Thomas Jefferson University apologizes after viral commencement mispronunciations
Thomas Jefferson University is apologizing after the names of some graduates from the nursing program were unrecognizably pronounced at their commencement, as seen in videos from the ceremony that have since gone viral.
The mispronunciations at the Jefferson College of Nursing commencement ceremony, which occurred Thursday, according to the university’s website, were attributed to the phonetic spellings written on the speaker’s cards, the school said in a statement on X on Friday.
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