posthumous degree

Chris' family found out this week that the math department at Cal State Fullerton is going to award him a posthumous degree. It'll be very nice for his family. I'm still shocked to find out that Chris took all his finals just a week and a half before he took his life. Why bother is you're not going to be around? That's what leads us to believe that even though he may have been considering this for a long time, the choice of date was a recent decision.