N.C. Central University Provost Kwesi Aggrey today issued a statement regarding Preston Mitchum, the NCCU law graduate who admitted that he copied a speech from a YouTube video for his remarks at last week's commencement.
"We are deeply saddened and disappointed that our student engaged in plagiarism," Aggrey's statement said. "At North Carolina Central University, we completely disavow this behavior by any of our students in any capacity. To our knowledge, this is the first time someone has replicated remarks for one of our Commencement exercises. We hope this incident will serve as a teaching moment for our students."
Mitchum said Monday he meant to credit Binghamton University graduate Anthony Corvino for his original speech last year. Read the story from today's N&O.
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NCCU Plagiarism
Wed, 05/18/2011 - 09:42 — annerussellSad that Preston Mitchum feels so inadequate to prepare his own remarks that he chose to steal the words of someone else. This happens from time to time, even among the high and mighty, but it is always unacceptable. When I was in grade school, doing something like this merited wearing the label LIAR on one's forehead and standing in front of the class to be humiliated, a lesson no one forgot.