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Video  09-29-2023, 01:50 PM
I see many of you with nice framed degrees and mine came over Parchment looking like someone who didn't know how to use Word typed it up at home.  Is a "real" diploma coming in the mail?

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09-29-2023, 01:55 PM
Haha, yeah, that's the real deal... they recently changed everything over to Parchment. Oh well, get a frame to go with it to make it 'nicer'.
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09-29-2023, 02:10 PM
(09-29-2023, 01:55 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Haha, yeah, that's the real deal... they recently changed everything over to Parchment.  Oh well, get a frame to go with it to make it 'nicer'.

It would take someone under 30 seconds to fix this.  I don't let my employees turn in work like this, nor does my boss.  Has anyone actually pushed back on this, do you know?
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09-29-2023, 02:27 PM
You'll get a paper diploma in the mail. But it'll pretty much look the same, as far as I'm aware.

I'm not sure how many students have complained directly to UMPI about this.
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09-29-2023, 02:28 PM
There have been posts on it before, here, have a read on these two... With a frame, you 'hardly' notice it at all...
Link: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...ma-WordArt
Link: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...PI-Diploma
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09-29-2023, 02:56 PM
(09-29-2023, 01:50 PM)sandraschuld Wrote: I see many of you with nice framed degrees and mine came over Parchment looking like someone who didn't know how to use Word typed it up at home.  Is a "real" diploma coming in the mail?

Thanks!!
Can you post what it looks like, I'm so curious too!
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09-29-2023, 03:08 PM
Get a nice frame at Hobby Lobby Smile or a framer store.
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09-29-2023, 05:34 PM (This post was last modified: 09-29-2023, 05:39 PM by Baezbug.)
In the email from parchment it has a note from Lisa Smith the registrar - stating we will receive the paper diploma by mail. I also noticed a big difference from the preview of the diploma to the downloaded version. I will also be framing mine to jazz it up a bit!


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09-30-2023, 04:14 AM
(09-29-2023, 05:34 PM)Baezbug Wrote: In the email from parchment it has a note from Lisa Smith the registrar - stating we will receive the paper diploma by mail. I also noticed a big difference from the preview of the diploma to the downloaded version. I will also be framing mine to jazz it up a bit!


Where do you purchase the frame? And did you double or triple minor in anything?


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09-30-2023, 07:57 AM
The first post on this thread shows you the mailed copy of the UMPI diploma framed up, and it looks great - https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...PI-Diploma
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