Honorary Degree Nomination Form 1. Degree to be Awarded: ___ Honorary Doctorate ___ Honorary Baccalaureate X Honorary Associate 2. Please state the name and address of your nominee for an Honorary Degree. Mr. Marc Morse 935 Armandito Drive Las Vegas, NV 89138 3. Honorary degrees shall be awarded to persons who have made significant contributions to the improvement of the quality of academic programs and academic life at one of the NSHE's institutions. Persons currently holding public elected office are not eligible for the degree except in extraordinary circumstances. What are your reasons for nominating this person? (Attach additional pages, if necessary.) Mark has been a long-time donor and member of the Foundation Board. His commitment to athletics, and his personal donations to the baseball program have been beyond outstanding. He’s an example to the community and other donors of a commitment to CSN. ______________________________________________ President Date College of Southern Nevada________________________ Institution (B/R 3/03; Added 6/05) Rev. 18 (12/07) Forms Appendix, Page 1 (BOARD OF REGENTS' AGENDA 03/04/10 & 03/05/10) Ref. BOR-11h, Page 1 of 2 Bio for Marc Morse – 2010 Honorary Degree Recipient Marc Morse has made an indelible impact on the College of Southern Nevada, helping to jumpstart the success of CSN’s athletics program with his time, passion and support. A community college graduate and longtime resident of Las Vegas, he understands the value of CSN to this community and our high school graduates. Marc attended Bishop Gorman High School from 1992-96, during which time he played baseball for Coach Tim Chambers. He attended and played ball at Rio Hondo College and Salt Lake City Community College. In 1999, he enrolled at the University of Colorado to study architecture. He returned to Las Vegas in 2003. Starting that fall, Marc began serving as the infield coach at CSN under Chambers, who had since left Bishop Gorman to become the head of athletics at the college and led the baseball team to a national championship. The field on which the Coyotes play is named for Marc’s grandfather William R. Morse, shortly after the former Eighth Judicial District Court judge and World War II hero passed away. Marc and his family have been leaders in raising well over a million dollars in private funds for CSN athletics. In January 2006, Marc was nominated to the CSN Foundation Board of Trustees, where he chaired the inaugural golf classic fund raiser and continues to actively recruit community support for college athletics. (BOARD OF REGENTS' AGENDA 03/04/10 & 03/05/10) Ref. BOR-11h, Page 2 of 2.