General Acronym Listing

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A
AACSB the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
  other notes: accrediting body for the BS and MS degrees offered by the Department of Management
  Web address: http://www.aacsb.edu/
 
AAV Alumni Admissions Volunteers
  Web address: http://www.admissions.wpi.edu/AAV/
 
ABET Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
  pronunciation: 'a-bet'
  other notes: ABET has accredited WPI's programs in BME, Chem Eng, Civil, ECE/EE, IE, MFE, and ME
  Web address: http://www.abet.org/
 
AC Area Coordinator
  other notes: employee of RSO
 
AC Advisory Council
  other notes: A subset of the Graduate Student Government
 
ACM Association for Computing Machinery
  other notes: student organization
  Web address: http://www.acm.wpi.edu/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Association_for_Computing_Machinery
 
ACP Advanced Certificate Programs
 
ACPCWG Academic Computing Policy Committee and Working Group
 
ACRC Advanced Casting Research Center
  other notes: part of MPI
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/ACRC/
 
ACS American Chemical Society
  other notes: also known as Skeptical Chemists
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~skepchem
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/American_Chemical_Society
 
ACS American Chemical Society
  other notes: accrediting body for the Chemistry major
  Web address: http://www.chemistry.org/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/American_Chemical_Society
 
AD Athletic Director
 
ADLN Advanced Distance Learning Network
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ADLN/
 
ADP Advanced Document Processing Laboratory
  pronunciation: ADP-Lab
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/Labs/labs.html
 
ADSA Assistant Director of Student Activities
  other notes: employee of SAO
 
ADSA Associate Director of Student Activities
  other notes: employee of SAO
 
AE Annual Events Committee
  pronunciation: AE-Comm
  other notes: part of SocComm
  Web address: http://soccomm.wpi.edu/
 
AEJ Allan E. Johannesen
  other notes: Director, Internetworking and Telecommunication
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~aej/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Allan_Johannesen
 
AEMB Alpha Eta Mu Beta
  Greek letters: ΑΗΜΒ
  pronunciation: AEMB
  other notes: Biomedical Engineering honor society
 
AFAS Air Force and Aerospace Studies Department
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/AFAS/
 
AFB Alumni Fund Board
 
AFEL Alternative Fuel Economics Laboratory
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/Research/AFEL/
 
AFM Atomic Force Microscopy Lab
  pronunciation: AFM-Lab
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Physics/AFM/
 
AFROTC Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp
  pronunciation: 'Air Force rot-sea', Air Force ROTC
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/AFAS/
 
AG Access Grid
  other notes: Sometimes Access Grid Node
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/HPC/AG/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Access_Grid
 
AG Arthur Gerstenfeld
  Web address: http://mgt.wpi.edu/People/Gerstenfeld/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Arthur_Gerstenfeld
 
AGD Alpha Gamma Delta
  Greek letters: ΑΓΔ
  other notes: social fraternity for women
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~agd/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Alpha_Gamma_Delta
 
AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  pronunciation: AI-Double-A
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~aiaa/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/American_Institute_of_Aeronautics_and_Astronautics
 
AIChE American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  pronunciation: 'achy'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~aiche/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/American_Institute_of_Chemical_Engineers
 
AIDG Artificial Intelligence in Design Group
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/AIDG/
 
AIM Automation and Interventional Medicine
  other notes: Automation and Interventional Medicine Robotics Research Laboratory
  Web address: http://aimlab.wpi.edu
 
AIRG Artificial Intelligence Research Group
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/AIRG/
 
AISA Alliance of International Students and Alumni
  Web address: http://www.aisa.wpi.edu/
 
AISES American Indian Science and Engineering Society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/American_Indian_Science_and_Engineering_Society
 
ALAS Applied Logic and Security
  other notes: Typically seen as "ALAS Lab"
  Web address: http://web.cs.wpi.edu/Research/alas/
 
ALC Alumni Leadership Council
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Alumni/Association/alc.html
 
AM Asset Management
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Asset/
 
AM Associate Member
  other notes: fraternal term
 
AMERIC Aerospace Materials Education, Research, and Innovation Center
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/AMERIC/
 
ANS American Nuclear Society
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~ans
 
AO Accounting Office
  pronunciation: Accounting
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Acc/
 
AO Admissions Office
  pronunciation: Admissions
  Web address: http://www.admissions.wpi.edu/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Admissions_Office
 
AOD Alcohol and Other Drugs
 
AOR Advancement Operations and Research
 
APBM Administrative Policies and Benefits Manual
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/HR/BenMan/
 
APDE African Percussion and Dance Ensemble
  pronunciation: 'app-dee'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~apde
 
APO Alpha Phi Omega
  Greek letters: ΑΦΩ
  pronunciation: APO
  other notes: co-ed service fraternity
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~apo
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Alpha_Phi_Omega
 
APW AIDS Project Worcester
  Web address: http://www.aidsprojectworcester.org/
 
ARC Academic Resources Center
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/ARC/
 
ARC Academic Research Collaborative
  other notes: Direct borrowing cards which allow access to local college library materials.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Borrowing/directborrowing.html
 
ARD Alumni Reports Database
 
ARSC Academic Resources Study Center
 
ARSO Associate Radiation Safety Officer
 
AS Alden Society
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Giving/Planned/alden.html
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Alden_Society
 
AS Administrative Services
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/AS/
 
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
  pronunciation: 'ascii'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~wpiasce/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/American_Society_of_Civil_Engineers
 
ASIPSA Alliance of Small Institution Sponsored Program Administrators
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Research/ASISPA/
 
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  pronunciation: 'ass-me'
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers
 
ASWG Administrative Systems Working Group
 
ATC Academic Technology Center
  other notes: formerly IMC
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ATC/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Academic_Technology_Center
 
ATO Alpha Tau Omega
  Greek letters: ΑΤΩ
  pronunciation: ATO
  other notes: social fraternity
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~atomega/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Alpha_Tau_Omega
 
ATRC Assistive Technology Resource Center
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/Research/ATRC/
 
AUP Acceptable Use Policy
  pronunciation: The AUP
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Policies/AUP/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Acceptable_Use_Policy
 
AV Alden Voices
  other notes: Female Counterpart to the WPI Men's Glee Club.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/Music/Ensembles/voices.html
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Alden_Voices
 
AXD Alpha Xi Delta
  Greek letters: ΑΞΔ
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Alpha_Xi_Delta
 
AXP Alpha Chi Rho
  Greek letters: ΑΧΡ
  pronunciation: Crow, 'a-row'
  other notes: social fraternity
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~axp/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Alpha_Chi_Rho
 
AY Academic Year
  other notes: An academic year begins with the start of A-Term. AY06 represents the 2005-2006 school year.
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Academic_Year
 
AYO Alpha Psi Omega
  Greek letters: ΑΨΩ
  pronunciation: Alpha Psi
  other notes: dramatic honor society, Rho Kappa Cast; at other universities the acronym would be APO, but AYO is used in deference to Alpha Phi Omega.
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~alphapsi/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Alpha_Psi_Omega
 
B
BA Bachelor of Arts
  other notes: Currently, all BA majors are self designed and need approval from the IGSD
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Bachelor_of_Arts
 
BAC Bookstore Advisory Committee
 
BBT Biology and Biotechnology Department
  pronunciation: Bio Depatment
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/BBT/
 
BC BattleCry
  other notes: Often appended with a number representing how many times it has been run. BC is the new name for the competition while keeping the heritage to the name BattleCry. BC should always be used instead of BattleCry.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/+bc
 
BCC Blind Courtesy Copy
  other notes: used in email
 
BDT Ballroom Dance Team
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~dance
 
BEANS The Boston Extended Area Network of Schools
  pronunciation: 'beans'
  other notes: a tour of Boston area colleges attended by high school guidance counselors
 
BEI Bio Engineering Institute
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/BEI/
 
BETC Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center
 
BILAGA Bisexual Lesbian and Gay Alliance
  pronunciation: 'buy-la-gah'
  other notes: Written BiLaGA
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~bilaga/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Bisexual_Lesbian_and_Gay_Alliance
 
BIR Budget and Institutional Research
 
BK Burger King
 
BME Biomedical Engineering Department
  pronunciation: Bio-Med Department
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/BioMedEng/
 
BMES Biomedical Engineering Society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Biomedical_Engineering_Society
 
BO Business Office
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
 
BOT Board of Trustees
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Trustees/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Board_of_Trustees
 
BRAD Be Responsible About Drinking
  pronunciation: "brad"
  other notes: A national program sponosred locally by Healthy Alternatives.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/HAO/brad21.html
 
BS Bachelor of Science
  other notes: One of two degrees available to undergraduates. Currently, only the BS has preapproved majors.
 
