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