Life Pacific University
Honorary Doctorate Degree Nomination
We invite you to nominate candidates to be considered for an honorary doctorate degree.
Overview & Purpose
There is a long history of academic institutions awarding honorary degrees to recipients who demonstrate significant achievements in the course of their careers. The awarding of such honors is among the highest ways an academic institution can recognize accomplishments. Life Pacific University (LPU) shares in this tradition by awarding Honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees only to individuals of exceptional accomplishment and outstanding character.
The purpose of Life Pacific University (LPU) awarding honorary doctorates is to bring honor and recognition to the University. Granting honorary degrees extends the institution’s prestige and ideals by recognizing individuals whose outstanding accomplishments reflect the University’s mission, vision, and values. Award recipients stand out as models of institutional commitments to biblical higher education, transformational development of students, Spirit-empowerment, Scripture, grace-based community, Foursquare heritage, and global awareness. The awarding of an honorary degree is a means to aid the LPU community in setting and achieving better and higher goals.
Criteria
Life Pacific University awards honorary doctorates to individuals who have distinguished themselves in sustained scholarly achievement, ministry activity, and outstanding service to the Church, the workplace, and the world (business, helping professions, education, etc.) A significant level of achievement in service to the kingdom of God is the overriding criterion. Recipients must have a demonstrated record of outstanding character.
Honorary doctorates:
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- Recognize the person and not the position.
- Are to contribute in tangible and symbolic ways to the University’s mission and its intellectual, scholarly, and creative ideals.
- Are not awarded in absentia or posthumously.
- Are not normally awarded to current employees of the University nor to individuals who have direct legal, political, or budgetary authority over the University.
- Are not in any case awarded in consideration of any past, present, or future gift or other benefaction to the University.
- Not limited to alumni or those in ministry fields.
Process
The HDC recommendations will be forwarded to the Administrative Council for review. The President forwards the approved candidate(s) to the Board of Trustees for final approval. If approved by the Trustees, the honorary degree(s) will be awarded by the Trustees of Life Pacific University at the spring commencement.
In order to be considered, nominations must include:
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- • A submission explaining why the person should receive the honor, specifically detailing how the person fits the purpose and criteria stated above and can include:
- Biographical information.
- A record of accomplishments.
- Optional: Letters from faculty or peers supporting the record of accomplishments.
- • A submission explaining why the person should receive the honor, specifically detailing how the person fits the purpose and criteria stated above and can include:
Nominations must be kept confidential—the nominee should not know that she/he has been nominated.
The deadline for Submission is Friday, November 8, 2024.
Instructions for Submitting Your Nomination
To submit your nomination:
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- Complete the online nomination form and include key information.
- Use the submit button to submit your nomination.
Nomination Next Steps
Reason for Support
Submit a rationale clearly articulates why the nominee is of exceptional merit and deserving of distinction. More information may be
List of Accomplishments
This should highlight the nominee’s major accomplishments and contributions.
Candidate’s Awards/Honors
A list of nationally or internationally renowned awards, honors, or prizes that the nominee has received, the year each was received, and the reason they received the award.
Examples of Candidate’s Work
Include any news or journal articles, press, links to radio or television interviews, etc., that highlight and lend credence to the nominee’s accomplishments.
Questions
If you have any questions, please e-mail us.
Nomination Form
Please complete the online form below to submit your nominee’s information. We may follow up for further details.