Dive Summary:
- 1,481 graduates of Radford University's Class of 2013 have received diplomas with multiple spelling errors.
- Radford, which is based in Virginia, omitted one of the "I"s in "the Commonwealth of Virgina" and misspelled "thereto" as "therto."
- According to the university, the spelling errors were created when a software upgrade caused the school to re-enter its diploma template into the school's computer system.
Here's a picture of a Radford diploma with one of the spelling errors:
(Source: Imgur)
From the article:
The two typos were caused by a software upgrade that required the diploma template to be re-entered into the school's computer system, a Radford official told ABC. Radford was unaware of any errors until a recent graduate contacted the university Tuesday morning.
Radford is a public university in Virginia that has continually been recognized as one of the top schools in the Southeast by the Princeton Review.
