General Acronym Listing by Letter

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S
SA	Senior Assistant
	other notes:	used by CS

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/

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/

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

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/

SFE	Sigma Phi Epsilon
	Greek letters:	ΣΦΕ
	pronunciation:	Sig Ep
	other notes:	social fraternity
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~sigep/

SFPE	Society of Fire Protection Engineers
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Fire/Resources/sfpe.html

SFR	Special Funding Request

SFS	Science Fiction Society
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~sfs/sfs/

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/

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/

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/

SPAW	Students Promoting Animal Welfare

SPS	Sigma Pi Sigma
	Greek letters:	ΣΠΣ
	other notes:	physics honor society

SPS	Society of Physics Students
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~sps/

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.

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/