The IUP Council of Trustees will meet today, and during the public portion of the meeting this evening, the council will consider awarding an honorary degree.
According to the draft agenda, the Academic Affairs Committee will look to confer an honorary degree for Ellen Ruddock. A member of IUP’s class of 1966, she is being honored for her career in business and for her work with IUP with the Gateways to Opportunity project with the Foundation for IUP to raise $34 million for the university. She was then recruited by Robert Camp to the Eberly College of Business as the director of the IUP Center for Family Business.
Another motion on today’s agenda is a resolution to name the hotel simulation desk in honor of The Statler Foundation. The foundation was started to honor the work of hotelier Ellsworth M. Statler and it supports research work and training of employees for the benefit of the hotel industry.
The public meeting will be held at 5:00 today at the KCAC, but the council will be in executive sessions throughout the day today.
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