UT apologizes for ‘pubic affairs’ typo

[charminglife]

This is really, really bad. I cant believe that nobody caught this error, the school, the printer, the people who signed for the programs when they arrived at the school, etc.

University of Texas apologizes for ‘pubic affairs’ commencement typo

The University of Texas at Austin's public affairs assistant dean has issued an apology after a commencement listing for the program's forthcoming graduates contained a typo citing the Lyndon B. Johnson School of 'Pubic' Affairs.

Even the best writers, reporters and editors fall prey to the occasional typo. And it's probably bad karma to revel in someone else's unintentional mistake. But media critic Jim Romenesko reports that the LBJ school issued an apology via Twitter, reading, "Our deepest apologies to our 2012 graduates for the egregious typo in our program. We are working to distribute corrected programs."

Susan Binford, assistant dean for communications at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, tells Romenesko that students will be issued new copies of the commencement program.

"Obviously, we are mortified. It's beyond embarrassing," Binford said. "As soon as we realized the mistake [on Saturday], everybody went into overdrive and we went to work to reprint it."

Still, it's interesting how much fuss the omission of one letter can lead to. No one was killed, no one lost their job and any concerned parties can rest assured that they will have a corrected commencement program to reflect upon in the future. But it's not going to stop the critics of the world from expressing their outrage at the fallibility of others. Though for most of us, it will probably be remembered with little more than a quick laugh.

The image was first posted to Twitter by Texas Tribune editor Evan Smith.

news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/university-texas-apologizes-pubic-affairs-commencement-typo-183616371.html

[ChillyMcFreeze]

Imagine if diplomas had gone out with that typo...

[eliseb0323]

I work in public affairs. That error is more common than you would think.

[marie427]

May 23, 2012 8:55:43 GMT -5 eliseb0323 said:

I work in public affairs. That error is more common than you would think.

Same here. I giggle when I see it because I'm immature.

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May 23, 2012 8:38:42 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

Hilarious! I don't think I would have minded that much had it happened at my graduation.

i think I would have loved that, actually. Makes it memorable!

[AJL]

As an Aggie, I find this some what gratifying. But really, it's a typo. It's not that big of a deal. At least it wasn't printed on graduates' diplomas.

[Kristinmo]

I saw this on Facebook. I had to read it 3 times knowing there was a typo to find it.

[curmudgeon]

May 23, 2012 8:55:43 GMT -5 eliseb0323 said:

I work in public affairs. That error is more common than you would think.

All.the.time. Also, not shocked no one caught it.

[PinkSquirrel]

I remember my program from college graduation being pretty boring. I would have preferred one that had a typo that was chuckle worthy.

[redheadbaker]

I was an assistant editor for our university's year book. They stressed proofreading (not just running a spell-check) like you wouldn't believe.

In 1996, the yearbook was published with the school's name misspelled on the cover (had three L's instead of two).

[dev22]

I see this exact typo ALLLLL the time at work - especially in legal descriptions. "Go 500 feet to the pubic road" - then I laugh like a 12 year old.