisation Brighter Futures,...
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This is Staffordshire
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/mytowntrentham/Deborah-s-honorary-degree/article-2336078-detail/article.html
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...yesterday. It was presided over by Chancellor Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The other recipients of the Honorary degree include George John Mitchall, lawyer (Doctor of Law), Dame Louise Napier Johnson, DBE, FRS (Doctor of Science), Sir Andrew John...
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Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Ratan-Tata-conferred-with-honorary-degree-by-Cambridge/articleshow/6078017.cms
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...and, at the same time, it gave us a lot to think about," said communications studies graduate Dali Rashid. Thursday's honorary degree was not Mansbridge's first. In June 2008, he received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Western Ontario...
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CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/06/17/wdr-mansbridge-degree-100617.html
Adam Falk, G. Wayne Clough, Martha Coakley, Stephanie Wilson, and Jay McInerney are awarded honorary degrees from Williams College at Commencement 2010 in Williamstown, MA.
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...Representative for Children and Youth will receive an honorary degree from Brock University this week for her work on behalf of vulnerable children. The university plans to present the degree to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond at its convocation ceremonies in St....
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Victoria Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/Turpel+Lafond+receive+honorary+degree/3123213/story.html
Gordie Howe Receives Honorary Degree at University of Saskatchewan Convocation
May 27, 2010 Meryl Streep receives the honorary degree 'Doctor of Arts' at Harvard University. Enjoy!
Aretha Franklin receives an honorary Degree for music at Yale's commencement, May 2010
In September 2009, the CSU Board of Trustees unanimously voted to honor the academic intentions of Japanese American students who where placed in Interment camps at the start of World War II by awarding them Special Honorary Bachelor of Humane Letters degrees.
Commencement finally came seven decades later for Japanese American former students who had been forced to leave UCLA and enter internment camps at the beginning of World War II. To receive their honorary degrees, 48 of the nearly 200 students in this very special group came from across the country to accept their degrees Saturday, May 15. Those who had died or were too ill to travel were represented by family members.
Japanese American Carl Yoshimine reflects on his sudden departure from SDSU and subsequent internment during WWII, and shares his appreciation for the honorary degree he will accept in a special campus ceremony, May 17. More: newscenter.sdsu.edu
The University of Malaya will confer the Honorary Doctor of Economics Degree on His Excellency Drs. H. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, Vice President of Indonesia at a Special Convocation to be held on Saturday, 21st July 2007. The Honorary Degree is awarded to His Excellency Drs. H. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla in appreciation and recognition of his contributions to the field of economics, especially international economics. The University of Malaya Senate on 9th February 2007 and the Board of Directors on 8th March 2007 agreed to confer the degree on Drs. H. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia. Until 2006, seven persons had been conferred the Honorary Doctor of Economics degree. His Excellency Drs. H. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla will be the eighth recipient of the degree. His Excellency Drs. H. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, the Vice President of Indonesia will be the 148th recipient of an honorary degree from the University of Malaya.
John Hiroshi Otomo was recently the recipient of an honorary degree from CSU Fresno as part of the CSU's Nisei Diploma Project. In September 2009, the California State University Board of Trustees unanimously voted to award Special Honorary Bachelor of Humane Letters degrees to CSU students of Japanese ancestry whose college educations were disrupted due to their forced removal from the west coast and incarceration during World War II.
World-renowned Sitar player Ravi Shankar is awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Date: 19th March 2010 Location: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, The University of Melbourne Time: 2.30pm
Jatinder Verma is the artistic director of the pioneering Tara Arts theatre company which he founded 30 years ago. Born in Dar-es-Salaam, Mr Verma grew up in Nairobi before moving to Britain in 1968. He graduated in history from the University of York in 1976. The following year he founded Tara Arts, the first theatre company to emerge from the then recently migrated South Asian community.
