Prince Honored With Posthumous University Degree

Thu Sep 27, 2018 01:36AM

Prince has been honored with a posthumous degree from scholars at the University of Minnesota.

University president Eric Kaler and regent Darrin Rosha presented the school’s highest honor, the Doctorate of Humane Letters, to Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, in a ceremony on campus on Wednesday evening (26Sep18).

Academics were preparing to present it to Prince himself before he died of an accidental painkiller overdose in 2016.

Students from the university’s School of Music will be joined by guest artists Jellybean Johnson and St. Paul Peterson for a tribute performance to Prince.