Cat awarded honorary doctirate

[Parasaurolophus]

Considering the sacrifices made by post grads and their families to earn a doctorate, especially in the midst of such a terrible economy and job market, I think the university's granting a doctorate to a friendly cat is remarkably tone-deaf.

I don't know that that's substantively different from most other honorary doctorate recipients, though. Here, the default is just some civil servant who's done nothing more than their job for thirty years.

I thought that's how you get an MBE.

Not all that different from the Oxford MA, then!

[AmLitHist]

https://vermontstate.edu/directory/max-the-cat/

I'm going to send him a congratulatory e-mail. I've also requested my chair to put his name into consideration for my line when I retire in a few years.