| Acronym |
Meaning |
| AACRAO |
American Association of Collegiate Registrar and Admissions |
| AAEE |
American Association for Employment in Education |
| ABS |
Association of Black Students — UofL RSO |
| ACC |
Atlantic Coast Conference |
| ACC |
American Campus Communities (Housing Partner) |
| ACH |
Wire Transfer |
| ACPA |
American College Personnel Association |
| ACUHO-I |
Association of College and University Housing Officers - International |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act – 1990 federal legislation that prohibits discrimination on basis of disability |
| AHEAD |
Association on Higher Education and Disability – professional association for disability services professionals in higher education |
| AHEPPP |
Association of Higher Education Parent Program Professionals |
| ANTSHE |
Association for Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education |
| AP |
Accounts Payable |
| AR |
Accounts Receivable |
| ASAG |
Athletics and Student Affairs Group |
| ASB |
Alternative Service Break |
| ASBB |
Alternative Service Break Board |
| ASCA |
Association for Student Conduct Administration |
| ASL |
American Sign Language |
| ATH |
Authorization to Hire |
| BAB |
Belknap Academic Building |
| BCM |
Baptist Campus Ministry |
| BCO |
Budget Change Order |
| BFSA |
Black Faculty/Staff Association |
| BHRC |
Behavioral History Review Committee |
| BOO |
Board of Overseers |
| BOT |
Board of Trustees |
| BRR |
Budget Revision Request |
| BSU |
Black Student Union |
| BT |
Batch |
| BTR |
Budget Transfer Request |
| CA |
Conference Assistant – Housing Staff |
| CACE |
Certificate in Adult and Contingency Education |
| CAF |
Cardinal Athletic Fund |
| CBC |
Criminal Background Check |
| CEHD |
College of Education and Human Development |
| CHA |
Community Hall Assistant – Housing Staff |
| CIRP |
Cooperative Institutional Research Program (Freshman assessment) |
| CM |
Community Manager – Housing Staff |
| CNA |
Community Night Assistant – Housing Staff |
| CODRE |
Commission on Diversity and Racial Equality |
| CONECT |
Caring of New Students Experiencing College Transition |
| COO |
Chief Operating Officer |
| COSW |
Commission on the Status of Women |
| CPAK |
College Personnel Association of Kentucky |
| CPC |
Club Programming Committee (fund) |
| CPE |
Counsel on Postsecondary Education |
| CPH |
Panhellenic Council |
| CSF |
Clifton Strengths Finder |
| CSP |
College Student Personnel |
| CSS |
Commuter Student Services |
| DA |
Department Assistant |
| DOS |
Dean of Students |
| DPS |
Department of Public Safety |
| DRC |
Disability Resource Center – the disability services office for students at UofL |
| EAB |
Education Advisory Board |
| e-TOKE |
The electronic Check-up to GO! Drugs |
| ECPY |
Educational and Counseling Psychology |
| EFMI |
Position Management System |
| EFT |
Direct deposit |
| ELD |
Enhanced Long Distance (Number) |
| ELSB |
Engage Lead Serve Board |
| ELT |
Empowering Ladies Together |
| EMPLID |
Employee ID or Student ID (PeopleSoft adaptation) |
| ET |
Expense Transfer |
| FA |
Facility Assistant – Housing Staff |
| FAFSA |
Free Application for Federal Student Aid |
| FWS |
Federal Work-Study |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| GA |
Graduate Assistant |
| GAPSA |
Graduate Association for Professionals in Student Affairs |
| GEMS |
Guaranteed Entrance to Medical School students |
| HD |
Hall Director |
| HA |
Holiday Assistant – Housing Staff |
| HEA |
Higher Education Administration |
| HPES |
Health Promotion, Physical Education and Sports Studies |
| HR |
Human Resources |
| HSC |
Honors Student Council |
| HSC |
Health Sciences Campus |
| HVP |
Honors Volunteer Program |
| I2A |
Ideas to Action (UofL QEP critical thinking initiative) |
| IE |
Institutional Effectiveness |
| IEAC |
Institutional Effectiveness Advisory Collaborative |
| IFC |
Interfaith Center |
| IFC |
Interfraternity Council |
| IMRS |
Intramural and Recreational Sports |
| IR |
Incident Report |
| IR |
Institutional Research |
| ISLP |
International Service Learning Program |
| ISSS |
International Scholar and Student Services |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITS |
Information Technology Services |
| IUT |
Intra-University Transfer |
| JDC |
Job Data Correction |
| JDF |
Job Description Form (replaces PIF) |
| JV |
Journal Voucher |
| KACE |
Kentucky Association of Colleges and Employers |
| KAHO |
Kentucky Association of Housing Officers |
| KARH |
Kentucky Association of Residence Housing |
| KASFAA |
Kentucky Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators |
| KCDHH |
Kentucky Commission on Deaf and Hard of Hearing – state agency that provides advocacy for deaf and hard of hearing issues |
| KCTCS |
Kentucky Community and Technical College System |
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| KICS |
Kentucky Interdisciplinary Community Screening |
| KIRSA |
Kentucky Intramural-Recreational Sports Association |
| KLA |
Kentucky Leadership Academy (for SGA leaders at KY Publics) |
| KSSW |
Kent School of Social Work |
| KY-AHEAD |
Kentucky Association on Higher Education and Disability – our state regional affiliate of the national AHEAD |
| KY-RID |
Kentucky Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf – state affiliate of RID |
| LDA |
Learning Disabilities Association – national association providing resources and advocacy for persons with learning disabilities |
