General Acronym Listing by Letter
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| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| GCP | Graduate Certificate Programs | |
| GCR | Government and Community Relations | |
| GDC | Game Development Club | |
| Web address: | http://gdc.wpi.edu/ | |
| GDI | God Damn Independent | |
| other notes: | slang fraternal term, meaning: of no affiliation | |
| 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 | |
| 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/ | |
| 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' | |
| 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. | |
| 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 program, introduced Fall 2007 | |
| GPS | Great Problems Seminars | |
| other notes: | A part of the First Year Experience | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |