Holocaust survivor Noemi Ban to receive honorary doctorate at WWU commencement

Holocaust survivor Noemi Ban will receive an honorary doctorate from Western Washington University at the school's winter commencement Saturday, March 23.

Ban, who has shared with thousands of people her story of surviving the Auschwitz concentration camp, also will give the commencement address.

Ban will receive an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters at the commencement, which begins at 10 a.m. in Carver Gym.