BSA Burmese Student Association
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~bsa/
 
BSU Black Student Union
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Black_Student_Union
 
BUG Banner Users Group
  pronunciation: "Bug"
 
BZ Barbara Ziff
  other notes: Executive Director of Advancement Operations & Research
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Advancement/staff.html#advance
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Barbara_Ziff
 
C
CA Community Advisor
  other notes: Formerly Orientation Leader
 
CAAP Center for Advanced Abrasive Processes
 
CAC Colleges Against Cancer
 
CAI Committee on Academic Issues
  pronunciation: 'chi'
  other notes: part of SGA
 
CAIRN Center for Advanced Integrated Radio Navigation
  pronunciation: 'karen'
  Web address: http://www.ece.wpi.edu/Research/CAIRN/
 
CAML Computer Aided Manufacturing Laboratory
  pronunciation: 'Cam-Lab'
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/Research/CAMLab/
 
CAN Career Alumni Network
 
CAO Committee on Academic Operations
  other notes: faculty committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Campus/Faculty/CAO/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Committee_on_Academic_Operations
 
CAP Committee on Academic Policy
  pronunciation: 'cap'
  other notes: faculty committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Campus/Faculty/CAP/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Committee_on_Academic_Policy
 
CAP Committee on Appointment and Promotions
  pronunciation: 'cap'
  other notes: faculty committee
 
CAS Central Authentication Service
 
CAS Communicating About Safety
  pronunciation: CAS 101
  other notes: Used for the program CAS101, a peer education course for violence against females.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SDCC/peered.html
 
CASL Committee on Advising and Student Life
  pronunciation: 'castle'
  other notes: faculty committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Campus/Faculty/CASL/
 
CBC Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
  pronunciation: 'Chem'
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Chemistry/
 
CBF Christian Bible Fellowship
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~cbf/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Christian_Bible_Fellowship
 
CBOD Class Board of Directors
  pronunciation: 'see-bod'
 
CBTE Center for Bioprocessing and Tissue Engineering
  other notes: part of BEI
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/BEI/CBTE/
 
CC Courtesy Copy
  other notes: used in email
 
CC Crew Chief
  other notes: LNL term, the member in charge of a given event
 
CC Congestion Control
  other notes: CS research group
 
CCAB Campus Center Advisory Board
 
CCAC Center for Communication Across the Curriculum
  pronunciation: Writing Workshop
  other notes: a division of HUA
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/WC/
 
CCC Computing and Communications Center
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Computing_and_Communications_Center
 
CCC College Community Connection
  other notes: A program in partnership with Worcester Public Schools
 
CCD College Comedy Database
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~improv/ccd/
 
CCM Catholic Campus Ministry
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/CRC/ministry.html
 
CCNI Center for Comparative Neuro Imaging
  other notes: part of BEI
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/BEI/CCNI/
 
CCNM Campus Center Night Manager
 
CCSA Campus Center and Student Activities
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SAO
 
CDC Career Development Center
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/CDC/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Career_Development_Center
 
CDR Completion of Degree Requirements
  pronunciation: 'CDR Forms'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Registrar/Forms/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Completion_of_Degree_Requirements
 
CE Continuing Education
  pronunciation: Continuing Ed.
  other notes: see CPE
  Web address: http://www.ce.wpi.edu/
 
CE Corporate Education
  pronunciation: Corporate Ed.
  other notes: part of DEE
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Corporate/
 
CE Chi Epsilon
  Greek letters: ΧΕ
  other notes: civil engineering honor society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Chi_Epsilon
 
CEDA Center for Educational Development and Assessment
  other notes: formerly CED and CEDTA
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CEDA/
 
CEE Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
  pronunciation: Civil
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/CEE/
 
CeHIPT Center for eHealth Innovation and Process Transformation
  Web address: http://www.mgt.wpi.edu/People/cehipt.html
 
CEI Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MGT/CEI/
 
CEO Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MGT/CEI/CEOEast/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Collegiate_Entrepreneurs'_Organization
 
CEO Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Collegiate_Entrepreneurs'_Organization
 
CEPD Center for Economic Policy and Development
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/SSPS/Research/CEPD/
 
CEU Continuing Education Units
 
CF Crisis Facilitator
 
CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics
 
CFO Chief Financial Officer
  other notes: currently Jeffrey Solomon
 
CFR Corporate and Foundation Relations
  other notes: The Univesity Advancement team charged with building corporate and foundation relationships and giving.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Corporate/
 
CFRA Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Assistance
  other notes: Committee of SGA responsible for auditing student clubs and organizations
 
CFS Center for Firesafety Studies
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Fire/
 
CFVS Coalition For Venture Support
  Web address: http://www.cfvs.org/
 
CGPL Computational Gas and Plasma Laboratory
  other notes: a mechanical engineering lab
 
CGSR Committee on Graduate Studies and Research
  other notes: faculty committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Campus/Faculty/CGSR/
 
CH CoffeeHouse
  other notes: part of SocComm
  Web address: http://soccomm.wpi.edu/
 
CHB Campus Hearing Board
 
CHE Chemical Engineering Department
  pronunciation: 'Chem. Eng.'
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/CHE/
 
CHO Chemical Hygiene Officer
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Safety/Laboratory/hygiene.html
 
CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Safety/Laboratory/hygiene.html
 
CHSLT Center for Holographic Studies and Laser micro/mecha Tonics
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~chslt/
 
CHTE Center for Heat Treating Excellence
  other notes: part of MPI
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/CHTE/
 
CIMS Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics
  pronunciation: 'sims'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Math/CIMS/
 
CIMS Center for Inorganic Membrane Studies
  pronunciation: 'sims', IMS
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/CHE/Research/CIMS/
 
CIO Chief Information Officer
  other notes: also VPIT
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/IT/About/tjl.html
 
CIPM Corporate Institute of Project Management
  other notes: A continuing education certificate program.
  Web address: http://www.ce.wpi.edu/PM/cipm.html
 
CIS Center for Imaging and Sensing
  other notes: part of MPI
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/CIS/index.html
 
CITP Committee on IT Policy
  other notes: An ad-hoc subcommittee of COG
 
CK Crimson Key
  pronunciation: Crimson Key
  Web address: http://www.admissions.wpi.edu/CrimsonKey/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Crimson_Key
 
CLA Campus License Agreement
  other notes: specifically dealing with Microsoft software
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/Software/CLA/
 
CLICK College Lifestyles Involving Consensual Kink
  pronunciation: 'click'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~bilaga/CLICK/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/College_Lifestyles_Involving_Consensual_Kink
 
CME Center for Molecular Engineering
  other notes: part of BEI
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/BEI/CME/
 
CMI Cambridge-MIT Institute
  Web address: http://www.cambridge-mit.org/cgi-bin/default.pl
 
CMS Content Management System
  other notes: WPI uses RedDot
 
CNB Center for Neuroprosthetics and BioMEMS
  other notes: part of BEI
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/academics/Research/BEI/Centers/neuroprosthetics.html
 
CND Chicken Nugget Day
  other notes: usually Thursdays for lunch during the academic year
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Chicken_Nugget_Day
 
CNTS Center for Nuclear Technology and Science
  Web address: http://cnts.wpi.edu/
 
COAP Committee on Appointments and Promotions
  pronunciation: 'cope'
  other notes: faculty committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Campus/Faculty/COAP/
 
COG Committee on Governance
  pronunciation: 'cog'
  other notes: faculty committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Campus/Faculty/COG/
 
COOP Cooperative Education
  pronunciation: 'Co-Op'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/CDC/Students/Coop/
 
CORE Campus Organization Recognition of Excellence
  other notes: Seen as CORE Awards
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/offices/sao/srastudentorg.html
 
COS Change of Status
 
COWC Colleges of Worcester Consortium
  pronunciation: The Consortium
  Web address: http://www.cowc.org/
 
CP Campus Police
  pronunciation: 'Cam-Po', 'Po-Po'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Police/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Campus_Police
 
CPE Continuing and Professional Education
  pronunciation: Continuing Ed.
  Web address: http://www.ce.wpi.edu/
 
CPG Capital and Planned Giving
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Giving/
 
CPS Classroom Performance System
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ATC/Collaboratory/HowTo/CPS/
 
CR Continuous Recruitment
  other notes: sororal term
 
CR3 Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/news/20090/cr3.html
 
CRC Collegiate Religious Center
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/CRC/
 