The College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS) awarded honorary degrees, Honoris Causa, for the year 2009 to prominent individuals who have made significant contributions in their fields in Israel and abroad: Maestro Zubin Mehta, Maître Yaacov Agam, Prof. Michael Sela, former President of the Weizmann Institute and discoverer of Copaxone, Prof. Meir Heth, one of the founders of the School of Law at COMAS, Ms. Galia Maor, CEO of Bank Leumi and Mr. Shlomo Yanai, CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
A short clip of Martin Johnson receiving and responding to the presentation of the Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Leicester. During his professional Rugby career Martin Johnson was club captain of Leicester Tigers and in 2003 he became the first captain to lead an English team to victory in the Rugby World Cup competition. He was awarded the CBE in 2004 and in April 2008 he was appointed Team Manager of the England Rugby Union team.
Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Rebecca Adlington reflects on her recent honorary degree from The University of Nottingham. In 2008 Rebecca won Gold and Silver medals at the World Championships in Manchester in the Spring, followed by two Gold Medals in the 400m and 800m Freestyle at the Beijing Olympics. In winning the latter she broke the longest-standing swimming World Record, which had been set in 1989; the year she was born. She was also Britain's first Olympic swimming champion since 1988, and the first British swimmer to win two Olympic gold medals since 1908. Rebecca has a long standing association with the University, having trained at the University pool since the age of 12.
Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, actor Mammootty and Mridangam maestro Umayalpuram K Sivaraman were conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) of the University of Kerala at a special convocation held at the Senate Hall on Monday. www.istream.in
Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, actor Mammootty and Mridangam maestro Umayalpuram K Sivaraman were conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) of the University of Kerala at a special convocation held at the Senate Hall on Monday. www.istream.in
Watch actor Mammootty receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) of the University of Kerala from Governor RS Gavai at a special convocation held at the Senate Hall on Monday. www.istream.in
A video montage of Dec. 2009 honorary degree recipients including Robert Tjian, president of Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Richard M. DeVos Sr., co-founder of Amway Corp.; Simon Levin, professor at Princeton University; Nancy G. Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure; and Edward Minskoff, president of Edward J. Minskoff Equities Inc. Video by Alberto Moreno and Jim Peck, University Relations, Michigan State University.
University of East London Alumna and Poet Onyinye Oyedele receives an honorary degree from the University of East London at the awards ceremony for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Barbican Hall, London on Thursday 3rd December 2009.
Scott Mills receives an honorary degree at Southampton Solent University. www.unofficialmills.co.uk
Short clip of Sir Patrick Moore responding to the presentation of the Honorary Degree from the University of Leicester 4th July 1996.
The acclaimed singer songwriter and human rights campaigner Annie Lennox has received an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh. She has also given her backing to a University led study urging more support for children in Scotland living with HIV. See www.ed.ac.uk
Short clip of Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys responding to the presentation of the Honorary Degree from the University of Leicester. He developed techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used all over the world in forensic science to assist police detective work, and also to resolve paternity and immigration disputes. He is a Professor of Genetics at the University of Leicester. Further information about the Genetics Department at the University of Leicester can be found at: www.le.ac.uk
Short clip of Professor Richard Holmes responding to the presentation of the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Leicester. Richard Holmes is a military historian. He has spent most of his working life as a lecturer and scholar, firstly at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and latterly at Cranfield University. He has written more than twenty books, mainly on the British Soldier and his experiences. He has also presented seven series of television programmes on BBC2.
The University of Georgia awarded the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree to Mary Virginia Terry, who for more than half a century has provided support that has helped UGA strengthen academic and research programs and build new athletic facilities. Terry, of Jacksonville, Fla., received the degree at UGAs spring commencement exercises May 9 in Sanford Stadium.
Sir Bob Geldof was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music by the University of East London's School of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering at their annual graduation ceremony at the Barbican Centre in London.
Peter Firth receives an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Bradford 17 July 2009
Peter Firth receives an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Bradford 17 July 2009
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