Overview
- The university’s council held a formal session in Culiacán to confer the degrees, with Rector Jesús Madueña Molina presiding and Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya present.
- National education figures attended as guests, including ANUIES chief Luis Armando González Placencia and Culiacán Mayor Juan de Dios Gámez Mendívil, who praised the recipients’ careers.
- Annie Pardo is a UNAM professor emerita and the mother of President Claudia Sheinbaum, and Rosaura Ruiz is a long‑time UNAM academic who now leads the federal science and technology secretariat.
- At UAS, honorary degrees are proposed by the rector’s office or academic bodies and take effect after approval by the University Council.
- Proceso linked the timing to UAS’s financial reengineering plan that is reported to seek federal support and to include discounts for retired staff, a context that official ceremony coverage did not emphasize.