<div dir="ltr">Hi, David:<div><br></div><div>My apologies for the delay in responding. At NSU, we also do not hand out diplomas at commencement. Our diplomas read as follows:</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"> <span style="text-align:center">The
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Acting
Through The</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Northeastern State University</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">have
admitted</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">John
Doe Sample</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">to
the degree of</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Bachelor
of Science</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Cum
Laude</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">and
all the honors, privileges and obligations belonging thereto, and in witness
thereof</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">have
authorized the issuance of the diploma duly signed and sealed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Issued
at Northeastern State University at Tahlequah, Oklahoma</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">this twelfth day of December, Two Thousand Fourteen.</p>
<span style="line-height:115%"><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Have a great day,</font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Julie</font></div></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 10:49 PM, David Fulmer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dfulmer@oru.edu" target="_blank">dfulmer@oru.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">Greetings, friends. I hope that your week has been going well thus far.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">I have two questions to ask of you:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">Do you give your graduates their actual diploma at your commencement ceremony? I’m fairly certain we don’t have any institutions in the state that do so but
in case I’m wrong </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:windowtext">J</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">Also, our administration is considering moving away from what most would consider the standard text (Old English a.k.a. King James) normally found on a diploma.
Would you be willing to share the verbiage that you print on your diploma? If you have a “sample” that you can scan to me that would be awesome.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">Thanks, everyone. Remember, the weekend is coming!<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext">David</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:windowtext"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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