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Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« on: June 26, 2013, 10:00:08 AM »
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Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
Two misspellings — “Virgina” and “therto” — showed up on 1,481 Radford diplomas.

byTONIA MOXLEY

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Some 2013 Radford University graduates put their education to good use this week.

They, and even a parent or two, noticed two spelling errors in diplomas that were awarded this spring – and they lit up social media with photos and complaints.

But did any of their 2012 predecessors notice they had the same errors?

Two misspellings – “Virgina” and “therto” – showed up on 1,481 Radford diplomas over the past two years, Radford spokesman Joe Carpenter confirmed Tuesday.

He said university officials first heard of the errors on Tuesday morning.

Carpenter emphasized that new diplomas will be printed and mailed to those affected as soon as possible.

Human error exacerbated by computer technology caused the problems, Carpenter said.

“The error was caused when the commercial software system used to produce the diplomas within the university’s registrar’s office was upgraded in the Fall of 2012,” Carpenter wrote in an email. “That software upgrade required that the diploma narrative be rekeyed into the program. It was during the rekeying process that the typographical errors were introduced into the template.”

Frustration was vented on social media – and editors out there will notice a few issues with those posts as well.

Don't you just hate it when your university cannot spell thngs correctly?
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2013, 10:02:40 AM »
A degree from a university that can't spell "Virginia" correctly.

Education money well spent.  :whatever:
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2013, 10:05:17 AM »
Quote from: Big Dog on June 26, 2013, 10:02:40 AM
A degree from a university that can't spell "Virginia" correctly.

Education money well spent.  :whatever:

The dumbing down of Amerika, educamators included.
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2013, 10:07:41 AM »
Sad isn't it?
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2013, 10:09:46 AM »
I'm just impressed that someone caught it. We live in a low information world.
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2013, 10:14:30 AM »
Quote from: Freeper on June 26, 2013, 10:09:46 AM
I'm just impressed that someone caught it. We live in a low information world.

Just like Idiocracy.  :mental:
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2013, 10:18:41 AM »
Guess no one there ever heard the term "proofing" before printing the final product.   
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2013, 10:22:02 AM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on June 26, 2013, 10:14:30 AM
Just like Idiocracy.  :mental:

The tee vee show Ow My Balls is not that far off from being reality.
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2013, 10:23:33 AM »
Quote from: Freeper on June 26, 2013, 10:22:02 AM
The tee vee show Ow My Balls is not that far off from being reality.

I am seeing shows similar to Ow! My Balls! already. There is also Jerry Springer and Maury Povich. Maury is worse with those "Who's you daddy?".  :mental:
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2013, 10:27:51 AM »
Quote from: Freeper on June 26, 2013, 10:22:02 AM
The tee vee show Ow My Balls is not that far off from being reality.

I didn't see Idiocracy, so I had to look up Ow My Balls.

That is funny.
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2013, 10:34:08 AM »
Quote from: Big Dog on June 26, 2013, 10:27:51 AM
I didn't see Idiocracy, so I had to look up Ow My Balls.

That is funny.

You can get the movie on DVD, Blu-Ray, or streaming service.
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2013, 11:10:31 AM »
Quote from: here on June 26, 2013, 10:29:19 AM
Cute CG6468 

I was wondering if anyone was gonna catch that!  :lmao:
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2013, 11:25:46 AM »
Quote from: CG6468 on June 26, 2013, 11:10:31 AM
I was wondering if anyone was gonna catch that!  :lmao:

Do I get a deeplomah?
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2013, 01:32:56 PM »
The new lib frontier, marrying your sheepskin. I love 2fers.
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Re: Radford University to send new diplomas after misspellings
« Reply #15 on: June 26, 2013, 01:34:37 PM »
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Do I get a deeplomah?

Nope. It was part of the grammer curriculum! (There's another one!)  :lmao:
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