Not only were grade forms stolen from the University Registrar’soffice last month — it turns out transcript paper, a special paperused to make a student’s transcript, also was stolen.
A July 8 Reveille article reported that grade forms, which areused by faculty members to adjust the grades from a previoussemester, were stolen from the Registrar’s office.
On June 30 at 8:51 a.m. LSUPD received a report that grade formsand transcript paper were stolen from the office.
Frank Cartledge, vice provost for academic affairs, said atranscript is a record of the courses taken and the gradesreceived. Cartledge said the most common use for the transcript toapply to another university.
Assistant Director for Media Relations Kristine Calogne saidemployees in the Registrar’s office discovered the office wasbroken into on the morning of June 30. She said the office waslocked, and the grade forms and transcripts were also under alock.
She said she did not know how the burglar broke both locks.
Calogne said the University did not issue any transcripts June30, but they began issuing them again the next day with a specialstamp on the papers to distinguish them from the stolen papers.
The University notified universities and colleges around thenation to inform them of the incident and make them aware of thenew transcript paper.
Calogne said on July 13 the University received completely newtranscript paper, and once again notified colleges and universitiesnationwide.
Cartledge said the burglar probably stole the papers to forgegrades.
“I assume [the burglary was] with the object of misrepresentingtheir credentials,” Cartledge said. “We are urging employers orothers who have any questions whatsoever about authenticity of atranscript to contact the Registrar’s office and we will confirmwhether it is a legitimate transcript or not.”
Calogne said LSUPD has not told them much about the incidentbecause it is an ongoing investigation.
But Calogne said the Registrar’s office has been taking steps toprevent this from happening again.
“I know the folks at the Registrar’s office told me that theyhave taken some steps to further secure the building and where thepaper is kept,” she said.
Officials from LSUPD could not be reached before press time.