NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) An upstate New York college is awarding a doctorate degree posthumously to one of the 26 victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut.

Sandy Hook Principal Dawn Hochsprung was one of six educators killed along with 20 first-graders in the 2012 shooting. She was a doctoral candidate at the Esteves School of Education at The Sage Colleges in Troy, New York.

Sage Colleges Dean of Education Lori Quigley says Hochsprung's family, including her husband and daughter, will be attending a commencement ceremony on Saturday to receive the degree.

Hochsprung was pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership. After her death, the college established an education center in her honor.