Iowa University Proposes Honorary Degree For His Holiness the Dalai Lama
[Monday, 22 March 2010, 11:04 p.m.]
| His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking at the concluding function of a year long ‘Thank you India’ Programme held at the India International Center in New Delhi on 21 March 2010 |
Dharamshala: The
University of Northern Iowa plans this spring to present an honorary
doctor of humane letters to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His Holiness
will be at the university on 18 May this year to give a public talk on
‘The Power of Education’.
University of Northern Iowa plans this spring to present an honorary
doctor of humane letters to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His Holiness
will be at the university on 18 May this year to give a public talk on
‘The Power of Education’.
His Holiness is among six people proposed for honorary degrees from Iowa’s regent universities.
Honorary
degree recommendations from the University of Iowa, Iowa State
University and the University of Northern Iowa will go to the state
Board of Regents on Wednesday for approval.
degree recommendations from the University of Iowa, Iowa State
University and the University of Northern Iowa will go to the state
Board of Regents on Wednesday for approval.
The
University of Iowa plans a spring honorary doctor of humane letters for
Pappajohn, a UI graduate and donor and Arthur Neu, a former lieutenant
governor and former regent.
University of Iowa plans a spring honorary doctor of humane letters for
Pappajohn, a UI graduate and donor and Arthur Neu, a former lieutenant
governor and former regent.
Iowa
State University recommends an honorary doctor of humane letters in
spring 2011 for Charles Manatt, an ISU graduate and attorney who has
served as U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee and co-chairman of the Clinton/Gore
campaign.
State University recommends an honorary doctor of humane letters in
spring 2011 for Charles Manatt, an ISU graduate and attorney who has
served as U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee and co-chairman of the Clinton/Gore
campaign.
UNI
also plans a spring honorary doctor of literature for author and
professor Mildred Kalish and this winter an honorary doctor of humane
letters to Stephen J. Rapp, chief prosecutor at the International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
also plans a spring honorary doctor of literature for author and
professor Mildred Kalish and this winter an honorary doctor of humane
letters to Stephen J. Rapp, chief prosecutor at the International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
