Acronyms
School of Education (SOE)
AE = Adolescence Education
CE = Childhood Education
EE = Exceptional Education
School of Business (SOB)
AC = Accounting, Taxation, and Business Law Department
BU = Business Administration
MMF = Management, Marketing, & Finance
School of Arts & Sciences (SAS)
AS = American Studies
BS = Biological Sciences
CP = Chemistry & Physics
EN = English
HP = History & Philosophy
MACS = Mathematics, Computer & Information Science
... was previously MA = Mathematics, and CS = Computer Science
ML = Modern Languages
PEL = Politics, Economics & Law
PH = Public Health
PY = Psychology
SY = Sociology
VA = VIsual Arts
Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate
EC = Executive Committee
APPC = Academic Policies and Practices Committee
... was previously APC = either Academic Practices Committee or Academic Policies Committee, context-dependent
ASH = Academic Standing Hearing (run by APPC)
... was previously ASC = Academic Standing Committee
ARPT = Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure
CAP = Curriculum and Academic Planning
FRRC = Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee
FUAC = Faculty University Awards Committee
LEC = Liberal Education Committee
... was previously GEC = General Education Committee
TLRC = Teaching and Learning Resources Committee
College-Wide Committees
APEL = Accreditation Program for Experiential Learning
ASCBD = Auxiliary Services Corporation Board of Directors
FJC = Faculty Judiciary Committee
ITGov = Information Technologies Governance Committee
RABPC = Resource Allocation Budget Planning Committee (for short: BPC)
SLC = Student Life Committee
Other Programs, Entities, & Titles
AA = Academic Affairs
APEL = Accreditation Program for Experiential Learning
AVP = Assistant Vice President
BOT = Board of Trustees
CETL = Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
CFO = Chief Financial Officer
CIO = Chief Information Officer
CGL = Campus Governance Leader (i.e. same as Faculty Senate Chair)
DL or ODL = Office of Distance Learning
DDL = Director of Distance Learning
EOP = Educational Opportunity Program
FS = Faculty Senate
FY = First Year, or FYE = First Year Experience
HLCC = Hispanic/Latino Cultural Center
IL = Industrial & Labor Relations
LI = Library
LS = Liberal Studies
MIS = Management Information Systems
OSSD = Office of Services for Students with Disabilities
RHA = Residence Hall Association
SA = Student Affairs
SGA = Student Government Association
SPAARC = Strategic Planning, Assessment, Analysis and Review Committee
SUNY BFSC = SUNY Black Faculty and Staff Collective
UFS = University Faculty Senate
Other Acronyms
T = Tenured
U = Untenured
PROF = Professional
ATL = At-Large
AL = Applied Learning
EIT = Excellence In Teaching, SUNY Chancellor's Award
IRA = Institutional Readiness Assessment
MS = Middle States
OER = Open Educational Resources
"Open Access" refers to access to research journals and scholarship.
SP = Strategic Planning
SPAAR = Strategic Planning, Assessment, Analysis and Review
SWOT = Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
Buildings Etc.
MPR = multipurpose room (in the campus center)
NAB = New Academic Building
SB or S- = Science Building