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Dartmouth Editorial Style Guide

Version 1.1 - December, 2006

Dartmouth abbreviations, acronyms, and terms

The following list explains some of the more popular abbreviations, acronyms, and commonly used terms at Dartmouth:

  • A&S - Arts and Sciences
  • AAAS - African and African American Studies
  • AAm - Afro-American Society or "The AAm"
  • AARC - Affirmative Action Review Committee
  • AfriCaSO - African and Caribbean Students' Organization
  • AMBEP - Advanced Minority Business Executive Program (Tuck)
  • ASC - Agenda Subcommittee (A&S faculty)
  • BADA - Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association
  • BUTA - Black Underground Theater and Arts Association
  • C&G - Casque & Gauntlet (senior society)
  • CAFA - Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid
  • CAFR - Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility
  • CAP - Committee Advisory to the President (A&S faculty)
  • CBC - College Benefits Council
  • CCAOD - College Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs
  • CDCD - Committee on Diversity and Community at Dartmouth
  • CECS - Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences
  • CEAF - Committee on Educational Affairs and Facilities (Trustees)
  • CFSC - Coed Fraternity Sorority Council
  • CGF - Committee on Graduate Fellowships (A&S faculty)
  • CGS - Council on Graduate Studies
  • CHaD - Children's Hospital at Dartmouth
  • CIR - Council on Investor Responsibility (Trustees)
  • CLIPP - Computer Learning and Information Processing Program
  • CoC - Council on Computing
  • COC - Committee of Chairs (A&S faculty)
  • COCA - Committee on Off-Campus Activities (A&S faculty)
  • COF - Committee on the Faculty (A&S faculty)
  • COI  - Committee on Instruction (A&S faculty)
  • CoL - Council on Libraries
  • COLT - Comparative Literature Program
  • COP - Committee on Organization and Policy (A&S faculty)
  • COS - Committee on Standards (undergraduate student discipline)
  • COSA - Committee on Student Activities (Trustees)
  • COSL - Committee on Student Life (A&S faculty)
  • COSO - Council on Student Organizations
  • CPAC - College Priorities Advisory Committee
  • CPHS - Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects
  • CPMS - College Printing and Mailing Services
  • CSA - Council on Sponsored Activities
  • CSF - Committee on Senior Fellowships (A&S faculty)
  • CTAP - College Tuition Aid Program
  • CTS - Classroom Technology Services (formerly OIS or OISER)
  • CWG - Center for Women and Gender (formerly Women's Resource Center)
  • The D - Publication: The Dartmouth (daily student newspaper)
  • DAGLO - Dartmouth Area Gay and Lesbian Organization
  • DAO - Dartmouth Asian Organization
  • DAPA - Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisors
  • DCAC - Dartmouth College Athletic Council
  • DCAD - Dartmouth College Athletic Department
  • DCCCC - Dartmouth College Child Care Center
  • DCGH - Dartmouth Coalition for Global Health
  • DCIS - Dartmouth College Information System (not to be confused with DCTS, the 30-year-old Dartmouth College Time Sharing system)
  • DCMB - Dartmouth College Marching Band
  • DCAL - Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning
  • DCARE - Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery, and Education
  • DCS - Dartmouth Community Services (Tucker Foundation programs)
  • DCSA - Dartmouth College Staff Association
  • DDS - Dartmouth Dining Services (formerly DDA-Dartmouth Dining Association)
  • DFS - Dartmouth Film Society
  • D-GALA - Dartmouth Gay and Lesbian Alumni group
  • DHMC - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
  • Dick's - Dartmouth Health Service and House infirmary
  • DJS - Dartmouth Japanese Society
  • DMS - Dartmouth Medical School
  • DND - Dartmouth Name Directory (the database that controls BlitzMail(r) access and many other network services)
  • DOC - Dartmouth Outing Club (Office of Outdoor Programs)
  • DOSS - Department of Safety and Security
  • DSGHP - Dartmouth Student Group Health Plan
  • DSO - Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra
  • DWI  - Dartmouth Women's Initiative
  • ECS - Evaluative Clinical Sciences (graduate program)
  • EDPA - Eating Disorders Peer Advisors
  • EO/AA - Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
  • ESD - Environmental Studies Division, Dartmouth Outing Club
  • FAARC - Faculty Affirmative Action Review Committee
  • FAC - Facilities Advisory Committee
  • FA - Financial Accounting System (financial database)
  • FO&M - Facilities Operations and Management
  • FPB - Facilities Planning Board
  • FRO - Flexible Retirement Options
  • FSP - Foreign Study Program
  • GSC - Graduate Student Council
  • HB - Hinman Box (on-campus mailing address)
  • Hood - The Hood Museum of Art
  • The Hop - Hopkins Center for the Arts
  • HRS - Human Resources System (personnel database)
  • IACUC - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
  • ICC - Interracial Concerns Committee
  • IFC - Interfraternity Council (subcouncil of CFSC)
  • ISA - International Students Association
  • KASA - Korean American Student Association
  • LALACS - Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies
  • LOC - Leave on Own Charges
  • LRC - Language Resource Center
  • LSA/FSP - Language Study Abroad/Foreign Study Program
  • MALS - Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
  • MBEP - Minority Business Executive Program (Tuck)
  • MHMH - Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
  • MILAN - Organization founded by students from the Indian subcontinent
  • NAD - Native Americans at Dartmouth
  • NAP - Native American Program
  • NAS - Native American Studies
  • OFDC - Publication: Organization of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dartmouth College
  • ORC - Publication: Organization, Regulations, and Courses
  • ORL - Office of Residential Life
  • PEAC - Peer Education Advisory Council
  • RAID - Responsible AIDS Information at Dartmouth
  • REACT - Rape Education Action Committee
  • SAEN - Student Alcohol Education Network
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  • SAFE - Students Against the Abuse of Food and Exercise
  • SAPA - Sexual Assault Peer Advisors
  • SASH - Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Committee
  • SCGF - Steering Committee of the General Faculty
  • SCT - School of Criticism and Theory (A&S program)
  • SHARE - Sexual Harassment and Rape Education Network
  • SIS - Student Information System (student database)
  • SOP - Publication: Sense of Place (an electronic publication about environmental issues)
  • SPEC - Student Programming Events Cooperative
  • SSAARC - Staff and Service Affirmative Action Review Committee
  • TEP - Tuck Executive Program
  • UPNE - University Press of New England
  • VOX - Publication: Bi-weekly newspaper with calendar of events
  • WDCR/WFRD - Dartmouth radio stations
  • WISP - Women in Science Project

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Last updated: 12/14/06