Style Guide - Glossary of Style Terms
SCEAC
Supervisors/Confidential Employees Advisory Council
scientific names
lobster – Homarus americanus (italic)
sea grant
formal title: Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program; aka Sea Grant College Program; never use Maine Sea Grant.
semesters and sessions
spring and fall semesters; Summer Session; May Term; fall 1998; 1998 Summer Session
slogan
You’re in a great place!
SPIFFY
University of Maine Student Portfolio Investment Fund of the University of Maine Foundation
sports seasons
preseason, postseason, midseason
state of Maine
Student Innovation Center
studies
women’s studies
Native American studies
Maine studies
teenager
time
AP style: 4 p.m.; 4:15 p.m.; noon; midnight
Design style: 4:00 pm; 4:15 pm
titles
Professor of Engineering Jane Doe; Jane Doe, professor of engineering
UMAD COWS
University of Maine Agriculture and Dairy Cooperative of Organized Working Students
under way (two words)
University Collection
the largest fine arts collection owned entirely by the citizens of Maine
University of Maine, UMaine, university
University of Maine, Orono; University of Maine, located in Orono. Never UMO or UM.
USDA
Visitors’ Center
Located in Buchanan Alumni House
Web, website, Web page/webmaster
Witter Farm
J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Farm
Woolley Room, Doris Twitchell Allen Village
Work force
Workplace
Work Study
Work Study students
Zebra fish