Style Guide - Glossary of Style Terms
Names
comma before Jr. and Ph.D. or Ed.D. but not before II, III, etc.
John A. Darling, Jr.; Thomas L. Shaw III
Note: AP Styles omits comma in all cases.
NASULGC
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
NCGIA
National Center for Geographical Information and Analysis
new media
New Student Orientation
nondiscrimination statement
nonprofit
noon
noon, not 12 noon or 12 p.m.
North Woods
nontraditional
numbers
one-nine spelled out; 10 and more as numbers
1,500 (note comma)
on-campus, off-campus
off-campus housing; living off campus
part-time, full-time
part-time student; attending classes part time
PEAC
Professional Employees Advisory Council
percent
not % unless used in a table
postdoctoral
pre-med
presidents, UMaine
Merritt Fernald 1868-71 Charles Allen 1871-79 Merritt Fernald 1879-93 Abram Harris 1893-1901 George Fellows 1902-10 Robert Aley 1910-21 Clarence Little 1922-25 Harold Boardman 1925-34 Arthur Hauck 1934-58 Lloyd Elliott 1958-65 Edwin Young 1965-69 Winthrop Libby 1969-73 Howard Neville 1973-79 Paul Silverman 1980-84 Dale Lick 1986-91 Frederick Hutchinson 1992-97 Peter Hoff 1997-2004 Robert Kennedy 2005-
proactive
programs
Honors Program
the Ph.D. program in spatial information science and engineering
publications, UMaine
Inside UMaine (faculty and staff newsletter)
Le FORUM (Franco-American Center quarterly)
MAINE (General Alumni Association magazine)
Maine Campus (student newspaper)
Maine Perspective (faculty/staff publication)
Maine Review (undergraduate literary magazine)
Stolen Island Review (graduate literary magazine)
UMaine Today (research and scholarly achievement magazine)
ROTC, UMaine
Army and Navy