University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Henry Mackaman may receive a posthumous degree from the university after dying from bacterial meningitis last week, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Mackaman had taken enough credits at the university to graduate with an economics major in the spring but was planning to stay for a fifth year to complete an English double major, according to the State Journal.
A student must be a senior in his or her final semester of course work or have earned at least 90 credits to be considered for a posthumous degree, according to the office of the Secretary of the Faculty’s website, as well as be enrolled in a degree program and in good academic standing.
The university recommended Mackaman’s posthumous degree, but it must be approved by the registrar and the chancellor before being awarded to Mackaman’s family, according to the State Journal.
