Check out the mass-mail gaffe that threw an entire campus into panic.
We’ve mentioned schools that accidentally sent out acceptance letters – but this is the first time an entire student body (and some recent graduates) got dismissal notices meant for only 100 students!
That’s what happened at Eastern Michigan University, where an email message meant to inform failing students that they were being dismissed from the college went out to everyone:
“As a result of your Winter 2012 academic performance, you have been dismissed from Eastern Michigan University … Any enrollment for upcoming terms will be cancelled and you will be ineligible to register for classes.”
The source of the mistake: GradesFirst, an outside company the EMU uses for notifications.
EMU president Susan Martin quickly issued an email apology to students, saying, “This message was a terrible mistake and I regret the undue alarm and concern it caused.”
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