CRECT Center for Research in Electronic Commerce Technology
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~crect/
 
CREDIA Center for Research in Exploratory Data and Information Analysis
  pronunciation: 'cree-dee-uh'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/CREDIA/
 
CREL Catalyst and Reaction Engineering Laboratory
 
CRIS Cryptography and Information Security
  pronunciation: 'chris', 'Crypt'
  Web address: http://www.ece.wpi.edu/Research/Crypt
 
CRN Course Registration Number
 
CS Computer Science Department
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/
 
CSA Chinese Student Association
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~dragon/
 
CSA Club Sports Administration
 
CSAB Computing Sciences Accreditation Board
  pronunciation: 'see-sab'
  other notes: ABET Member, CSAB accredits the CS degree at WPI
  Web address: http://www.csab.org/
 
CSC Campus Safety Committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Safety/people.html
 
CSGSO Computer Science Graduate Student Organization
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~csgso/
 
CSLI Committee on Student Life Issues
  other notes: part of SGA
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~sga/
 
CSPSP Center for Sensory and Physiologic Signal Processing
  pronunciation: C(SP)^2
  Web address: http://www.ece.wpi.edu/Research/CSP2/
 
CSS College Scholarship Service
  other notes: The CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE is an application form the College Board that gives colleges a standard metric from which to measure financial need.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/FA/First/css.html
 
CSS College Scholarship Service
  pronunciation: CSS Profile
  other notes: standard financial aid form
  Web address: http://wpi.edu/Admin/FA/First/css.html
 
CSSA Chinese Student and Scholars Association
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~cssa/
 
CSWS Community Service Work Study
 
CTAF Committee on Tenure and Academic Freedom
  pronunciation: 'see-taf'
  other notes: faculty committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Campus/Faculty/CTAF/
 
CTC Convergent Technologies Center
 
CUTH Center for UnTethered Healthcare
  other notes: part of BEI
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/BEI/CUTH/
 
CWINS Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
  pronunciation: 'sea-wins'
  Web address: http://www.cwins.wpi.edu/
 
CWIS Campus Wide Information System
 
CWT Can We Talk?
  other notes: Performance by OLs traditionally on final night of NSO
 
D
DAA Division of Academic Affairs
  pronunciation: The Provost's Office
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Provost/
 
DAA Director of Academic Advising
 
DAAOP Division of Academic Affairs and Office of the Provost
  other notes: see DAA
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Provost/
 
DAKA Dining And Kitchen Administration
  pronunciation: 'day-kuh'
  other notes: DAKA is still used to refer to the company providing the food, the food the company serves, and the location where the food is served. The official name of the dining company on campus is Chartwells, a member of the Chartwells Compass Group.
  Web address: http://www.dineoncampus.com/wpi/
 
DAR Development and Alumni Relations
  other notes: encompasses Advancement Research, Alumni Relations & Annual Giving, Corporate & Foundation Relations, and Major Gifts & Planned Giving
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Advancement
 
DB Dennis D. Berkey
  pronunciation: alternate: Dr. Berkey, President Berkey, 'deebs', or D1B
  other notes: Although Dr. or President Berkey is customary, DB and 'deebs' are gaining popularity as nicknames. 'Deebs" may also refer to Professor David DiBiasio of Chemical Engineering. D1B refers to Dr. Berkey's faculty code issued by the registrar's office.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/President/bio.html
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Dennis_D._Berkey
 
DBIA Design Build Institute of America
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~salazar/dbia/
 
DD Dunkin' Donuts
  pronunciation: Dunks, Dunkys, Dunky Donuts, The Dunk, Dunky D's
  other notes: coming soon (we really don't know what students are going to call it yet)
 
DDP Director of Diversity Programs
  other notes: This position currently filled by Calvin Hill
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/about.html
 
DEE Division of Extended Education
  pronunciation: 'dee'
 
DINE Diversity and Inclusion Networking Evenings
  pronunciation: Dine
  other notes: DINE Out is a program sponsored by the Office of Diversity Programs
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/dineout.html
 
DKBRG Data/Knowledge Base Research Group
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/DKBRG/
 
DMC Division of Marketing and Communications
  other notes: Uncommon, usually referred to as DOMAC.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/UR/Marketing/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Division_of_Marketing_and_Communications
 
DMCA Digital Millenium Copyright Act
  other notes: Much like HIPPA or FERPA, DMCA is a federal policy the university must adhere to.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Policies/Copyright/dmca.html
 
DOI Digital Object Identifier
  other notes: Some databases available to WPI students through the George C. Gordon library will use a DOI as a permanent link to a full text article.
 
DOMAC Division of Marketing and Communications
  pronunciation: 'dough mac'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Marketing/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Division_of_Marketing_and_Communications
 
DOS Dean Of Students
  other notes: formerly known as the Dean of Student Life
 
DSA Division of Student Affairs
  pronunciation: Student Affairs
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Student/
 
DSAC Dining Services Advisory Committee
  pronunciation: 'D-sack'
 
DSO Disability Services Office
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Disabilities/
 
DSRG Database Systems Research Group
  Web address: http://davis.wpi.edu:8180/DSRG/index.jsp
 
DSWG Data Stewardship Working Group
 
DWE Dinner With Entrepreneurs
  other notes: part of CEI
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MGT/CEI/DWE/
 
E
EA Early Action
  other notes: a non-binding admissions option
 
EAC Engineering Accreditation Commission
  other notes: part of ABET
  Web address: http://www.abet.org/eac1.html
 
EAP Employee Assistance Program
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/News/Events/Various/iraq.html#2
 
EBC Employee Benefits Center
 
EBI Educational Benchmarking, Inc.
  other notes: WPI contracts with EBI to provide exit surveys
  Web address: http://www.ebi.com/
 
ECAC Eastern College Athletic Conference
  Web address: http://www.ecac.org/
 
ECE Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.ece.wpi.edu/
 
EDC Educational Development Council
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CEDA/Funding/edc.html
 
EDGE Encouraging Development of Global Entrepreneurs
  other notes: A book authored by Christopher Pratt, Director of the CDC
 
EFC Expected Family Contribution
 
EIC Editor In Chief
  other notes: Written as EiC. Refers to the Editor in Chief of Tech News.
 
EIT Engineer In Training
 
EM Enrollment Management
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
 
EMS Emergency Medical Services
  pronunciation: WPI EMS
  other notes: part of Campus Police
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~wpiems/
 
EMSEP Excellence in Math Science and Engineering Program
  pronunciation: 'm-sep'
  other notes: summer program run by MAO
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/EMSEP/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Excellene_in_Math,_Science,_and_Engineering_Program
 
EO Events Office
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Events/
 
EOS Environmental and Occupational Safety Office
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Safety/
 
EPAF Electronic Personnel Action Forms
  other notes: implemented at the beginning of the 2009-2010 academic year
 
EPICS Engineering Projects In Community Services
  pronunciation: 'epics'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/EPICS/
 
EPL Economics, Policy, and Law research group
  other notes: a WPI research group consisting of WPI faculty members as well as contributors from academia and industry
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/SSPS/Research/EPL/
 
EPP Emergency Preparedness Plan
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Policies/EPP/
 
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
  other notes: used in reference to Banner
 
ERT Emergency Response Team
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/offices/policies/Emergency/
 
ESL English as a Second Language
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/ISS/esl.html
 
ETD Electronic Theses and Dissertations
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/
 
EUP Epsilon Upsilon Pi
  Greek letters: ΕΥΠ
  pronunciation: 'E-U-Pi'
  other notes: management honor society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Epsilon_Upsilon_Pi
 
EWB Engineers Without Borders
  Web address: https://users.wpi.edu/~ewbwpi/
 
F
FA Financial Aid
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/FA/
 
FA Faculty Advisor
  other notes: used during NSO and the duration of the Insight Program
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Faculty_Advisor
 
FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid
  other notes: standard financial aid form
  Web address: http://wpi.edu/Admin/FA/First/fafsa.html
 
FAP Committee on Administrative and Financial Policy
  other notes: This entry may appear incorrect, but it is not.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Campus/Faculty/FAP/
 
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
  pronunciation: 'fack'
 
FBC Fringe Benefits Committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Campus/Faculty/FBC/
 
FCC Fuel Cell Center
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/CHE/Research/FCC/
 
FCK Founders Country Kitchen
 
FCR Forkey Conference Room
  other notes: in Harrington Auditorium
 
FDR Faculty Dining Room
  other notes: Usually used as "Higgins House FDR"
 
