This Committee is a subcommittee of the Senate Nominating Committee for Honorary Degrees that solicits, screens and makes recommendations to the Honorary Degrees Committee.
The Honorary Member of the University designation recognizes employees for outstanding service to the University as a whole. It is the highest honour a staff member can attain at the University of Waterloo. For faculty members, it recognizes distinctive administrative or other service to the University (as distinguished from Distinguished Professor Emeritus, which recognizes academic excellence).
The Chair of the Honorary Member of the University Committee is a staff representative appointed from the Honorary Degrees Committee.
The Secretary of the Honorary Member of the University Committee is Tim Weber-Kraljevski.