HCC? UC? UCC?
Walk around UMW long enough and you will think you are swimming in an alphabet soup! We use a lot of acronyms, nicknames and terms–here’s an alphabetical guide to help you translate some of the more common ones you may hear:
- AACSB = Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
- APR = Annual Performance Review
- BComm = Business Communication
- BLS = Bachelor of Liberal Studies
- BOV = Board of Visitors
- CAEP = Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
- CAS = College of Arts and Sciences
- CCE = Center for Community Engagement
- CCPD = Center for Career and Professional Development
- CDS = Communication & Digital Studies
- CfT = Center for Teaching
- COB = College of Business
- COE = College of Education
- CPR = Classics, Philosophy, and Religion
- CPS = Continuing & Professional Studies
- DI = Digital Intensive
- DKC = Digital Knowledge Center
- DLS = Digital Learning Support
- EL = Experiential Learning
- FAAR = Faculty Activities Annual Report
- FSEM = First Year Seminar
- GW = George Washington Hall
- HCC = Hurley Convergence Center
- LAMW = Life After Mary Washington
- Nest = Dining retail on the ground floor of Woodard Hall
- OIAE = Office of Institutional Analysis and Effectiveness
- P&T = Promotion and tenure
- QEP = Quality Enhancement Plan
- SACSCOC = Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- SCHEV = State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
- Seaco = Seacobeck
- SI = Speaking Intensive
- UC = University Center
- UCC = University Curriculum Committee
- UFAC = University Faculty Affairs Council
- UFC = University Faculty Council
- UFOC = University Faculty Organization Committee
- WI = Writing Intensive