FEA Finite Element Analysis
 
FEM Finite Element Method
  other notes: a mechanical engineering course, full name is 'ME 4512 Introduction to the Finite Element Method'
 
FERPA Family Educational Right to Privacy Act
  pronunciation: 'fur-puh'
  other notes: as the record keeper of the university, the registrar's office has the applicable forms and information relating to FERPA
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Registrar/ferpa.html
 
FFT Food For Thought
  other notes: Run by CEDA, usually as a lunch discussion group
 
FIRST For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
  pronunciation: 'first'
  other notes: formerly USFIRST
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~first/
 
FLAUD Fuller Auditorium
  pronunciation: 'flawed', Perreault Hall, Perreault
 
FLPH-LWR Fuller Laboratories Perreault Hall Lower
  other notes: The lower half of the renovated Perreault Hall in Fuller Laboratories
 
FLPH-UPR Fuller Laboratories Perreault Hall Upper
  other notes: The upper half of the renovated Perreault Hall in Fuller Laboratories
 
FNF Friday Night Fellowship
 
FOAPAL Fund Organization Account Program Activity Location
  pronunciation: 'foe-pull', FOAPAL String
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Fund_Organization_Account_Program_Activity_Location
 
FOSL Free/Open Source Laboratory
  pronunciation: 'fossil'
  other notes: written as Fossil, not FOSL
  Web address: http://fossil.wpi.edu/
 
FPE Fire Protection Engineering Department
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Fire/
 
FQP Frontiers Qualifying Project
  other notes: Frontiers term
 
FRC Faculty Review Committee
  other notes: a faculty committee
 
FS Fellowships and Scholarships
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/FS/
 
FS Facilities Services
  pronunciation: Facilities
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Plant/
 
FSAE Formula Society of Automotive Engineers
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~fsae/
 
FSFAA Foreign Student Financial Aid Application
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/FA/International/fsfaa.html
 
FY Fiscal Year
  other notes: runs July 1 - June 30
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Fiscal_Year
 
FYE First Year Experience
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Undergraduate/FirstYear/index.html
 
FYE Fiscal Year End
 
G
GAANN Graduate Assistants in Areas of National Need
  other notes: a type of financial support available to graduate students
 
GAEA Global Awareness of Environmental Activity
  pronunciation: 'guy-uh'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~gaea/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Global_Awareness_of_Environmental_Activity
 
GAMMA Greeks Advocating Mature Management of Alcohol
  pronunciation: 'gamma' or Bacchus/GAMMA
 
GAP Grade Appeals Process
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Catalogs/Ugrad/Current/gradeappeal.html
 
GC Glee Club
  other notes: Founded in 1874. Oldest existing WPI organization. Second organization ever founded.
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~gleeclub/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Glee_Club
 
GCP Graduate Certificate Programs
 
GCR Government and Community Relations
 
GDC Game Development Club
  Web address: http://gdc.wpi.edu/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Game_Development_Club
 
GDI God Damn Independent
  other notes: slang fraternal term, meaning: of no affiliation
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/God_Damn_Independent
 
GHC Goats Head Committee
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~goat/
 
GHR Goat's Head Restaurant
 
GI Guerilla Improv
  other notes: part of SCP
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~improv/gi/index2.shtml
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Guerilla_Improv
 
GIK Gift-in-Kind
  other notes: Also plural: Gifts-in-Kind
 
GL George C. Gordon Library
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/George_C._Gordon_Library
 
GLI Greek Leaders Institute
  other notes: GLI was established to further the leadership education and problem-solving toolbox of the leaders of the WPI Greek community.
 
GLOWS Generating Leadership through Outreach community Service
  pronunciation: 'glows'
  other notes: a forced acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SAO/Service/glows.html
 
GLTF Greek Life Task Force
 
GMC General Military Course
  other notes: ROTC term
 
GMSO Graduate Management Student Oganization
 
GNO Girls' Night Out
  other notes: plural possessive, Girls' not girl's
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Women/Students/GNO/
 
GOLD Graduates Of the Last Decade
  pronunciation: 'gold'
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Graduates_Of_the_Last_Decade
 
GOTM Gifts Other Than Money
  other notes: used in the Property Management Manual
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Asset/Manual/class.html#gift
 
GPA Grade Point Average
  other notes: At the April 2005 faculty meeting, a standard forumla for converting WPI undergraduate grades to a GPA on a 4.0 scale was approved. The GPA still does not appear on transcripts.
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Grade_Point_Average
 
GPP Global Perspective Program
  other notes: usually referred to as IGSD
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/IGSD/
 
GPS Great Problems Seminars
  other notes: A part of the First Year Experience
 
GPS Great Problems Seminars
  other notes: A part of the first year program, introduced Fall 2007
 
GQP Graduate Qualifying Project
 
GRAD Graduate Research Achievement Day
  pronunciation: "grad"
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Provost/GRAD/
 
GRCL Graduate Research Computing Laboratory
  other notes: CEE computer lab
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/CEE/Facilities/gcrl.htm
 
GSA Google Search Appliance
  Web address: http://google.wpi.edu
 
GSE Graduate Studies & Enrollment
  pronunciation: Grad Admissions, Graduate Admissions
  other notes: formerly GAO
  Web address: http://www.grad.wpi.edu/
 
GSG Graduate Student Government
  other notes: formerly Graduate Student Organization
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Graduate_Student_Government
 
GSO Graduate Student Orientation
 
GSPO Graduate Students Physics Organization
 
GTRL Gas Turbine Research Laboratory
  Web address: http://gtrl.wpi.edu/GTRL/index.php/Main_Page
 
GWG Governance Working Group
 
H
HAO Healthy Alternatives Office
  pronunciation: Healthy Alt.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/HAO/
 
HCCM Haas Center for Computer-controlled Machining
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/ME/MFE/HCCM/
 
HCI Human Computer Interaction
  pronunciation: CS 3041
 
HCP Hearing Conservation Program
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Safety/Occupational/hearing.html
 
HDI Healthcare Delivery Institute
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/research/hdi.html
 
HERC Higher Education Resource Center
  pronunciation: 'herc'
  Web address: http://www.worcesterherc.org/
 
HHH Haunted Higgins House
 
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  pronunciation: 'hip-uh'
  other notes: Melanie Desiata is the university's HIPAA contact person, and Tracy Hassett is the university's HIPAA privacy officer
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/HR/BenMan/privacy.html
 
HIVE Human Interaction in Virtual Environments
  other notes: A CS research group
 
HKN Eta Kappa Nu
  Greek letters: ΗΚΝ
  other notes: electrical engineering honor society
  Web address: http://www.hkn.wpi.edu/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Eta_Kappa_Nu
 
HPC High Performance Computing
 
HPLC High Performance Liquid Chromatography
  other notes: Used to quantify amounts of desired substance in a sample.
 
HR Human Resources
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/HR/
 
HSA Hispanic Student Association
 
HSI Health and Safety Inspection
 
HUA Humanities and Arts Department
  pronunciation: Humanities
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/
 
I
I8 Interstate 8
  other notes: women's acapella group
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~i8/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Interstate_8
 
IA Instructing Assistant
 
IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
 
ICE Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
  other notes: In reference to the ICE Library overseen by CEI
 
IDT Inter Departmental Transfer
 
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  pronunciation: I-Triple-E
  Web address: http://www.ieee.wpi.edu/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers
 
IES International Education of Students
  other notes: WPI and IES are linked through the London Project Center
  Web address: http://www.iesabroad.org/
 
IFC Inter Fraternity Council
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~ifc/
 
IGED Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Women/Girls/IGED/
 
IGSD Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/IGSD/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Interdisciplinary_and_Global_Studies_Division
 
ILL Inter Library Loan
  Web address: https://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Services/illform.html
 
IMAPS International Microelectronics and Packaging Society
  pronunciation: Eye maps
 
IMDC Integrative Materials Design Center
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/Research/IMDC/
 
IMGD Interactive Media and Game Development
  other notes: slang: Video Games
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Majors/IMGD/
 
IMNS Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Laboratory
  Web address: http://www.ece.wpi.edu/Research/IMNS/
 
IMPACT Integrated Marketing, Planning, and Communication Team
 
INB Internet Native Banner
 
iPUG iPad Users Group
 
IQP Interactive Qualifying Project
  other notes: In an attempt to acclimate prospective students and families to WPI, the Admissions Office has been referring to the IQP as the 'Interactive Project" or "Junior Project." On campus, some members of the community may refer to the "Interdisciplinary Project" which is just incorrect.
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Interactive_Qualifying_Project
 
