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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011
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Mike Gunner/KANSAN Jim Pilkinton, Alpha Roofing Inc., 2736 Oregon St., beats the heat by taking water breaks.
the rest of the store, and I am constantly in and out of the beer cave, sweating and then being cold," Roberson said.
Roberson's other favorite part about the job is people watching.
"It's not bad watching all the ladies come back in the summertime," Roberson said.
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EDUCATION
University to offer honorary degrees, nominees unknown
BY CHRISTY NUTT
cnutt@kansan.com
The University of Kansas is in the process of awarding honorary degrees for the first time, but information on honorary degree nominees is being treated with top-secret care.
Susan Kemper, psychology professor and committee leader for honorary degrees, will not even reveal how many candidates have been submitted.
The Kansas Board of Regents amended a policy that banned regent universities from giving honorary degrees last month, said Vanessa Lamoreaux, Kansas Board of Regents spokesperson. It is not clear when or why the original policy that banned honorary degrees was put in effect, Lamoreaux said.
With the recent amendment to the policy, the University is now able to award four different honorary degrees: a doctor of laws, science, arts or letter, Jack Martin, KU spokesperson said.
"We don't want nominees to be disappointed if they are not chosen," she said. "We don't want this to turn into some kind of lobbying campaign or popularity campaign."
"This is a way for recipients to have their contributions recognized by a top university." Martin said.
Anyone can submit a nominee by filling out a candidate submission form available on the chancellor's website. The public's deadline to submit a nominee is Aug. 15.
Kemper said the committee is looking for candidates who have made a fundamental contribution to society as whole and changed the way we view our world and ourselves.
"This is designed to honor people who make outstanding contributions not just to the university but to society at large," Martin said.
The committee will select candidates from the pool the public submitted to present to the chancellor. The chancellor will then evaluate the selected candidates to present to the Board of Regents, which will select the honorary degree recipients.
Kemper said she expected the Board of Regents to announce the recipients for May commencement in early spring.
The chancellor will honor the recipients at May commencement with plaques and hoods. It is a possibility for recipients to make a speech at commencement, but depends on the recipient, Kemper said.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Bernadette Gray-Little may give honorary degrees in next year's commencement.
Kemper hopes this will be a way for the University to show its judgment of academic excellence to the international community, she said.
"It is interesting that KU has, in recent memory, never given honorary degrees because most universities do," Kemper said.