Pop
star, Rihanna will be receiving an honorary degree from the University of the
West Indies (UWI)
The
singer and entrepreneur will be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters given to
persons “who made substantial contributions to the Caribbean and the wider
world” at a ceremony scheduled for October 20 at the Cave Hill Campus.
The
30-year-old will be receiving the honorary degree alongside two others, The
Honourable Justice Adrian Dudley Saunders and Professor Ebenezer Oduru Owusu
who will be awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws and Doctor of Sciences
respectively.
Last
year, Rihanna was also honoured with the prestigious Humanitarian of the Year
Award for various humanitarian contributions including building a
state-of-the-art center for oncology and nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat
breast cancer in her home nation of Barbados.
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