Butler University Acronyms

AA        Academic Affairs

ACT      Assessment and Care Team

AR        Analytic Reasoning (Core Curriculum)

ASA      Academic and Student Affairs Committee (Faculty Senate)

AU       Atherton Union

AV        Apartment Village

BAC     Butler Awards Committee

BAEC   Butler Arts and Events Center

BCAS    Butler Community Arts School

BCR     Butler Cultural Requirement (Core Curriculum)

BOT     Board of Trustees

BOA     Board of Advisors (unique to each college)

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BSI       Butler Summer Institute

BUDM Butler University Dance Marathon

BUPD   Butler University Police Department

BASO   Butler Ambassadors for Special Olympics

CaPS    Career and Professional Success

CCOM College of Communication

CCS      Counseling and Consultation Services

CC        Compass Center

CFE      Center for Faculty Excellence

CGE     Center for Global Education

CI         Campus Impressions

CMH    Clowes Memorial Hall

COE     College of Education

COPHS College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

CRC     Council on Retention and Completion

CSSE    Computer Science and Software Engineering (LAS)

CTS      Christian Theological Seminary (shares space on South Campus)

DC       Diversity Center (also known as EDC or Efroymson Diversity Center)

DEI       Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity

DH       Dugan Hall

DMS     Doctor of Medical Science Program (COPHS)

EC        Executive Council

ECCW  Efroymson Center for Creative Writing (home for MFA program)

EM       Enrollment Management

EMS     EMSCloudService (Butler’s online space management system)

EPPSP  Experiential Program for Preparing School Principals (COE)

FA        Faculty Affairs (Faculty Senate committee)

FAR      Faculty Activity Report (through Faculty180)

FAW     Fall Academic Workshop

FC        Fairbanks Center

FC        Founder’s College

FERPA  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FYE      First Year Experience

FS         Faculty Senate

FYS       First Year Seminar (Core Curriculum)

GAC     Graduate Advisory Council

GHS     Global and Historical Studies (Core Curriculum)

HAC     Holcomb Awards Committee

2fa       Two-Factor Authentication

HLC      Higher Learning Commission

HN       Honors

HRC     Health and Recreation Complex

IA         Inclusion Advocate

IACUC  Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

IBC       Institutional Biosafety Committee

ICR       Indianapolis Community Requirement (Core Curriculum)

IDM     International Degree Model

IFSA     Institute for Study Abroad

IL         Irwin Library

IRB       Institutional Review Board

IT         Information Technology

JCA      Jordan College of the Arts

JH        Jordan Hall

JV         Journal Voucher (business office form to transfer funds internally)

LAS      College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

LFH      Levinson Family Hall

LLC      Lifelong Learning Collaborative

LSB       Lacy School of Business

MBA    Master of Business Administration

MFA     Master of Fine Arts

MLLC   Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LAS)

MPAcc Master of Professional Accounting

MSDA  Master of Data Analytics

MSRI    Master of Science in Risk and Insurance

NFO     New Faculty Orientation

NSR      New Student Registration

NW      Natural World (Core Curriculum)

OEET   Online Education and Educational Technology (formerly Academic Partnerships [AP] or Center for Academic Technology[CAT])

OFO     Online Faculty Orientation

OIRA    Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

OSA     Office of Student Activities

OSE      Office of Strategic Engagement

OSP      Office of Sponsored Programs

PAC      Provost Advisory Council

PAC      Professional Appeals Committee (Faculty Senate)

PBK      Phi Beta Kappa

PC        President’s Cabinet

PCA      Perspectives in the Creative Arts (Core Curriculum)

PHSB    Pharmacy and Health Sciences Building

PRC      Position Review Committee

PSC      Professional Standards Committee

PUR     Programs for Undergraduate Research (has faculty committee)

R&R     Registration and Records

ResCo  Residential College

RGSS   Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (LAS)

RBE     Real Business Experience (LSB)

SA        Student Affairs

SC        South Campus

SDS      Student Disability Services

SEE      Student Experience and Engagement

SGA      Student Government Association

SI         Strategy and Innovation

SJD      Social Justice and Diversity (Core Curriculum)

SLC      Student Leadership Consultant

SLHS    Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (CCOM)

SoM     School of Music (JCA)

SSC      Student Success Center

STEP    Staff Training and Enrichment Program

STES     Science, Technology, and Environmental Studies (LAS)

SW       Social World (Core Curriculum)

T&I      Texts and Ideas (Core Curriculum)

TL        Transformation Lab

TTP      Travel to Present (BAC or HAC grant through OSP)

UCC     University Curriculum Committee (Faculty Senate committee)

UHS     Undergraduate Health Sciences (COPHS)

UPC     University Program Council

UPTC   University Promotion and Tenure Committee (Faculty Senate Committee)

URC     Undergraduate Research Conference

WB      Well-Being (Core Curriculum)