One of the nation's top journalism schools had some explaining to do after several of their graduates received diplomas that featured a prominent misspelling.
As media blogger Jim Romenesko writes, a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill journalism program posted a photo to Twitter over the weekend of his friend's diploma citing the "Medill School of Journalism, Media, Itegrated [sic] Marketing Communications."
Medill spokesman Alan Cubbage said in a statement to the Chicago Sun-Times that the school's name was misspelled on about 30 of the 250 diplomas handed out on Saturday and that impacted students will be able to get a replacement typo-free diploma.
Had a similar error been committed by a Medill student, it would have warranted a "Medill F" stamp -- a failing grade for any assignment featuring a factual error. The irony was noted by students and alums who tweeted the story using the #MedillF hashtag, some of them noting the school's controversial name change in 2011.
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As media blogger Jim Romenesko writes, a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill journalism program posted a photo to Twitter over the weekend of his friend's diploma citing the "Medill School of Journalism, Media, Itegrated [sic] Marketing Communications."
.@romenesko Medill misspells "integrated" on its diploma. #MedillF http://ift.tt/1lLY1wn
— Kit Fox (@kitfoxnews) June 21, 2014 Medill spokesman Alan Cubbage said in a statement to the Chicago Sun-Times that the school's name was misspelled on about 30 of the 250 diplomas handed out on Saturday and that impacted students will be able to get a replacement typo-free diploma.
Had a similar error been committed by a Medill student, it would have warranted a "Medill F" stamp -- a failing grade for any assignment featuring a factual error. The irony was noted by students and alums who tweeted the story using the #MedillF hashtag, some of them noting the school's controversial name change in 2011.
Someone forgot to copy edit these Northwestern diplomas. #MedillF http://t.co/KksgYbxfc0
— Nathalie Tadena (@nftadena) June 23, 2014
Karma for @MedillSchool changing its name to something so convoluted and ludicrous? http://t.co/EV0uKXWCUm #MedillF
— Taylor Maycan (@TaylorMaycan) June 23, 2014
I am more than embarrassed. #MedillF RT @romenesko @MedillSchool misspells "Integrated" on its honors diplomas. http://t.co/JJfU3ZvfMW
— Rowena Li (@Rowena_Li) June 22, 2014 from Chicago - The Huffington Post http://ift.tt/1wosgvi
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