Elizabeth White, RSCJ, will receive an honorary degree from Boston College on May 22 in recognition of her lifelong commitment as a Religious of the Sacred Heart to the ministry of teaching.

Sister White, a specialist in English literature, has spent more than five decades in higher education at Newton College of the Sacred Heart in Boston and at Boston College. She holds a doctoral degree from Catholic University in Washington D.C.

In a letter to Sister White informing her of the award, William P. Leahy, SJ, Boston College president, wrote: “Your admirable decades-long fidelity to living out a primary mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart, ‘to make known the love of God through the service of education’ has influenced and helped shape the values of countless young women and men in a manner that leaves them and the Boston College community deeply indebted and most grateful for your gentle presence among us.

Sister White will receive the award at the school’s commencement ceremony on May 22.