Institutional Process:

Campus nomination deadline: Ongoing; awards presented yearly at Commencement.

The nomination process is initiated by the President to Principal Administrators, who will, in turn, solicit nominations from faculty and staff of each division of the College. Information is provided by each Principal Administrator to the President for delivery to the Cabinet.

The Cabinet will review each nomination, which should include biographic information and a description of the rationale for the nomination of each candidate. The Cabinet will issue recommendations to the President after review of this information.

Submission information is to be collected by the Executive Assistant to the President or the designee of the President.

Recommendations and rationale, including a summary of the nominee's accomplishments and an endorsement letter from the President, are forwarded to the Chancellor.

System-Level Process:

The Chancellor will submit recommendations to the Program and Services Committee for approval. Recommendations will then be submitted to the Board of Trustees for final approval.

Institution-specific criteria:

Current Keene State College and USNH employees are not eligible to be nominated.

Honorary Degrees and/or Granite State Awards are generally awarded to a recipient only once.

A recipient may not hold political office when an award is conferred, though a nomination may be accepted for an individual currently in political office.

A recipient must be present upon the occasion of the conferral of an Honorary Degree or Granite State Award.

Submission of nomination materials is to be made to
Keene State College
Office of the President
229 Main Street
Keene, NH 03435-1504
Attn: Jeanne S. Hearn
jhearn@keene.edu
(603) 358-2111.

All nominations are considered confidential, and the nomination process is to follow Criteria and Procedural Guidelines as outlined in USNH Board of Trustees Academic Policies, Section IIE, Honorary Degrees and Awards, December 1, 2005.