Diploma Typo Misspells Prestigious Medill Journalism School's Name

Most people would not expect Northwestern University in Chicago, home of the prestigious Medill School of Journalism, to make a typo on its diplomas, but the unexpected has happened.

Northwestern U. Registrar: Blame my office, not Medill, for the spelling error ("Itegrated") on honors diplomas. http://t.co/B1vRU9r7RH

— Romenesko (@romenesko) June 24, 2014

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The "n" was left out of the word "integrated" on about 30 of the 250 diplomas Northwestern University journalism graduates received late last week. The typo was found on the heading Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications.

“The diplomas are issued by the university so we will work with the NU’s registrar’s office Monday to provide new diplomas to these students,” Desiree Hanford, Northwestern’s director of undergraduate education, told Jim Romenesko, a well-known media blogger.

Given that the journalism school is famous for giving the “Medill F” if a student misspells a word or commits a minor factual error, Twitter reaction to the typo has been predictably humorous.

I guess the diploma writer skipped Medill's class on copy editing http://t.co/a6ZdQEcC4H

— Miranda Green (@Mirandacgreen) June 24, 2014

All the words on my Medill diploma were spelled correctly. Three of them were "School of Journalism." Not a coincidence. #thankslavine

— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) June 23, 2014

Medill diploma spelling error shows that journalism schools need copy editors, just as journalists do. http://t.co/LAhm2HEQ6x

— Dennis Baron (@DrGrammar) June 22, 2014

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