| LDA-KY |
Learning Disabilities Association of Kentucky – state affiliate of LDA |
| LEAD |
Freshmen Leadership Program |
| LFO |
Lead Fiscal Officer |
| LGBT |
Office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Services |
| LLC |
Living Learning Communities |
| LR |
Lift Registration |
| MAEP |
Multicultural Academic Enrichment Programs |
| MITC |
Miller Information Technology Center (pronounced “Mitzi”) |
| MSMC |
Marketing and Social Media Committee |
| MTRP |
Minority Teacher Recruitment Project |
| NACE |
National Association of Colleges and Employers for Campus Activities |
| NCDA |
National Career Development Association |
| NAD |
National Association for the Deaf – professional association/certifying entity |
| NASPA |
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators |
| NCCP |
National Center for Children in Poverty |
| NFB |
National Federation of the Blind |
| NIRSA |
National Intramural-Recreational Sports |
| NODA |
Association for Orientation, Transition, and Retention |
| NPHC |
National Pan-Hellenic Council |
| NRHH |
National Residence Hall Honorary |
| NSE |
National Student Exchange |
| NSSE |
National Survey of Student Engagement |
| OAR |
Outcomes Assessment Report |
| OA |
Office Assistant – Housing Staff |
| OCE |
Office of Community Engagement |
| OCM |
Office of Communications and Marketing |
| OCR |
Office for Civil Rights – the federal agency charged with assuring compliance with federal civil rights statutes including ADA – most likely to receive and investigate a federal complaint of disability discrimination should one be filed |
| OFB |
Office for the Blind (Kentucky) – this state agency provides services for blind and visually impaired in Kentucky |
| OL |
Outreach Leader – Housing Staff |
| OPB |
Office of Planning and Budget |
| OSAIT |
Office of Study Abroad and International Travel |
| OSI |
Office of Student Involvement |
| P&A; |
Professional & Administrative |
| PAR |
Position Authorization Request |
| PEACC |
Prevention, Education and Advocacy on Campus and in the Community |
| PIQ |
Position Information Questionnaire |
| PNG |
Persona Non Grata – Persons not welcome at UofL |
| QEP |
Quality Enhancement Plan |
| RA |
Resident Assistant |
| RAD |
Rape Aggression Defense (classes taught by DPS) |
| SEC |
Staff Engagement Committee |
| OTA |
Office Technology Assistant: Student Staff responsible for providing technical support to residence hall students and maintaining computers in the Housing Office |
| REACH |
Resources for Academic Achievement |
| RBAA |
Red Barn Alumni Association |
| RBPO |
Red Barn Programs Office |
| RD |
Resident Director |
| RFD |
Request for Disbursement |
| RHA |
Residence Hall Association |
| RID |
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf |
| RLA |
Religious Life Association |
| RLC |
Residence Life Coordinator |
| RR |
Restrict Registration |
| RSO |
Registered Student Organization |
| SA |
Student Affairs |
| SAAB |
Student African American Brotherhood |
| SAAC |
Student Athlete Advisory Committee |
| SAAC |
Student Affairs Assessment Committee |
| SAB |
Student Activities Board |
| SAC |
Student Activities Center |
| SACS |
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| SACSCOC |
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges |
| SACSA |
Southern Association of College Student Affairs |
| SCAF |
Student Cardinal Athletic Fund |
| SCM |
Social Change Model |
| SCT |
Student Care Team |
| SEAHO |
Southeastern Association of Housing Officers |
| SGA |
Student Government Association |
| SGD |
Student Graphic Designer – Housing Staff |
| SER |
Student Engagement Record |
| SL |
Service Learning |
| SLO |
Student Learning Outcome |
| SI |
Student Involvement |
| SIGS |
School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies(now the Graduate School) |
| SOAB |
Student Organization Advisory Board |
| SOAR |
Student Organization for Alumni Relations |
| SOUL |
Student Outreach Uniting Louisville |
| SPHIS |
School of Public Health and Information Sciences |
| SoACE |
Southern Association of Colleges and Employers |
| SOA |
Senior Office Assistant – Housing Staff |
| SOUL |
Student Outreach Uniting Louisville |
| SRA |
Senior Resident Assistant – Housing Staff |
| SRC |
Student Recreation Center |
| SSS |
Student Support Services (Federally Funded TRIO Program) |
| STEC |
Strategic Technology Executive Committee |
| TC |
Themed Community |
| TFF |
Task Force Freshman – SGA program to get freshman involved |
| TFTF |
Task Force on Tuition and Fees |
| TRIO/SSS |
Student Support Services – a department within Student Affairs located in Davidson Hall |
| UBM |
Unit Business Manager |
| UCC |
University Career Center |
| ULAA |
University of Louisville Athletic Association |
| ULCC |
University of Louisville Counseling Center |
| ULEAD |
University of Louisville Early Admissions to Dental School |
| ULPD |
University of Louisville Police Department |
| URM |
Under Represented Minority |
| VoIP |
Voice-over Internet Protocol – our phones |
| VPSA |
Vice President for Student Affairs |
| VR |
Vocational Rehabilitation |
| XPY |
X-pay – additional pay form |
| 504 |
Refers to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (federal legislation that prohibits discrimination on basis of disability). Requirements for colleges/universities are addressed in Section 504, hence the reference to “504” |
