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Wonder’s onstage moment was delayed for several minutes because his driver had gotten lost en route to the ceremony, Wilson told the audience. They’re the first to be staged in the new $25 million Wayne State Fieldhouse, completed in October, and are WSU’s first in-person graduation gatherings since the onset of the pandemic. Saturday afternoon’s event was one of seven commencement celebrations being held this weekend for 3,800-plus Wayne State graduates. Wonder has previously received honorary degrees from Yale University (2017) and Rutgers University (1999). Jack White accepted an honorary doctorate in 2019. Wonder is the latest celebrity musician to receive an honorary degree from the Detroit university. Related: Where Michigan stands on abortion if Roe v. He drew loud whoops from some in the crowd when he said that included “fighting for the rights of women to choose what to do with their lives and bodies.”
Roy Wilson, Wonder spoke about his commitment to social justice. “Even though I’ve been in this profession for a few minutes, it is not impossible for me to feel a little shy about now,” he joked.įlanked by WSU President M. Wonder, blind since infancy, improvised his speech after he was unable to call up his prewritten notes on an electronic Braille tablet. “But most of all, it belongs to you, Detroit, because you allowed me, by embracing me, to really have the opportunity of discovery.” View Gallery: Stevie Wonder gets honorary doctorate at Wayne State University commencementĪnd “it belongs to Motown, (where) so many people allowed me to discover and learn music and express my feelings,” Wonder said. Wonder emphasized that “this really doesn’t just belong to me,” rattling off his own youthful education institutions, including Detroit’s Fitzgerald Elementary and Lansing’s School for the Blind. More: Motown Museum lands $1 million expansion gift from Bank of AmericaĪfter receiving his diploma and ceremonial hood, he addressed the graduates of WSU’s college of liberal arts and sciences, who gathered for the afternoon commencement ceremony. Two miles south of Motown’s Hitsville, U.S.A., where Wonder recorded many of his iconic hits, the 71-year-old star took the stage at the Wayne State Fieldhouse to be presented his doctor of humane letters by the WSU Board of Governors.įor subscribers: Restoring Hitsville house is a little-known part of Motown Museum expansion The song also received three nominations at the 27th Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Instrumental Performance.Watch Video: Stevie Wonder gets honorary degree from Wayne State Universityĭonning a green cap and gown and treating a crowd of graduates to a pair of off-the-cuff song performances, Stevie Wonder accepted an honorary degree Saturday from Wayne State University. In addition, the song won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
The song also became Wonder's only solo UK number-one success, staying at the top for six weeks, in the process also becoming Motown Records' biggest-selling single in the UK, a distinction it still holds as of 2018. It also became his tenth number-one on the R&B chart, and his fourth on the adult contemporary chart it spent three weeks at the top of both charts, and for the same weeks as on the Hot 100. The song was the lead single from the 1984 soundtrack album The Woman in Red, along with two other songs by Wonder, and scored number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks from October 13 to October 27, 1984. It remains Wonder's best-selling single to date, having topped a record 19 charts. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" is a ballad written, produced, and performed by Stevie Wonder.
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