Class of 2021 honorary degree recipients
ɬ has announced the three trailblazing honorary degree recipients who will join its 2021 Commencement.
ɬ has announced the honorary degree recipients who will join the class of 2021 at its 184th Commencement, which will be held virtually for the first time. They are three trailblazing luminaries in the arts and public service.
Rabiya Javeri-Agha ’83, Yo-Yo Ma and Chloé Zhao ’05 are reshaping the world and are exemplars of founder Mary Lyon’s dictum to “go forward, attempt great things, accomplish great things.” The College will confer honorary doctorates of humane letters on all three at the Commencement ceremony on May 23, 2021.
Rabiya Javeri-Agha ’83 is a driving force of change within Pakistan. She has worked for 37 years in public service, making her one of the most senior civil service officers in the government of Pakistan. She was also the first female president of the Pakistan Administrative Service, representing civil service officers across the country. In her executive role as secretary of the Federal Ministry of Human Rights, Javeri-Agha and a team of 1,500 colleagues across the country worked on promoting and protecting the rights of women, children and the m