{"id":5357,"date":"2025-09-30T10:19:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2025-10-20T07:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:47:14","slug":"aus-opens-nominations-for-honorary-doctorates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2025\/09\/30\/aus-opens-nominations-for-honorary-doctorates\/","title":{"rendered":"AUS opens nominations for honorary doctorates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Joory Ward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 American University of Sharjah is seeking nominees for honorary doctorates, Chancellor Tod A. Laursen announced Aug. 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an email to faculty, Laursen said a standing committee would identify potential recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee\u2019s current roster includes 12 members, including the chancellor, faculty and undergraduate students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The email emphasized that nominees should be distinguished by professional accomplishments and\/or contributions to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNominations can be made by any member, or group of members, of the AUS community for truly exceptional candidates for honorary doctorate degrees,\u201d Laursen wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joory Ward UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 American University of Sharjah is seeking nominees for honorary doctorates, Chancellor Tod A. Laursen announced Aug. 27. In an email to faculty, Laursen said a standing committee would identify potential recipients. The committee\u2019s current roster includes 12 members, including the chancellor, faculty and undergraduate students. The email emphasized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,79],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}