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University of The Virgin Islands Board of Trustees Resolution Resolution for the Awarding of Honorary Doctorate Degrees WHEREAS the Board of Trustees of the University of the Virgin Islands is committed to the recognition and commendation of excellence in scholarship, creativity and public service; and WHEREAS it is traditional that institutions of higher education offer such recognition and commendation by the awarding of honorary degrees; and WHEREAS it is desirable to uphold to students, other affiliates of the University of the Virgin Islands, and the world commmunity select examples of such excellence; and WHEREAS the nomination of deserving individuals by persons or groups affiliated with the University is to be encouraged; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Board of Trustees of the University of the Virgin Islands approve the awarding of the following honorary doctorate degrees: DFA Doctor of Fine Arts LHD Doctor of Humane Letters LLD Doctor of Laws Lit. Doctor of Letters Mus. D Doctor of Music Se. D Doctor of Science BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the procedure for selection of the candidates for these degrees be as follows: ee Nominations shall be submitted to the President for consideration. 2. The President shall refer all nominations to a faculty committee which shall submit for his approval those names, in the opinion of the committee, that are appropriate for consideration by the Board. 3. From among those names the President shall submit no more than two to the Board of Trustees by March of any academic year for consideration as awardees at the ensuing commencement. ; a DATED: Onrbee Kea ORVILLE KEAN Secretary to the Board CERTIFICATION The undersigned does hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of a resolution of the Board of Trustees of the University of the Virgin Islands adopted at its meeting on December 1991 as recorded in the Minutes of said meeting. Secretary to the Board