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Honorary degrees

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, study, and the passing of examinations.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Betty Brown-Chappell papers

 Collection
Identifier: 010.BBC
Abstract Dr. Betty Brown-Chappell is emerita faculty of Eastern Michigan University. The Betty Brown-Chappell papers documents her academic, genealogical, and professional life. The collection relates her lifetime experience in the sectors of family and student life as a first generation collegian, as an African-American Ph.D. of Social Work, and professor, and as an academic administrator. Additional materials focus on Brown-Chappell’s work as a social work advocate...
Dates: 1946 - 2021; Majority of material found within 1992 - 2013

Degree Recipient Analysis records

 Collection
Identifier: 00.DRA
Abstract

The Degree Recipient Analysis records are comprised of statistics generated by the Office of Institutional Research and Information Management at Eastern Michigan University pertaining to degrees awarded between 1987-1997. Records are arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1987 - 1997

Faculty Council records

 Collection
Identifier: 010.FC
Abstract The collection, Faculty Council records, 1940-2016, includes meeting minutes, agendas, by-laws, correspondence, goals, memos, enrollment data, plans, recommendations, proposals, reports, resolutions, salary and benefit, handbooks, rules and regulations, statements, manuals, council and committees (such as administrative council, athletic council, deans advisory council, sesquicentennial committee, special projects and problems committee) student senate, and...
Dates: 1940 - 2016

Honorary Degree records

 Collection
Identifier: 00.HD
Abstract The Honorary Degrees records collection documents the honorary degree recipients at Eastern Michigan University. Materials are arranged chronologically and include clippings, correspondence, and transcripts. Records span from 1914 until 2007. The collection is further arranged into three series: Administrative Files, Committee Meeting Minutes, and Degree Recipients including biographies,...
Dates: 1914 - 2007