MSU Facts & Style Guide
University Marketing has developed this Style Guide as a service to the campus community. It is intended to achieve a consistent image in written or printed materials.
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A
AAC - Academic-Athletic Center
AC - Alumni Center
ADUC - Adron Doran University Center
AT - Alumni Tower
AY - Allie Young Hall
Academic and Career Services, Office of
Academic Outreach and Support, Office of
Academic Support and Retention, Office of
Accounting and Budgetary Control, Office of
Accounting, Economics, and Finance, Department of
Academic Services Center
Administration and Fiscal Services, Office of the Vice President for
Admissions, Office of, Admissions; see Enrollment Services
Admissions Center
Adult Education Academy
Adult Learning Center
Affirmative Action Office
Agricultural and Human Sciences, Department of
Art, Department of
Athletics, Office of
a.m. - Time before noon. Do not use A.M. or am.
adviser, not advisor (Associate Press style, use for marketing and/or news copy)
Affirmative Action Statement
Short Version - (to be used on single-page documents)
MSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity, educational institution.
Complete version - (to be used on multiple-page documents)
Morehead State University is committed to providing equal educational opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, or disability in its educational programs, services, activities, employment policies, and admission of students to any program of study. In this regard the University conforms to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. This includes: Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Executive Orders 11246 and 11375, Equal Pay Act of 1963, Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and Kentucky Revised Statutes 207.130 to 207.240. Vocational educational programs at Morehead State University supported by federal funds include industrial education, vocational agriculture, business education, home economics education and the associate degree program in nursing.
Any inquiries should be addressed to Francene Botts-Butler, Affirmative Action Officer/ADA Coordinator, Morehead State University, 314 Allie Young Hall, Morehead, KY 40351; telephone (606) 783-2085.
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B
BA - Button Auditorium
BL - Butler Hall
BM - Baird Music Hall
BR - Breckinridge Hall
Biological and Environmental Sciences, Department of
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C
CB - Combs Building
CC - Camden-Carroll Library
CH - Cartmell Hall
CO - Cooper Hall
CY - Claypool-Young Art Building
Career Services, Office of see Academic and Career Services, Office of
Camden-Carroll Library
Caudill College of Humanities
Caudill Health Clinic
Center for Teaching and Learning
Child Care Center
Child Development, Office of
College of Business
College of Education
College of Science and Technology
Communication and Theatre, Department of
Concessions and Vending, Office of
Conference Services, Office of
Continuing Education, Office of
Correctional Research and Training, Institute for
Counseling and Health Services
Counseling, Leadership, Adult, Higher and Secondary Education, Department of
Counseling, Leadership, Adult and Higher Education, Department of, see Professional Programs in Education, Department of
Curriculum and Instruction, Department of
Capitalization - as a general rule, use "down" style. Official names, titles, and acronyms are capitalized; informal, shortened, or generic terms are not - the Department of Music, the music department, the department
Exceptions - the University (if it refers to this campus) is always capitalized, whether noun or adjective.
course work - two words, not hyphenated.
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D
DAC - Derrickson Agricultural Complex
DH - Downing Hall
Development and Alumni Relations, Office of
Development, Office of the Vice President for
Dining Services
Distance Learning, Office of
Document Services, Office of IKON Document Center
Degrees - Initial capitals for complete, official degree names (Bachelor of Arts) Use lowercase if generic (bachelor's degree)
Abbreviations take periods (B.A., Ph.D.).
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E
EagleCard Office
Eagle Lake Apartments
East Kentucky Regional GEAR-UP Program
Educational Opportunity Center
Educational Service Unit, Office of
Elementary, Reading, and Special Education, Department of see Curriculum and Instruction, Department of
English, Foreign Languages, and Philosophy, Department of
Enrollment Services (not Office of Enrollment Services; see also Admissions, Financial Aid; located in the Admissions Center at the corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue.
Environmental Health and Safety
East Kentucky (not eastern in reference to this region of state)
e-mail (or E-mail if at the beginning of a sentence) Hyphenate.
e.mail@moreheadstate.edu - Do not use:e.mail@morehead-st.edu
Enrollment - 9,294 (Fall 2004) 2005 figures will be available in November.
Extended Campus(es) or Regional Campus(es): "Regional campus" is preferred for individual references, as it emphasizes our commitment to our service region and reflects the multiple county service areas of each of the centers. Please use “regional campuses” for collective reference. The Council on Postsecondary Education's official term is "extended campus," as is reflected in many of the job titles within that division; however MSU is not required to use that phrase.
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F
FH - Fields Hall
Faculty Senate
Financial Aid, Office of, Financial Aid, see Enrollment Services
Fiscal Services, Office of
Food Services Dining Services
fax (or Fax if at the beginning of a sentence), not FAX.
Fifth-year - hyphenated
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G
GA - Garred House
GR - Greenhouse
GH - Ginger Hall
GEAR UP Kentucky
Geography, Government, and History, Department of
Graduate Programs, Office of
grade point average - do not hyphenate.
GPA - All capitals, no periods.
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