Chancellor's Office Awards

Honorary Degree

As the policy for honorary degrees indicates, the following guidelines are suggested in selecting honorary degree recipients:

• Persons who have rendered distinguished service to the University;
• Persons who have rendered distinguished service to the State of Nebraska;
• Graduates, former students, or former employees who have achieved distinction; and
• Persons of high distinction, from this country or abroad, who are not necessarily associated with the university or the State.

Honorary degrees shall not be awarded to active members of the University of Nebraska staff and may be awarded only in exceptional cases to retired faculty members or staff for career distinction achieved at the University of Nebraska. View the criteria.

Campus deadline for review by Chancellor's Office is October 31.

Please send completed nominations with information about why a nominee is being recommended for a particular honorary degree to Candice Batton cbatton@unomaha.edu. Final campus recommendations will be forwarded to the Provost's Office by December 10 and must be approved by the Board of Regents.

Most recent Recipients:

Year	Recipient	Honorary Degree
2023	Chuck Hagel	Doctor of Humane Letters
2023	Mildred Brown (posthumous)	Doctor of Humane Letters
2022	Karrin Allyson	Doctor of Fine Arts
2021	John Hyten	Doctor of Law
2020	Mort Crim	Doctor of Humane Letters
2020	Samuel Bak	Doctor of Humane Letters
2019	Cathy Hughes	Doctor of Commerce
2018	Willy Theisen	Doctor of Commerce
2018	Michael Crow	Doctor of Science
2017	Gail Walling Yanney and Michael B. Yanney	Doctors of Humane Letters
2017	Ruth and Bill Scott	Doctors of Humane Letters
2017	Barbara Holland	Doctor of Humane Letters
2015	Aldo Tesi	Doctor of Humane Letters
2013	Harold H. Saunders	Doctor of Humane Letters
2012	Richard Holland	Doctor of Humane Letters

Read the complete list of Honorary Degree recipients

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Order of the Tower

The Order of the Tower is awarded to individuals whose exemplary service and/or financial support have advanced the mission of the University of Nebraska Omaha. As the policy for the Order of the Tower indicates, the following guidelines are suggested for nominating individuals:

• Achievements of the nominee should have contributed significantly to the development of the University of Nebraska Omaha or espouse the values of the University.
• Award can only be presented to those individuals who are not currently employed by the University of Nebraska Omaha.

View the criteria and nomination form. E-mail completed nomination form to Candice Batton cbatton@unomaha.edu by October 31. Final campus recommendations will be forwarded to the Provost's Office by December 10 and must be approved by the Board of Regents.

Most recent Recipients:

Year	Recipient
2023	Mary & Rodrigo López
2022	Howard and Rhonda Hawks
2021	Rod Rhoden
2021	Natan and Hannah Schwalb
2021	Susan Morris
2020	Paul and Djel Ann Brown
2020	The Goldstein Family (Don and Kathy Goldstein, Gail Raznick)
2019	Richard Holland (posthumous) and the Holland Foundation
2019	Randy Schmailzl
2018	Jack and Stephanie Koraleski
2018	The Anderson Family
2018	Barbara (Barbi) Hayes
2014	Jim (posthumous) and Shirley Young
2013	George Haddix
2011	William and Ruth Scott Family Foundation

View the complete list of Order of the Tower recipients

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UNO Chancellor's Medal

The Chancellor's Medal recognizes extraordinary service to the University of Nebraska Omaha by a faculty or staff member. The Chancellor's Office strives to select honorees who both exemplify sustained excellence and reflect the rich diversity of our faculty and staff as well as the varied disciplines within our colleges.

The Chancellor's Medal is a means of recognizing extraordinary service to the University of Nebraska at Omaha by a faculty or staff member who has performed with excellence in his or her chosen profession. It is an attempt by the University community to honor one of its own.

Criteria

1. The awardee shall have performed with distinction in any of these fields: scholarship, research or creative arts, or university service.
2. The award shall be limited to full-time members of the faculty or staff. Generally speaking, the award is reserved for active/current full-time faculty and staff members, but on rare occasions, exceptions may be made for retired full-time faculty and staff who are nominated within one year of their retirement from the university.

Nominations should be submitted using the online form below by October 31.

Chancellor's Medal Nomination Form

Most recent Recipients:

Year	Recipient
May 2023	Nancy Edick
Dec 2022	David Boocker
Aug 2022	Julie Dierberger
May 2022	Jane Meza, Rachael Jensen, and Thomas Wawrzynkiewicz
Dec 2021	Charlotte Evans
Aug 2021	T. Hank Robinson
May 2021	Hesham Ali and Rebecca Pasco
Dec 2020	Dale Eesley
May 2020	Lou Pol and Cathy Pettid
Dec 2019	Bret Blackman
May 2019	Kerry Beldin and Jody Neathery-Castro
Dec 2018	Jerry Deichert
May 2018	Lynn Harland and Jeffrey French
Dec 2017	Theresa Barron-McKeagney
May 2017	Kathy Krause and Nikolaos Stergiou
Dec 2016	Gail Baker
May 2016	Marsha Vance
Dec 2015	Trev Alberts
May 2015	David Nielsen
May 2014	Joe Kaminski
May 2012	Ethel Williams

View the complete list of UNO Chancellor's Medal recipients