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https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/12/politics/melissa-howard-miami-university/index.html
A Florida state house candidate's college degree has been called into question -- by the very university that she claimed to have graduated from.
Melissa Howard, a Republican who is running for the Florida House of Representatives District 73, claimed to have graduated from Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio.
But last week, FLA News reported that Howard didn't have a college degree from Miami University.
In a statement responding to FLA News, Howard's campaign said the story was an attempt by her opponent in the primary to "hurt Melissa or her reputation within the community," and that she graduated with a degree in marketing.
The 46-year-old candidate later posted what FLA News described as a partial college transcript, as well as pictures of her posing with a diploma on her Facebook page. The images were no longer available on Sunday.
In response to her photos, FLA News, which calls itself "the conservative choice for Florida news and politics" briefly rescinded its story.
But Miami University also told CNN and other news outlets it has no record of Howard earning a degree there. The school said that Melissa Marie Fox (Howard's maiden name) had attended Miami University, from August 1990 to May 1994, but she never graduated.
The university also pointed out a few critical flaws on the image of the diploma that Howard had briefly posted on social media.
The image showed that she received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing degree, but the university said, "We have no such record of a degree." That's because the university says its degree for marketing majors, both then and now, is called a Bachelor of Science in Business.
Also, Howard's major while she was enrolled at Miami University had been retailing, and the degree for that program would have been a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences, according to the university.
The picture of the diploma included the signatures of James Garland, who was the president of the university in 1996, and of Robert C. Johnson, who was actually the dean of the graduate school, which would not have been the proper school, the university statement said.
The university counsel said in a statement to CNN that the picture of the diploma "does not appear to be an accurate Miami University diploma."
A Florida state house candidate's college degree has been called into question -- by the very university that she claimed to have graduated from.
Melissa Howard, a Republican who is running for the Florida House of Representatives District 73, claimed to have graduated from Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio.
But last week, FLA News reported that Howard didn't have a college degree from Miami University.
In a statement responding to FLA News, Howard's campaign said the story was an attempt by her opponent in the primary to "hurt Melissa or her reputation within the community," and that she graduated with a degree in marketing.
The 46-year-old candidate later posted what FLA News described as a partial college transcript, as well as pictures of her posing with a diploma on her Facebook page. The images were no longer available on Sunday.
In response to her photos, FLA News, which calls itself "the conservative choice for Florida news and politics" briefly rescinded its story.
But Miami University also told CNN and other news outlets it has no record of Howard earning a degree there. The school said that Melissa Marie Fox (Howard's maiden name) had attended Miami University, from August 1990 to May 1994, but she never graduated.
The university also pointed out a few critical flaws on the image of the diploma that Howard had briefly posted on social media.
The image showed that she received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing degree, but the university said, "We have no such record of a degree." That's because the university says its degree for marketing majors, both then and now, is called a Bachelor of Science in Business.
Also, Howard's major while she was enrolled at Miami University had been retailing, and the degree for that program would have been a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences, according to the university.
The picture of the diploma included the signatures of James Garland, who was the president of the university in 1996, and of Robert C. Johnson, who was actually the dean of the graduate school, which would not have been the proper school, the university statement said.
The university counsel said in a statement to CNN that the picture of the diploma "does not appear to be an accurate Miami University diploma."
