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Western alum and soprano to receive honorary doctorate at summer graduation

A man helping with the sound check in Carver Gym on Friday, Aug. 17, turned to Western alum Heidi Grant Murphy and asked: "Are you the opera singer? I've heard you have a magnificent voice."

2012-08-21
Famed opera singer, WWU alumna to receive honorary doctorate at summer graduation

The executive director of a food and agriculture initiative will be the commencement speaker at Western Washington University’s summer graduation ceremony Saturday, Aug. 18.
About 450 undergraduates and 75 master’s candidates will receive degrees this quarter.

2012-08-16
Renowned soprano to be honored at commencement 2012-08-14
Western awards honorary doctorate to artist Do Ho Suh 2012-05-31
Timothy Egan delivers winter 2012 commencement speech 2012-03-20
Award-winning journalist, author to speak at WWU winter commencement

Timothy Egan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, will be the commencement speaker at Western Washington University's winter graduation ceremony Saturday, March 17.
About 400 undergraduates and about 13 master's candidates will receive degrees this quarter.…

2012-03-15
Western awards honorary doctorate to author and columnist Timothy Egan 2012-03-06
Western awards first honorary doctorate to Jane Lubchenco, head of NOAA 2011-12-13
Proposed policies regarding honorary degrees and shared leave are available for 30-day campus review 2010-11-15
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