General Acronym Listing by Letter
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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/ | |
CAP | Committee on Academic Policy | |
pronunciation: | 'cap' | |
other notes: | faculty committee | |
Web address: | http://www.wpi.edu/Campus/Faculty/CAP/ | |
CAP | Committee on Appointment and Promotions | |
pronunciation: | 'cap' | |
other notes: | faculty committee | |
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 | |
CAS | Central Authentication Service | |
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/ | |
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/ | |
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/ | |
CDR | Completion of Degree Requirements | |
pronunciation: | 'CDR Forms' | |
Web address: | http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Registrar/Forms/ | |
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 | |
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/ | |
CEO | 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/ | |
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/ | |
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 | |
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/ | |
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 | |
pronunciation: | CSS Profile | |
other notes: | standard financial aid form | |
Web address: | http://wpi.edu/Admin/FA/First/css.html | |
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 | |
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 | |