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Cat awarded honorary doctirate

Started by Ancient Fellow, May 19, 2024, 03:50:38 AM

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Quote from: secundem_artem on May 20, 2024, 01:30:49 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on May 20, 2024, 10:27:20 AM
Quote from: Ancient Fellow on May 20, 2024, 03:36:51 AMConsidering 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!
I know it's a genus.

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.