See what the honorary doctorate recipients said at the 2012 commencement ceremony.

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Lin Benchun, former president of Hwa Nan Women’s College in Fuzhou, China, received an honorary doctorate in recognition of his assistance with renewing ties between Hwa Nan Women’s College and Morningside College. A Morningside graduate was involved with the founding of Hwa Nan in 1908, and the first three Hwa Nan presidents were Morningside graduates. Lin served as a visiting instructor at Morningside this spring. Click here to read the story.

The Hon. Jack K. Mandel, chairman of the board for the Nicholas Education Foundation in Santa Ana, Calif., and a retired Orange County (California) Superior Court judge, received an honorary doctorate for his work with high school students in Santa Ana. He is co-founder of the Nicholas Academic Centers in Santa Ana, which provide mentoring and tutoring programs that help inner-city high school students overcome poverty and social restrictions to attend college and earn four-year degrees. Ten Santa Ana high school graduates who were part of the Nicholas Academic Centers program are enrolled at Morningside.