Acronyms

Among the incomprehensible acronyms you may hear in your colleagues' conversations are:

AA (Academic Administration)

BOC (Budget Oversight Committee)

CAOS (Coordinator of Academic Office Support)

CRF (Course Response Form)

COR (Council on Reviews: includes the PC and the RC)

CSO (Career Services Office)

CTLR (Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research)

DoF (Dean of the Faculty)

EAC (Educational Affairs Committee)

FAP (Finance & Planning Committee)

FC (Faculty Council)

FOAPAL (budget number sequence in the Banner system)

FPDF (Faculty Professional Development Fund)

FRAF (Faculty Research Assistant Fund)

FTE (Full Time Equivalent--in reference to teaching)

IACUC (Animal care review committee)

IRB (Institutional Review Board (Human Subjects))

IU (Instructional Unit)

LIS (Library and Information Services)

PC (Promotions Committee: tenure and promotion to full professor)

RC (Reappointments Committee: first reviews and contract reviews)

SPSF (Scholarly Publication Subvention Fund)

SRO (Sponsored Research Office)

UCRF (Undergraduate Collaborative Research Fund)

URO (Undergraduate Research Office)