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More Spelling Errors Found in Radford Diploma Certificates (UPDATE)

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More typo errors have been identified on the diploma certificates that were awarded to Radford's 1,480 graduate and undergraduate students. The university's accidental typos on the certificates were first revealed last week, when a graduate pointed out that the officials have misspelled 'Virginia' as 'Virgina'.

Apart from 'Virgina,' the university's several spelling errors include, 'thereto' which was mentioned as 'therto' and 'systems' as 'systams'

Penelope Kyle, the university president said that 'based on some recent feedback to the registrar's office, we are investigating whether any other graduates have diplomas with additional errors.'

"Not surprisingly, these errors have resulted in considerable negative media coverage of our great institution. While we know that similar embarrassing gaffes have happened at other universities...we are not dismissing the seriousness of the effects of these actions," the university said in a statement.

Kyle said that the school officials are now reviewing the system to implement an effective quality assurance process.

"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. That software upgrade required that the diploma narrative be re-keyed into the program. It was during the re-keying process that the typographical errors were introduced into the template," Joe Carpenter, University spokesman said.

Graduate, Marshall Wildberger said that he immediately checked his certificate when the spelling errors were initially reported. He then spotted that his major - information science and systems - was misspelled. The word 'systems' was mentioned as 'systams' on the diploma certificate, he received July 2012.

"It's kind of disappointing. You would think for how much you pay for four years for a bachelor's degree, your diploma would be right the first time," said Wildberger. "They don't cut you that break in school when you're writing a paper."

Carpenter assured the graduates that corrected diplomas will be mailed to them within the next two weeks. But Wildberger feels that they should also pay for the costs incurred for framing the certificate.

The university said that the diplomas are printed within the registrar's office and no university print shop or outside printer is used.

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