College Editorial Guide - Commonly Used Words/Capitalization

Commonly used words and phrases

1999 to 2000 | 2006-07 | a Village | co-author / co-sponsor / co-worker | Concordia Language Villages | dean’s list | F/M Communiversity | fax | field house | freewill (adj.) or free will (noun) – Webster’s | full-time (adj.) or full time (noun) | historian-in-residence | lifelong (adj.) – Webster’s | longtime (adj.) or long time (noun)

Capitalization
Here is a brief guide to Concordia-related capitalization.
academic divisions: capitalize (e.g., Arts and Humanities, Sciences and Mathematics)

administrative divisions: capitalize (e.g., Academic Affairs, Enrollment, Finance; Advancement, Communications and Marketing, Development, Student Affairs)

other: master class – Webster’s | ongoing (adj.) | on-site (adj. or adv.) – Webster’s | prelaw / premed / preprofessional / prerequisite | service-learning | thank you – Webster’s | a thank-you – Webster’s | villager | Villages | work-study (adj. or noun) | World Wide Web / the Web | worldview / worldwide | year-round (adj. or adv.) – Webster’s | ZIP code

administrative subdivisions: capitalize (e.g., Cultural Events, Global Education, Library, Digital Media Services, Facilities Management, Photo Studio, Print Shop, Intercultural Affairs, Student Programming.)

centers: capitalize (e.g., Center for Ethical Leadership, Oral Communication Center, Academic Enhancement and Writing Center, Parish Nurse Center)

Core Curriculum parts: do not capitalize (except for Inquiry Seminars)

departmental programs: do not capitalize (e.g., health care administration, Credo honors program, didactic program in dietetics)

departments: do not capitalize, except for proper nouns (e.g., Scandinavian studies and Norwegian, Spanish and Hispanic studies)

majors, minors and preprofessional programs: do not capitalize, except proper nouns (e.g., biology, communication, English, French)

offices: capitalize (e.g., Graduate and Continuing Studies)

“the” as in The Concordia Choir: capitalize because it’s part of the official name

“the college” when referring to Concordia: do not capitalize

titles, professional: capitalize formal titles only before the name (e.g., Dean of the college Dr. Mark Krejci vs. Dr. Mark Krejci, dean of the college). Long or awkward titles should be after the name.

Note: “coach” is informal, so it is lowercase even if before a name (e.g., head coach Terry Horan).
Lower case “dean” when referring to CLV deans (e.g., German Language Village dean Dan Hamilton or Dan Hamilton, German Language Village dean)

Uncategorized but capitalized: Commencement and Global Studies Committee

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