This Adorable Cat Recently Graduated College
Honorary doctorates are often given out by Universities to honor peoples life achievements and work and one of these degrees has recently been given to a very important member of the community in a Vermont college according to GoodNet. However, this honoree isn’t a person at all, it’s a cat!
The honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” was recently given to a cat named Max by Vermont State University’s Castleton. This degree was given to Max for his friendliness and how social he has been the past few years with both students and staff members.
“Commencement is this weekend! To celebrate, we’re announcing a very special honorary degree recipient. Max the Cat has been an affectionate member of the Castleton family for years,” the school wrote in a post on Facebook.
They then went on to write “with a resounding purr of approval from the faculty, the Board of Trustees of the Vermont State Cat-leges has bestowed upon Max Dow the prestigious title of Doctor of Litter-ature, complete with all the catnip perks, scratching post privileges, and litter box responsibilities that come with it.”
Max lives in a house on the same street as the main campus entrance. His human mom, Ashley Dow, says that he loves going to the campus and just began hanging out with the students one day.
“He’s been socializing on campus for about four years, and students get excited when they see him. They pick him up and take selfies with him, and he even likes to go on tours with prospective students that meet at a building across from the family’s house,” she said.
Max is an unofficial emotional support cat for many campus members and can often be seen getting a ride around campus in students’ backpacks. One time Max disappeared from the campus for a while and the students created a shrine for him, says Dow. “It had candles and everything. And the picture of Max that they had printed out and put in a frame.”