2018 Commencement Honorees
May 20, 2018
Watch this year’s honorees receive their degrees and awards from President Biddy Martin.
Watch this year’s honorees receive their degrees and awards from President Biddy Martin.
Six influential leaders in the fields of literature and feminism, political theory, civil rights advocacy, environmental security, art history and epidemiology and children’s health will receive honorary degrees from Amherst College during its 197th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 20.
Read the honorary degree citations:
Peter A. Nadosy P’01 received the Medal for Eminent Service. The award is presented to members of the Amherst community who have demonstrated extraordinary devotion to the college.
Each year at Commencement, Amherst College presents the Phebe and Zephaniah Swift Moore Teaching Awards to three outstanding secondary school teachers who challenged, inspired and moved members of the graduating class. The awards are named for the first president of the College and his wife. Amherst has presented the awards since 1997. This year’s recipients are:
The Class of 2018 elected the following Amherst College staff members to be honorary classmates, and honored them at Senior Assembly: