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Email indicates Florida House candidate may have staged college degree deception
http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/2...date-may-have-staged-college-degree-deception
Miami University says Melissa Howard never graduated, despite her posting images of a diploma.
Facing accusations that she lied about having a degree from Miami University in Ohio, state House District 73 candidate Melissa Howard sprang into action.
The Lakewood Ranch businesswoman said she flew back to Ohio and obtained transcripts and a diploma proving she graduated. She distributed pictures Friday to media outlets — including the Herald-Tribune — of what she claimed is her diploma. She took to Facebook and posted what appeared to be her transcript.
In the Facebook post, Howard declared “The truth shall set you free!”
“It only took a night of flying back to my old stomping grounds to catch my opponent in yet another lie!” Howard wrote.
But a bombshell email sent to the Herald-Tribune from Miami University general counsel Robin Parker declares unequivocally that Howard never graduated. And Parker also takes aim at the diploma seen in the pictures, laying out a series of reasons why it does not appear to be authentic.
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But after Howard spoke with the Herald-Tribune Friday and shared the diploma and transcript images, Miami University’s general counsel, Robin Parker, declared in an email that Howard had not graduated from the university.
“Melissa Marie Fox , DOB 12/25/71, does not have a degree from Miami University,” Parker wrote, citing Howard’s maiden name and date of birth.
Parker’s email goes on to state that the “the picture of the diploma that was posted on the HowardforHouse73 Facebook page does not appear to be an accurate Miami University diploma.”
The implication is that the diploma is a fake.
“The picture of the diploma shows that Melissa Marie Fox received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing degree from Miami University on December 20, 1996,” Parker wrote. “We have no such record of a degree.”
Parker notes in her email that Miami University doesn’t even offer a degree in marketing.
“Miami University’s degree for Marketing majors then, as it is now, was a Bachelor of Science in Business,” Parker wrote.
Parker goes on to point out that Howard’s actual major — according to university records — was retailing, and “the degree for that program of study was a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences.”
Lastly, Parker notes that the diploma lists two names James C. Garland and Robert C. Johnson.
“Miami University diplomas contain the signature of the President of the University and the dean of the academic division of the degree,” Parker writes. “While, James C. Garland was President of Miami University in 1996, Robert C. Johnson was Dean of the Graduate School.”
That means Johnson was not the dean of the academic division Howard claims to have received a degree from, and his name should not have been on her degree.
Howard could not be reached for comment Saturday about Parker’s email. Her campaign consultant, Anthony Pedicini, said in a text message that Howard’s husband had a “cardiac event” Friday evening and is in the hospital.
“Melissa is focused on her family — not fake news this morning,” Pedicini wrote.
Gregory said in a text that “voters deserve nothing less than truth and integrity from their elected officials.”
http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/2...date-may-have-staged-college-degree-deception
Miami University says Melissa Howard never graduated, despite her posting images of a diploma.
Facing accusations that she lied about having a degree from Miami University in Ohio, state House District 73 candidate Melissa Howard sprang into action.
The Lakewood Ranch businesswoman said she flew back to Ohio and obtained transcripts and a diploma proving she graduated. She distributed pictures Friday to media outlets — including the Herald-Tribune — of what she claimed is her diploma. She took to Facebook and posted what appeared to be her transcript.
In the Facebook post, Howard declared “The truth shall set you free!”
“It only took a night of flying back to my old stomping grounds to catch my opponent in yet another lie!” Howard wrote.
But a bombshell email sent to the Herald-Tribune from Miami University general counsel Robin Parker declares unequivocally that Howard never graduated. And Parker also takes aim at the diploma seen in the pictures, laying out a series of reasons why it does not appear to be authentic.
...
But after Howard spoke with the Herald-Tribune Friday and shared the diploma and transcript images, Miami University’s general counsel, Robin Parker, declared in an email that Howard had not graduated from the university.
“Melissa Marie Fox , DOB 12/25/71, does not have a degree from Miami University,” Parker wrote, citing Howard’s maiden name and date of birth.
Parker’s email goes on to state that the “the picture of the diploma that was posted on the HowardforHouse73 Facebook page does not appear to be an accurate Miami University diploma.”
The implication is that the diploma is a fake.
“The picture of the diploma shows that Melissa Marie Fox received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing degree from Miami University on December 20, 1996,” Parker wrote. “We have no such record of a degree.”
Parker notes in her email that Miami University doesn’t even offer a degree in marketing.
“Miami University’s degree for Marketing majors then, as it is now, was a Bachelor of Science in Business,” Parker wrote.
Parker goes on to point out that Howard’s actual major — according to university records — was retailing, and “the degree for that program of study was a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences.”
Lastly, Parker notes that the diploma lists two names James C. Garland and Robert C. Johnson.
“Miami University diplomas contain the signature of the President of the University and the dean of the academic division of the degree,” Parker writes. “While, James C. Garland was President of Miami University in 1996, Robert C. Johnson was Dean of the Graduate School.”
That means Johnson was not the dean of the academic division Howard claims to have received a degree from, and his name should not have been on her degree.
Howard could not be reached for comment Saturday about Parker’s email. Her campaign consultant, Anthony Pedicini, said in a text message that Howard’s husband had a “cardiac event” Friday evening and is in the hospital.
“Melissa is focused on her family — not fake news this morning,” Pedicini wrote.
Gregory said in a text that “voters deserve nothing less than truth and integrity from their elected officials.”
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