{"id":299335,"date":"2026-05-04T16:38:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/299335\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:38:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:38:06","slug":"sac-state-csu-recognizes-four-leaders-contributions-with-honorary-degrees-presidents-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/299335\/","title":{"rendered":"Sac State, CSU recognizes four leaders&#8217; contributions with honorary degrees, President&#8217;s Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"un-story-author\">By News and Communications Staff<\/p>\n<p class=\"un-story-date\">May 04, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento State and California State University(CSU) have recognized four leaders in public service, law, health care, and academia this year for their contributions to the campus community, CSU, and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1963, the CSU has awarded honorary degrees to individuals whose contributions have benefitted humanity, CSU campuses, local communities, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s Medal for Distinguished Service is awarded to community members who provided outstanding service to Sacramento State, higher education, and the common good.<\/p>\n<p>Honorary Degrees<\/p>\n<p>Anh Phoong, founder and CEO of Phoong Law, received an Honorary Doctor of Laws<br \/>\nGarry Maisel, CEO emeritus of Western Health, received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters<br \/>\nElizabeth G. Hill, retired legislative analyst for the state of California, received an Honorary Doctor of Laws<\/p>\n<p>2026 President\u2019s Medal<\/p>\n<p>Professor Emeritus Ayad Al-Qazzaz (Sociology) was this year\u2019s recipient of the President\u2019s Medal for Distinguished Service<\/p>\n<p>Honorees were recognized during receptions on April 24 and May 1.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csus.edu\/university-advancement\/honorary-degrees\/degree-recipients-2026.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honorary Degrees webpage<\/a> to learn more about this year\u2019s recipients.<\/p>\n<p>                                                About News and Communications Staff<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento State\u2019s News and Communications team writes and shares stories about the University, its students, faculty, and alumni, revealing the accomplishments, achievements and milestones that characterize its standing as an educational leader and an important community center. The department\u2019s writers, editors and public relations personnel look across the broad spectrum of the campus and the people who thrive here to support the University\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By News and Communications Staff May 04, 2026 Sacramento State and California State University(CSU) have recognized four leaders&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-299335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}