Higher Education

Georgia Tech to give Condoleeza Rice honorary degree at fall commencement

Former George W. Bush Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice speaks at PBAU Thursday, March 7, 2013, as part of the two-day World Leaders Conference being held there. (Jennifer Podis/The Palm Beach Post)
Former George W. Bush Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice speaks at PBAU Thursday, March 7, 2013, as part of the two-day World Leaders Conference being held there. (Jennifer Podis/The Palm Beach Post)
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Oct 10, 2018

The Georgia Board of Regents on Tuesday approved a request from Georgia Tech to give former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice an  honorary degree at its fall commencement ceremony.

Rice will deliver the keynote address at the Dec. 15 ceremony, Georgia Tech officials said.

“We encourage our students to serve as leaders prepared to address some of society’s greatest challenges. I can think of no greater role model to speak to our new graduates than Condoleezza Rice,” Georgia Tech President G.P. “Bud” Peterson said in a news release.

Rice was Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009, the second term of President George W. Bush. She’s now a faculty member at Stanford University and a founding partner of RiceHadleyGates, LLC., an international consulting firm.