IRB Institutional Review Board
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Research/IRB/
 
ISA Iranian Student Association
 
ISC International Student Council
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~isc/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/International_Student_Council
 
ISG Independent Study for Graduates
 
ISIC International Student Identity Card
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/IGSD/ISRP/isic.html
 
ISO Indian Student Organization
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~iso/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Indian_Student_Organization
 
ISP Independent Study and Projects
  other notes: sometimes written IS/P
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Independent_Study_and_Projects
 
ISRG Image Science Research Group
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/ISRG/
 
ISRP Individually Sponsored Residential Projects
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/IGSD/ISRP/
 
IT Information Technology Division
  pronunciation: IT Division
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/IT/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Information_Technology_Division
 
ITAC Information Technology Advisory Committee
  pronunciation: 'eye-tack'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/IT/Advisory/
 
ITRC Information Technology Research Centers
  Web address: http://www.mgt.wpi.edu/People/itrc.html
 
J
JRC Junior Robotics Challenge
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/+JRC
 
JV Junior Varsity
  other notes: this term is exclusive to the football team
 
K
K12 K-12 Outreach
  pronunciation: K-Twelve
  other notes: At WPI, the term K12 usually refers to the outreach does in the K-12 community.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/K12/
 
KDDRG Knowledge Discovery and Data mining Research Group
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~ruiz/KDDRG/
 
KSA Korean Student Association
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~ksa/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Korean_Student_Association
 
L
LARP Live Action Role Playing
  pronunciation: "larp", as a verb, "larping"
  other notes: SMAS is part of the larger New England LARP community
 
LAU Lambda Alpha Upsilon
  Greek letters: ΛΑΥ
 
LCA Lambda Chi Alpha
  Greek letters: ΛΧΑ
  pronunciation: Lambda Chi, LCA (not LXA at WPI)
  other notes: social fraternity
  Web address: http://www.pizeta.org/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Lambda_Chi_Alpha
 
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
  pronunciation: 'el-dap'
 
LDI Leadership Development Institute
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SAO/Leadership/
 
LEAP Leadership Education And Practice
  pronunciation: 'leap'
  other notes: written as LEaP
 
LES Leading Edge Series
 
LL Liberty League
  other notes: WPI's football team is a member of this league.
  Web address: http://www.libertyleaguesports.org/
 
LL Leadership Laboratories
  pronunciation: 'L-Labs'
  other notes: written as LLAB's, ROTC term
 
LNL Lens and Lights
  other notes: written as LnL
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~lnl/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Lens_and_Lights
 
LOL Library Open Late
 
LOVE Lightwave Nanophotonics Device Engineering Laboratory
  pronunciation: Love Lab
 
LPC Live Performance Committee
  other notes: Part of SocComm, replaces MACC
  Web address: http://wpi.orgsync.com/org/soccomm/lpc
 
LSAC Library Student Advisory Committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/studentlibcomm.html
 
LSBC Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center
  Web address: http://www.gatewayparkworcester.com
 
LSI Legal and Social Issues
  other notes: A former organization recently restarted circa B-Term 2005
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Legal_and_Social_Issues
 
LSO Laser Safety Officer
 
M
MAC Manufacturing Advancement Center
  pronunciation: 'mack', 'mass-mack"
  Web address: http://www.massmac.org/
 
MACC Massachusetts Campus Compact
  pronunciation: 'mack'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SAO/Service/macc.html
 
MACC Music and Comedy Committee
  pronunciation: mack
  other notes: part of SocComm
  Web address: http://soccomm.wpi.edu
 
MACT The Massachusetts and Connecticut Tour
  other notes: a tour of Massachusetts and Connecticut colleges attended by high school guidance counselors
 
MAGIC Media Arts Group Innovation Center
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/MAGIC/
 
MAMS Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science
  pronunciation: 'mamas', Mass. Academy
  other notes: written MAMaS by students
  Web address: http://www.massacademy.org
 
MASH Math And Science Help
  pronunciation: 'mash'
  other notes: written M*A*S*H
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/OAA/mash.html
 
MASTER Math And Science Technology Education Resource
  pronunciation: 'master'
  other notes: Sometimes written as M.A.S.T.E.R. It is uncommon to write most other acronyms this way at WPI.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/K12/Master/
 
MAVRIC Men Against Violence and Rape in our Community
  other notes: Often seen as MAVRICs
 
MAW Math Awareness Week
  pronunciation: 'maw'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Math/News-Events/MAW/
 
MBA Masters of Business Administration
  other notes: an advanced degree
 
MCR Mid-Century Room
 
ME Mechanical Engineering Department
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/
 
ME Masters of Engineering
  other notes: an advanced degree
 
MES Major Exploration Series
  other notes: offered by the CDC
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/CDC/undecided.html
 
MFE Manufacturing Engineering Program
  other notes: an academic program within the ME Department
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/MFE/
 
MG Major Gifts
 
MGL Massachusetts General Law
  other notes: referenced in several university policies
 
MGO Major Gift Officer
 
MGRG Mobile Graphics Research Group
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/MGRG/
 
MGT Management Department
  pronunciation: Management
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.mgt.wpi.edu
 
MISA Management Information Systems Association
  pronunciation: 'mee-suh'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/~misa/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Management_Information_Systems_Association
 
MME Master of Mathematics for Educators
  other notes: an advanced degree
 
MPE Materials Process Engineering
  other notes: an academic program within the ME Department
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/MPE/
 
MPI Metal Processing Institute
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/MPI/
 
MQP Major Qualifying Project
  pronunciation: Major Project, Senior Project
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Major_Qualifying_Project
 
MS Masters of Science
  other notes: an advanced degree
 
MS Military Science Department
  other notes: Army ROTC
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MilSci/
 
MS Mail Services
  pronunciation: Mail Room
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
 
MSA Muslim Student Association
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~msa/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Muslim_Student_Association
 
MSD Mu Sigma Delta
  Greek letters: ΜΣΔ
  other notes: Pre-Health Society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Mu_Sigma_Delta
 
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
 
MTE Materials Science and Engineering Program
  other notes: an academic program within the ME Department
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/MTE/
 
MUN Model United Nations
  other notes: A part of LSI.
 
MXQF Most Extreme Quadfest
  other notes: Quadfest 14, held D-Term 2006
 
N
NANOSAT Nano-sized Satellite Laboratory
  pronunciation: 'nano-sat'
 
NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association
  pronunciation: NCAA or N-C-Double-A
  other notes: WPI plays in Division III of the NCAA
  Web address: http://www2.ncaa.org/
 
NCP Non Custodial Profile
  other notes: Profile is usually written PROFILE, but is not an acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/FA/Returning/Forms/nps.html
 
NDEC Non-Desctructive Evaluation Center
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/NDEC/
 
NEASC New England Association of Schools and Colleges
  pronunciation: 'knee-ask'
  other notes: WPI, as a university, is accredited by NEASC
  Web address: http://www.neasc.org/
 
NECCWA New England College Conference Wrestling Association
  other notes: The varsity wrestling team is a member of this conference.
 
NECME New England Coalition for Manufacturing Education
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/MFE/NECME/
 
NEISA New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association
  Web address: http://www.collegesailing.org/neisa/
 
NERB New England Roast Beef
  pronunciation: 'nerb'
  other notes: A sandwich shop on Park Ave., adjacent to Twomeys. It is the official sandwich provider of such local fraternities as ATO.
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/New_England_Roast_Beef
 
NETCAM NETwork Computing Applications and Multimedia
 
NEW National Engineers Week
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/K12/NEW/
 
NEWMAC The New England Women's And Men's Athletic Conference
  pronunciation: 'new-mac'
  other notes: Many of WPI's varsity sports teams play in this conference
  Web address: http://www.newmaconline.com/
 
NFO New Faculty Orientation
 
NIB Newly Initiated Brother
  pronunciation: 'nib' or 'nibs"
  other notes: NIBs is the plural form, fraternal term
 
NO Network Operations
  pronunciation: Net-Ops
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/Netops/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Network_Operations
 
NOC Network Operations Center
  pronunciation: 'the knock'
 
NR No Record
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/No_Record
 
NRHH National Residence Hall Honorary
 
NROTC Naval Reserve Officer Training Corp
  pronunciation: Navy-ROTC
  Web address: http://www.holycross.edu/departments/nrotc/website/
 
NSBE National Society of Black Engineers
  pronunciation: 'nez-bee'
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/National_Society_of_Black_Engineers
 
NSO New Student Orientation
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SAO/NSO/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/New_Student_Orientation
 
NSR New Student Record
 
NSSE National Survey of Student Engagement
 
NV New Voices
  other notes: usually takes the form NVxx, where xx is replaced with a whole number which increments annually. 2004 = NV22.
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~masque/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/New_Voices
 
O
OAA Office of Academic Advising
  pronunciation: Academic Advising
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/OAA/
 
OAG Office of Annual Giving
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Giving/
 
OAR Office of Alumni Relations
  pronunciation: 'oar'
  other notes: Subset of the Division of University Advancement
  Web address: http://alumni.wpi.edu
 
OASIS Offering Acceptance, Support and Inclusion to Students
  pronunciation: 'oasis'
  other notes: A program operated by the Minority Affairs Office
 
OCC Organization and Club Council
  other notes: An SGA sponsored forum for student organizations to voice concerns and opinions.
 
