… I hope you’ll find your own way to express your gratitude for all the steps and missteps that have led us to this common destination. “We are each a patchwork quilt of those who have loved us, those who have believed in our futures, those who showed us empathy and kindness or told us the truth even when it wasn’t easy to hear. “Not a single one of us here today has done it alone,” she said. Taylor cracked plenty of jokes (see above) but she also gave some really heartfelt words of encouragement to the class of 2022. And what did she have to say in her speech? Her many awards and distinctions include being the most awarded artist ever in American Music Awards’ history along with being named Artist of the Decade winner of the BRIT Awards International Female Solo Artist of the Year in 2015 and the Global Icon Award in 2021 and Billboard’s first-ever and only two-time winner of the Woman of the Decade Award." She is the only female artist in history to win the music industry’s highest honor, the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, three times. Swift is one of the most prolific and celebrated artists of her generation. NYU had this to say about Taylor in a press release about her degree: Taylor Subtly Signals How Things Are With Joe.It also looked at how fandom, gender, and race come together in the music industry. The school’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music launched a course in January that was dedicated to Taylor’s business and writing practices. Well, NYU has been a big Swiftie for a while now. Wait, but why is she getting this degree? "It’s an incredible honor, it’s absolutely amazing," he told Extra in an interview. Like Taylor and the arts.Īnd supportive boyfriend Joe Alwyn certainly seems to agree that it's a big deal. Why? It's a way for an institution to honor the accomplishments and contributions an individual has made in a particular field. (So, no, Taylor never went to or studied at NYU.) Basically, the school waives all the requirements needed to obtain a specific degree. Then I went out on the road on a radio tour, which sounds incredibly glamorous but in reality it consisted of a rental car, motels, and my mom and I pretending to have loud mother-daughter fights with each other during boarding so no one would want the empty seat between us on Southwest.”īut now she can add one more to that list: doctorate.ĭia Dipasupil // Getty Images What is an “honorary doctorate degree”?Īn honorary degree is a degree-usually a doctorate like the one Tay just got-that’s given to someone who didn’t go to that school or didn’t complete a similar level of education required to receive the degree. A gift to Stern provides critical resources that enable us to invest strategically in the School, making Stern a place of excellence. “I went to public high school until tenth grade and finished my education doing homeschool work on the floors of airport terminals. “I never got to have the normal college experience, per se,” she said in her speech. The transfer meant she was better able to work around her touring schedule with homeschooling. Taylor did, however, go to high school at Hendersonville High School in Tennessee for two years before transferring to Aaron Academy. Her career took off when she was around 15 and it was kinda hard to fit college into the mix then. What diplomas does she have? (Besides, ya know, the diploma of ultra-famous stardom.) Here’s what you need to know. Of course, everyone had a lot of questions about her degree and the fact she had apparently never donned a cap and gown before. Not the type of doctor you would want around in the event of an emergency.” But, she said, she’s a good doctor to have handy if you need a song “with catchy hook and an intensely cathartic bridge section” or “that you needed a person who can name over 50 breeds of cat in one minute.” She continued, “I’d to thank NYU for making me technically, on paper at least, a doctor.
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