Seven honored with degrees at ceremony

Seven honorary degrees will be awarded to prominent figures in global health reform, an award-winning novelist and a world-renowned photo journalist along with the members of the Class of 2010 who receive their degrees at this year's Commencement ceremony. Jodi Picoult, a top-selling novelist with best-sellers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters on Sunday. Picoult, a Hanover resident, has written 17 novels, four of which debuted at number one on The New York Times best-seller list.