Shaggy will receive his degree and deliver an honorary degree oration during the Undergraduate Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony leading Ivy League research universities, on Saturday, May 28.
Dancehall megastar Shaggy, whose real name is Orville Burrell, will receive a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Brown University during the Undergraduate Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony, which is being staged for students who missed their in-person Commencement experience due to the pandemic, during the institution’s Commencement and Reunion Weekend.
Honorary degree highlights will include a Commencement oration delivered
by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi; a
Baccalaureate address by public health leader Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; and an honorary degree oration for the Class
of 2020 by dancehall icon Shaggy, a former U.S. Marine.
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| Recording artist Shaggy, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Dr. Seth Berkley of the Vaccine Alliance will deliver remarks during Brown's Commencement and Reunion Weekend. |
“A Brown tradition since 1769, the annual presentation of honorary degrees offers our community the chance to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of leaders from a wide variety of backgrounds,” said Brown President Christina H. Paxson. “Having made tremendous impacts in government, public health, the arts, global affairs, science and technology, and more, this year’s distinguished recipients offer a superb example to our newest graduates.”
The full list of honorary degree recipients includes:
- Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott — Physician and public health leader
- Dr. Seth Berkley — Physician and public health leader
- Guido Imbens — Nobel Laureate and economist
- Stanley Nelson — Oscar-nominated filmmaker
- Nancy Pelosi — Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Shaggy — Reggae icon and U.S. Marine
- Alice and Thomas Tisch — Brown leaders and benefactors
- Zeynep Tüfekçi — Technology scholar and educator
A handful of Reggae artists, too, have also been recipients of such accolades.
In June last year, Reggae Singer Ziggy Marley was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts by Medgar Evers College, located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York.
His mother Rita Marley, widow of the late iconic reggae artiste, Bob Marley and former member of singing group the I Threes received a Honourary Doctor of Letters from the University of The West Indies (UWI), Mona in 2015.
Rita was described by the UWI as making invaluable contributions to the Jamaican music industry as singer, producer, performer and entrepreneur and for building “a globally recognised empire with members of the Marley family, and, by extension, the spread and reach of Brand Jamaica as a related and intertwined category”.
In November 14, Jimmy Cliff was similarly awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the UWI.
Further details on Commencement forums and other events during the weekend will be posted in the coming weeks at www.brown.edu/about/commencement.
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