Amma to receive Doctorate from SUNY May 25th

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Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi to Receive Doctorate of Humane Letters from State

University of New York

 

The State University of New York (SUNY) will present spiritual leader and

humanitarian Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) with an honorary doctorate in

humane letters at a special ceremony to be held on May 25 at its campus in

Buffalo. As part of the award ceremony, Amma will deliver an address on

values-based education.

 

SUNY is bestowing the doctorate upon Amma in recognition of her tireless efforts

on behalf of global peace, for her commitment to education and for the

far-reaching impact of her charitable organizations in relieving poverty and

human suffering in India and around the world.

 

SUNY confers honorary degrees to " recognize excellence and extraordinary

achievement in the fields of public affairs, the sciences, humanities and the

arts, scholarship and education, business and philanthropy and

social services which exemplify the mission and purpose of the University; to

honor meritorious and outstanding service to the University, the State of New

York, the United States, or to humanity at large; to recognize individuals whose

lives and significant achievements should serve as examples of the University's

aspirations for its students. "

 

SUNY is a renowned public university with 64 campuses across the state of New

York. Its four main centers are in Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and Stonybrook.

Its total student body is 440,000 students.

 

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, the university in India of which Amma is founder and

chancellor, has been partnered with SUNY since 2006 to offer dual-degree

programs at the master's level in management and computer science, with

additional programs in medicine, social work and photonics in development.

Others receiving honorary doctorates from SUNY this year include MapQuest

founder Barry Glick, pioneering AIDS/HIV- researcher Dr. Robert Vince, and

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steve Reich.

 

Previous accolades bestowed upon Amma include: the James Parks Morton Interfaith

Award (New York, 2006), the Philosopher Saint Sri Jnaneswara World Peace Prize

(Pune, 2006) and the Gandhi-King Award for Non-Violence (Geneva, 2002), among

many others.