OCFC Organizational Class Finance Committee
 
OCR On Campus Recruiting
 
ODA Organization Detail Activity
 
ODP Office of Diversity Programs
  other notes: This office acts as an advocate for underrepresented groups including racial/ethnic and religious groups and GLBT students. The office also has oversight of the Office of Women's Programs
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/
 
ODPL Order-Disorder Phenomena Laboratory
 
ODS Office of the Dean of Students
  other notes: formerly known as the Student Life Office
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SL/
 
OFY Office of the First Year
 
OIT Office for Information Technology
  pronunciation: IT
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/IT/
 
OL Omega Lambda
  Greek letters: ΩΛ
  other notes: an informal organization of Orientation Leaders, not recognized by the university
 
OOO Order of Omega
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Order_of_Omega
 
OOO Out of Office
  pronunciation: "Oooh reply"
  other notes: Not WPI specific.
 
OP Office of the President
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/President/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Office_of_the_President
 
OPA Office of Project Administration
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Projects/
 
OPIM Other Potentially Infectious Materials
 
OR Office of the Registrar
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Registrar/
 
OSFA Massachusetts Office of Student Financial Assistance
  other notes: The acronym does not include the M for Massachusetts
  Web address: http://www.osfa.mass.edu/
 
OSP Office of Sponsored Programs
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/OSP/index.html
 
OWA Outlook Web Access
 
OWP Office of Women's Programs
  other notes: A part of the Office of Diversity Programs
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Women/
 
OX Theta Chi
  Greek letters: ΘΧ
  pronunciation: 'ox'
  other notes: social fraternity
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~thetachi/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Theta_Chi
 
P
PA Peer Advisor
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Peer_Advisor
 
PA Program Assistant
  other notes: used by the Frontiers Program
 
PAC Public Access Computers
  pronunciation: 'pack' or 'pack-Terminals'
  other notes: the term is used most often by Gordon Library
 
PAC Peer Academic Coaching
  pronunciation: Pack
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/offices/arc/pac11284.html
 
PAC President's Advisory Council
  pronunciation: P-A-C, not "pack"
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/President's_Advisory_Council
 
PAG President's Administrative Group
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/President's_Administrative_Group
 
PANSAT Power metallurgy and Navigation Satellite
  pronunciation: 'pan-sat'
 
PBA Presidential Board of Appeals
  other notes: the final appeal available in the campus judicial system
 
PBE Rho Beta Epsilon
  other notes: robotics engineering honor society
 
PBM Policy and Benefits Manual
 
PDE Pi Delta Epsilon
  Greek letters: ΠΔΕ
  other notes: media honor society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Pi_Delta_Epsilon
 
PDF Portable Document Format
  pronunciation: PDF File
  other notes: file format used by many offices on campus for form delivery, written *.pdf
 
PDML Production and Machine Dynamics Laboratory
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/MFE/PMDL/
 
PDO Printing and Duplicating Office
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
 
PEDS Performance Evaluation of Distributed Systems
  pronunciation: 'peds'
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/PEDS/
 
PEG Parenting Exchange Group
  pronunciation: 'peg'
  other notes: replaces Parents Of Preschoolers
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/HR/PEG/
 
PEL Permissible Exposure Level
  other notes: referred to in the CHP
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Safety/Laboratory/hygiene.html
 
PERA Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics Department
  pronunciation: Athletics
  other notes: formerly PE and PEA, academic department
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/PE/
 
PFT Physical Fitness Test
  other notes: ROTC term
 
PGD Phi Gamma Delta
  Greek letters: Fiji
  pronunciation: Fiji
  other notes: Social fraternity. The letters phi, gamma, and delta aren't permitted to be spelt out. (i.e., ΣΑΕ or ΦΣΚ. Use of the letters is restricted to certain places including the chapter house and tombstones.
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~phigam/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Phi_Gamma_Delta
 
PH Physics Department
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Physics/
 
PHC Panhellenic Council
  pronunciation: 'pan-hell'
  other notes: written PanHel
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~panhel/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Panhellenic_Council
 
PhD Doctor of Philosophy
  other notes: an advanced degree
 
PI Principal Investigator
  other notes: IRB term
 
PIC Planning and Implementation Committee
  other notes: subcommittee of the SPSC
 
PICO PIne's message COmposer
  pronunciation: 'pee-co'. less common: 'pie-co"
Research shows that although the correct pronunciation based on the acronyms origin would be "Pie-co," the overwhelming majority of users - at WPI and elsewhere - call it "pee-co," including the developers of the program.
  other notes: written Pico at WPI
  Web address: http://www.washington.edu/pine/
 
PIEE Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/PIEE/
 
PILOT Payment In Lieu Of Taxes
  pronunciation: 'pilot'
  other notes: Referred to in the Nov. 2, 2004 FAP minutes
 
PINE Program for Internet News and Email
  pronunciation: 'pine'
  other notes: written Pine at WPI
  Web address: http://www.washington.edu/pine/
 
PKT Phi Kappa Theta
  Greek letters: ΦΚΘ
  pronunciation: 'cap'
  other notes: social fraternity
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~pkt/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Phi_Kappa_Theta
 
PLA Peer Learning Assistant
 
PLC Project-based Learning Community
  other notes: not PBLC
 
PLTW Project Lead The Way
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/K12/Adult/educators.html#pltw
 
PLU Phi Lambda Upsilon
  Greek letters: ΦΛΥ
  other notes: chemical engineering honor society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Phi_Lambda_Upsilon
 
PME Pi Mu Epsilon
  Greek letters: ΠΜΕ
  other notes: math honor society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Pi_Mu_Epsilon
 
PMP Professional Master's Program
 
PMRC Powder Metallurgy Resource Center
  other notes: part of BEI, Mooris 'Butch' Boorky PMRC
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/PMRC/
 
PMVL Polaroid Machine Vision Laboratory
 
PO Purchase Order
 
PO Payroll Office
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Payroll/
 
POC Professional Officer Course
  other notes: ROTC term
 
PoP Professor of Practice
 
PPD Project Presentation Day
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/News/PPD/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Project_Presentation_Day
 
PPDA Participant Public Display of Affection
  other notes: a Frontiers term
 
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
 
PPE Policies, Procedures, and Elections
  other notes: A committee of the Student Government Association
  Web address: http://sga.wpi.edu
 
PQP Pre Qualifying Project
  pronunciation: 'ID Twenty-Fifty'
  other notes: used interchangeably with ID2050
 
PRC Program Review Committee
  other notes: This committee of the IGSD reviews proposed custom majors from undergraduates.
 
PRC Program Review Chair
  other notes: Member of individual academic departments responsible for reviewing progress of candidates for degrees.
 
PRL Pavement Research Laboratory
  other notes: CEE research lab
  Web address: http://pavement.wpi.edu/
 
PRP Phased Retirement Plan
 
PS Phi Sigma
  Greek letters: ΦΣ
  other notes: biology honor society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Phi_Sigma
 
PSK Phi Sigma Kappa
  Greek letters: ΦΣΚ
  pronunciation: PSK
  other notes: social fraternity
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~psks/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Phi_Sigma_Kappa
 
PSM Planned Server Maintenance
  other notes: Good excuse for not attending an event.
 
PSS Phi Sigma Sigma
  Greek letters: ΦΣΣ
  pronunciation: Phi Sig or Phi Sig Sig
  other notes: social fraternity for women
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~pss/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Phi_Sigma_Sigma
 
PT Physical Training
  other notes: ROTC term
 
PTO Parent Teacher Organization
  other notes: Mass Academy term
 
PTS Pi Tau Sigma
  Greek letters: ΠΤΣ
  other notes: mechanical engineering honorary society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Pi_Tau_Sigma
 
R
R Thursday
  other notes: used on paper, sometimes in conversation
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Thursday
 
RA Resident Advisor
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Resident_Advisor
 
RA Research Assistant
 
RAD Rape Aggression Defense
  pronunciation: 'rad'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Police/Safety/Assault/rad.html
 
RCR Responsible Conduct of Research
 
RCS Room Condition Sheet
 
REFER REsearch in FiltEring and Recommender systems
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/REFER/
 
RET Research Experiences for Teachers
  other notes: 6-week summer program for middle-school math and science teachers
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/BME/RET/
 
REU Research Experience for Undergraduates
 
RHC Residence Hall Council
 
RHSC Radiation Health and Safeguards Committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Safety/RSO/rhsc.html
 
RHSC Radiation, Health and Safeguards Committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Safety/RSO/rhsc.html
 
RIBS Ratio Induced Bitch Syndrome
  pronunciation: 'ribs'
  other notes: slang, considered offensive
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Ratio_Induced_Bitch_Syndrome
 
ROMEO Remotely Operable Micro-Environmental Observatory
  pronunciation: 'romeo'
  other notes: mentioned in Summer 2004 Transformations
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/News/Transformations/2004Summer/insidewpi.html
 
ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corp
  pronunciation: 'rot-sea'
  other notes: Available through the Army and Air Force at WPI and Navy at Holy Cross.
 
RPC Remote Procedure Call
  pronunciation: RPC over HTTP
  other notes: RPC over HTTP for Exchange was made available to the community on Aug. 22, 2005. It freed Exchange users from having to login to the Virtual Private Network (VPN). Among other shortcomings of the VPN, it would disconnect at random and often reset local network connections including but not limited to iTunes.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/Help/Email/Exchange/rpc.html
 
RRC Robotics Resource Center
 
RSA Romanian Student Association
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Romanian_Student_Association
 
RSO Radiation Safety Office
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Safety/RSO/
 
RSO Residential Services Office
  pronunciation: Res. Services
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/RSO/
 
S
SA Senior Assistant
  other notes: used by CS
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Senior_Assistant
 
SAAC Student Athletic Advisory Committee
  pronunciation: sack
 
SACL Student Affairs and Campus Life
  Web address: http://wpi.edu/Admin/Student/
 
SAE Sigma Alpha Epsilon
  Greek letters: ΣΑΕ
  pronunciation: SAE
  other notes: social fraternity
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~sae/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon
 
SAP Satisfactory Academic Process
  other notes: defined as passing 4/3 over two successive terms or 8/3 over four successive terms
includes military, physical education, and consortium credit
E-Term counts towards the number of successive terms if the student is registered full time
students determined not to be making SAP are subject to academic warning
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Catalogs/Ugrad/Current/guidelines.html
 
SAS Student Alumni Society
  pronunciation: alternate: 'sass'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~sas/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Student_Alumni_Society
 
SCA Senior Community Advisor
  other notes: Formerly Senior Orientation Leader
 
SCGC Senior Class Gift Committee
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Giving/Senior/
 
SCP Student Comedy Productions
  Web address: http://comedy.wpi.edu
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Student_Comedy_Productions
 
SCT Systems and Computer Technology
  other notes: now SunGard SCT, the company that produces Banner
  Web address: http://www.sct.com
 
SD System Dynamics
  other notes: graduate level courses
 
SDC Social Dance Club
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~sdc/
 
SDCC Student Development and Counseling Center
  pronunciation: West Street House
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SDCC/
 
SE Special Events Committee
  pronunciation: ess-ee
  other notes: part of SocComm
  Web address: http://soccomm.wpi.edu
 
SEAC Sexual Assault Education Committee
  other notes: a program sponsored by the Office of Women's Programs
 
SEM Scanning Electron Microscope laboratory
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/MTE/Research/sem.html
 
SERG Software Engineering Research Group
  pronunciation: 'surge'
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/SERG/
 
SESA Scientific/Engineering Software Applications
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/Instruction/
 
SF Science Fiction Society
  Greek letters: ΨΦ
  pronunciation: "sci-fi"
  other notes: It's a joke. Psi Phi = SciFi... get it?
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~sfs/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Science_Fiction_Society
 
SFE Sigma Phi Epsilon
  Greek letters: ΣΦΕ
  pronunciation: Sig Ep
  other notes: social fraternity
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~sigep/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Sigma_Phi_Epsilon
 
SFPE Society of Fire Protection Engineers
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Fire/Resources/sfpe.html
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Society_of_Fire_Protection_Engineers
 
SFR Special Funding Request
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Special_Funding_Request
 
SFS Science Fiction Society
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~sfs/sfs/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Science_Fiction_Society
 
SGA Student Government Association (Undergraduate)
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~sga/
 
SGR Student Government Reserve
 
SHA Student Health Advocates
  pronunciation: 'sha'
 
SHC Student Health Center
  other notes: The Student Health Center is run by Student Health Services (SHS)
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Health/
 
SHM Simple Harmonic Motion
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~shm/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Simple_Harmonic_Motion
 
SHPE Society of Hispanic and Professional Engineers
  pronunciation: 'shpee'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~shpewpi/
 
SHS Student Health Services
  other notes: Student Health Services runs the Student Health Center (SHC)
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Health/
 
SIM School of Industrial Management
  pronunciation: 'sim'
  other notes: part of Corporate Education
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Corporate/Programs/SIM/
 
SISP Senior Independent Study Project
  other notes: this project is completed by Mass. Academy seniors, not undergraduate seniors
 
SLP Sweet Love Palace
  other notes: slang term for the Campus Center Morgan Room
 
SMAS Society of Medieval Arts and Sciences
  pronunciation: 'smas'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~realms/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Society_of_Medieval_Arts_and_Sciences
 
SMIL Structural Mechanics Impact Laboratory
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/CEE/Facilities/smil.htm
 
SML Surface Metrology Laboratory
  pronunciation: Surf Met Lab
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/Research/SurfMet/
 
SMS Systems Management Server
 
SNAP Security Night Assistance Patrol
  pronunciation: 'snap'
 
SOAP Stand Out And Program
  pronunciation: 'soap'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SAO/Orgs/soap.html
 
SOAP Student Outcomes Assessment Portfolio
  pronunciation: 'soap'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Outcomes/
 
SOB Summary of Benefits
 
SOC Student Organization Council
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SAO/Orgs/soc.html
 
SOMA Society Of Martial Arts
  pronunciation: 'soma'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~soma/
 
SOS Student Organization Suite
  other notes: common area in the Campus Center Grogan Wing shared by SGA, SocComm, IFC, PanHel, and ISC
 
SP Sigma Pi
  Greek letters: ΣΠ
  pronunciation: Sig Pi
  other notes: social fraternity
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~sigmapi/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Sigma_Pi
 
SPAW Students Promoting Animal Welfare
 
SPS Society of Physics Students
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~sps/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Society_of_Physics_Students
 
SPS Sigma Pi Sigma
  Greek letters: ΣΠΣ
  other notes: physics honor society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Sigma_Pi_Sigma
 
SS Savage Soccer
  other notes: A small robotics competition on campus started in 1995 as an IQP for Mass Academy and now encompasses teams from all across New England. SS is often used in writing but never used verbally.
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~savage/
 
SSF SGA Sponsorship Fund
  other notes: This fund was created at the end of academic year 2005. Its funds are drawn from the social fee (which was increased specifically for this fund). Requests for funds through the SSF are granted or denied by SGA.
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/SGA_Sponsorship_Fund
 
SSN Student Support Network
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/SDCC/network.html
 
SSPS Social Sciences and Policy Studies Department
  other notes: academic department
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/SSPS/
 
SSS Senior Sufficiency Society
  pronunciation: Senior Suff Society
  other notes: slang
 
ST Senior Tutor
  other notes: used by ECE
 
STAR Students Talking (with) Alumni Resources
  pronunciation: "Star"
  other notes: Student and Alumni Organization
  Web address: www.wpi.edu/Admin/CDC
 
STEM Science, Technology, Education, and Math
  pronunciation: 'stem'
  other notes: also known as The Pipeline Fund
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/K12/STEM/
 
STTG Software Tools Technology Group
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/STTG/
 
SURF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
  pronunciation: Surf
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Undergraduate/summer718.html
 
SURGE Strengthen, Unity, Reshape, Giving back and Empower
  pronunciation: surge
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/offices/diversity/surge.html
 
SVP Senior Vice President
  other notes: Reserved for Provost Simpson
 
SWAT Students Working All Together
  pronunciation: "swat"
  other notes: A consortium sponsored program aimed at bringing engaged Worcester-area college students together.
 
SWE Society of Women Engineers
  pronunciation: 'swee'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~swe/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Society_of_Women_Engineers
 
T
TA Teaching Assistant
 
TBP Tau Beta Pi
  Greek letters: ΤΒΠ
  pronunciation: TB-Pi
  other notes: engineering honor society
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~taubeta/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Tau_Beta_Pi
 
TCI Technology Confidence IndexSM
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/News/TCI/
 
TEACH Technology, Education And Copyright Harmonization Act
  other notes: A federal policy that the university must adhere to.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Policies/Copyright/teach.html
 
TEM Transmission Electron Microscope laboratory
  Web address: http://www.me.wpi.edu/MTE/Research/tem.html
 
TG Worcester Telegram & Gazette
  pronunciation: 'Worcester T and G,' 'Worcester TnG,' or most commonly 'The TnG'
  Web address: http://www.telegram.com/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Worcester_Telegram_%26_Gazette
 
THA Technological Humanist Award
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/THA/
 
THUG THeory Umbrella Group
  pronunciation: 'thug'
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/THUG/
 
TILT Technological Information Literacy Tutorial
  pronunciation: 'tilt'
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Help//TILT/
 
TKE Tau Kappa Epsilon
  Greek letters: ΤΚΕ
  pronunciation: 'teek'
  other notes: social fraternity
  Web address: http://www.zetamu.org/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Tau_Kappa_Epsilon
 
TML Technology-Mediated Learning
 
TMP Trustee Mentorship Program
  other notes: Coordinated by the Vice President of Student Affairs
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Student/Mentor/
 
TN TechNews
  pronunciation: TechNews
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~technews/
 
TNP Tuesday Night Prayer
  other notes: CBF hosted prayer meeting late at night. Held every Tuesday that school is in session.
 
TNX Theta Nu Xi
  Greek letters: ΘΝΞ
  other notes: a multicultural sorority
 
TO Treasury Office
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Acc/
 
TO Telecommunications Office
  pronunciation: Telecom
  other notes: uncommon as an acronym
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/Telecom/
 
TOT Tech Old Timers
  pronunciation: 'tot' or 'tots"
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Alumni/People/TOT/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Tech_Old_Timers
 
TRC Tuition Refund Check
  pronunciation: slang: payday
 
TRG Tutor Research Group
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/TRG/
 
TSA Turkish Student Association
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~tsa/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Turkish_Student_Association
 
TSPC Technical, Scientific, and Professional Communication
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/IGSD/TSPC/
 
TTC Teaching with Technology Collaboratory
  pronunciation: Collaboratory
  other notes: TTC is uncommon. The Collaboratory is a resource center for faculty who want to use technology to teach more effectively. The ATC runs the Collaboratory.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ATC/Collaboratory/
 
TTL Technology for Teaching and Learning
  other notes: Part of the ATC
 
TTO Technology Transfer Office
 
U
UAA University Ambassador Awards
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Marketing/Ambassadors/
 
UCO University Compliance Officer
 
UDC Unified Digital Campus
 
UMOC Ugly Man On Campus
  pronunciation: "you-mock"
  other notes: Annual competition sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega to raise money for a charity.
 
UOAC Undergraduate Outcomes Assessment Committee
  pronunciation: 'yuck'
 
UPE Upsilon Pi Epsilon
  Greek letters: ΥΠΕ
  other notes: computer science honor society
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Upsilon_Pi_Epsilon
 
URI Universal Resource Identifier
 
URL Ultrasound Research Laboratory
  Web address: http://www.ece.wpi.edu/Research/Ultrasound/
 
URL Uniform Resource Locator
 
UUCF Unitarian Universalist Campus Fellowship
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~uu/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Unitarian_Universalist_Campus_Fellowship
 
UWC United Way Committee
 
V
VF Venture Forum
  Web address: http://www.wpiventureforum.org/
 
VPA Vice President of Advancement
  other notes: this position currently empty
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Advancement
 
VPC Venice Project Center
 
VPIT Vice President for Information Technology
  other notes: also CIO
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/IT/About/tjl.html
 
VPL Vocal Performance Lab
 
VPMC Vice President for Marketing and Communication
  other notes: currently filled by Christopher Hardwick
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Marketing/
 
VPN Virtual Private Network
  pronunciation: The VPN
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/Netops/VPN/
 
VPSA Vice President of Student Affairs
  other notes: uncommon
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Student/
 
VSA Vietnamese Student Association
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~wpivsa/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Vietnamese_Student_Association
 
W
W1YK W1YK
  other notes: W1YK, originally 1YK, is not an acronym, it is the call sign for WPI's Wireless Association.
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~wpiwa/
 
WACT The Worcester Area College Tour
  pronunciation: 'whacked'
  other notes: a tour of Worcester area colleges attended by high school guidance counselors
 
WAD The WPI Acronym Dictionary
  pronunciation: The 'wad'
  Web address: http://wpi.collegeacronyms.org/
 
WAM Worcester Art Museum
  pronunciation: 'wham!'
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Worcester_Art_Museum
 
WC Writing Center
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/WC/
 
WECE Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  pronunciation: 'we-see'
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Women_in_Electrical_and_Computer_Engineering
 
WFD Worcester Fire Department
 
WGLC WPI GAC Leadership Conference
 
WICS Women In Computer Science
 
WIN Women's Industrial Network
  pronunciation: 'win'
 
WIS Web Information System
  pronunciation: referred to as 'Banner'
 
WJFC The Writings of James Fenimore Cooper
  Web address: http://www.wjfc.org/
 
WLRL Wireless LAN Research Lab
 
WM Worcester Magazine
  pronunciation: Whoa-Mag
  Web address: http://www.womag.com
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Worcester_Magazine
 
WMUG WPI Macintosh Users Group
  pronunciation: 'w-mug', 'mug', 'whoopie-mug'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~wmug/
 
WOOFA WPI Organization of Folk Arts
 
WOW Wings Over Worcester
  pronunciation: Wow
  Web address: www.wingsover.com
 
WPD Worcester Police Department
  pronunciation: 'Whoa-PD', 'Po-Po'
 
WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  pronunciation: Worcester Polytech, Worcester Poly, Worcester Tech, 'Whoopie', 'Whoa Tech", "The 'Tute", Worcester Polytechnic, and Tech
  other notes: formerly WCFIIS and WCIIS
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/
 
WPI We Plead Insanity
 
WPI Where People Interact
  other notes: As seen on Admissions student ambassador shirts
 
WPIAA WPI Alumni Association
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Alumni/Association/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/WPI_Alumni_Association
 
WPIC WPI Cable
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ATC/Facilities/cable.html
 
WPILA WPI Linux Association
  Web address: https://avarice.acm.wpi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wpila
 
WPIOC WPI Outing Club
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~wpioc/
 
WPIVF WPI Venture Forum
  other notes: alternate: VF
  Web address: http://www.wpiventureforum.org/
 
WPIWA WPI Wireless Association
  pronunciation: sometimes 'whoopie-wah'
  other notes: The third oldest college wireless association
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~wpiwa/
 
WPS Worcester Public Schools
  Web address: http://www.wpsweb.com/
 
WS Workstudy
  other notes: Generally refers to federal funds, but not exclusively
 
WSH West Street House
 
WSSRL WPI Secure Systems Research Laboratory
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~fcco/wssrl.htm
 
WUNDERS Women, Understanding New Dimensions in Engineering Related Sciences
  pronunciation: "wonders"
  other notes: This acronym was forced after GEMS was dropped due to infringement.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Women/Girls/WUNDERS/
 
WW WPIwiki
  pronunciation: WPI wee-kee
  other notes: Started in A-Term 2005 by Robert Hafner '08. Uncommon as an acronym.
  Web address: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Main_Page
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/WPIwiki
 
WWPI WPI Radio
  other notes: formerly WPIR
  Web address: http://radio.wpi.edu/
 
XO Chi Omega
  Greek letters: ΧΩ
 
YRP Yellow Ribbon Program
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/FA/Returning/ribbon.html
 
Z
ZS Zeta Psi
  Greek letters: ΖΨ
  pronunciation: 'Zete,' rhymes with 'eight'
  other notes: social fraternity
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~zetapsi/
  WPIwiki: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Zeta_Psi
 

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