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acronyms accept/except Acronyms should be used to shorten Accept means to take in, agree to, or phrases in order to save space or to avoid receive. Except means to leave out or omit. awkward repetition of phrases. Acronyms are abbreviations of the things they accrediting organizations represent and are formed by combining the Accrediting organizations that have first, and sometimes other, letters of the accredited various Marian programs principle words. include:  North Central Association of When using an acronym for the first time, Colleges and Schools: Responsible spell out and use the official name of the for accrediting the entire college. company or organization and follow it with  International Assembly of Collegiate the acronym in parentheses; after, an Business Education (IACBE): acronym may be used. Capitalize acronyms Accredits the Bachelor of Business and do not use periods. Administration, the Bachelor of Science and the Masters of Science academic degrees degree programs in business. Initials may follow the recipient’s name, set  Commission on Collegiate Nursing off by commas, for masters and doctoral Education (CCNE): Accredits the degrees (John Smith, Ph.D.). School of Nursing.  National Council for Teacher The degree is properly called a bachelor’s Education (NCATE): Accredits the degree or master’s degree, or a Bachelor of Education program. Science or Master of Arts degree.  Council on Social Work Education: Accredits the Social Work program. In external communications, because the  Wisconsin Department of Justice public assumes doctors to by physicians, Law Enforcement and Standards the title Dr. should be used only for doctors Board: Accredits the Criminal Justice of medicine, osteopathy or podiatric Program. medicine. If using the term Dr. to describe a non-medical doctor, the person’s specialty As of December 2001, Marian also has should immediately follow the person’s received approvals from the Wisconsin name (Dr. John Smith, a chemist). In any Department of Public Instruction and the communications, the term Dr. and Ph.D. or Wisconsin State Board of Nursing. The Ed.D. should not be used at the same time. Wisconsin State Educational Approval For example, Dr. Firstname Lastname, Board also has approved Marian for veteran Ed.D. Correct use: Dr. Firstname Lastname education. For more information on or Firstname Lastname, Ed.D. accreditation, visit www.marianuniversity.edu/accreditation/. academic divisions Marian’s four traditional undergraduate adviser academic divisions are the School of Arts Not advis “or.” An adviser is a teacher or and Sciences, School of Business and professor that gives students academic Public Safety, School of Education, School advice. of Nursing and Health Professions. affect/effect academic titles Affect is a verb and means to act on. Effect Should be capitalized when preceding a is a noun and is something that is produced name (Interim President Robert Fale), not by a cause otherwise.

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afterward board of trustees Afterward should never have an “s” at the When referencing the Marian Board of end. Trustees, capitalize in all formal references. Use lowercase when using only “trustees.” Agnesian HealthCare Like Marian, it is sponsored by the bookstore Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes. The Marian University Bookstore, called the Sabre Shop, is located in the Hornung Alumni Student Center. The term applies to a person who attended Marian for at least one year. An alumnus is buildings and rooms male, an alumna is female, alumni refers to The room number follows the building a group of males or a group of males and name: Regina 122, Administration 100, females, and alumnae refers to a group of Stayer Center 119. females. campus chronology a.m., p.m. Following are the years in which Marian When using a.m. and p.m., always keep buildings opened: lowercase and always use periods. When  1961: Regina Hall writing for a range of time, use “to” to  1966: Administration Building, Ben connect, rather than a dash mark. Sadoff Science Building, Cardinal Meyer Library, Dorcas Chapel. ampersand/and  1968: Hornung Student Center, When writing, use an ampersand (&) in Naber Hall place of the word “and”, only if it is part of  1982: Howard L. Sadoff Memorial the official name of a company or Gymnasium organization.  1988: Marian Townhouse Village  1994: Marian Courtyard apostrophe  1999: Todd Wehr Alumni An “s” should not follow an apostrophe for a Center/Common Grounds Coffee word where the last letter is S. Use an House. apostrophe to show a contraction of two  2001: Stayer Center for Technology terms or to show possession. & Executive Learning.

 2002: Smith Fields award If the word “award” is an essential part of  2006: Agnes Center the title, it should be capitalized; otherwise,  2008: Herr-Baker Field it should be lowercase.  2011: Lenz Field House  2014: Downtown Building (formerly backward the Nielsen Building) Never put an “s” at the end. capitalization believe/feel/think As a general rule, do not capitalize a term These terms should be used accurately, unless it is a proper noun. Also, do not and not to substitute one another. For capitalize general references to people or example, we feel emotion and we think or items that might be capitalized in specific believe ideas or thoughts. situations.

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Cardinal Meyer Library class years Named for Cardinal Albert Gregory Meyer, The two-digit year of anticipation (in the brother of a former Marian registrar, Sister case of current students) or actual (in the Mary Therese Meyer, CSA case of alumni) graduation should be listed Cardinal Meyer was Archbishop of after the name, with a closed single quote Milwaukee from 1953 to 1958 and and with a comma: John Smith, ’09. No Archbishop of Chicago differentiation should be made between from 1958 to 1965. traditional undergrads and adult accelerated undergrads, and no differentiation should be catalog made as to which undergraduate degree Not catalogue. was earned, except as appropriate in narrative. Alumni who received more than Catholic and other religious references one degree from Marian should have the and titles degrees separated by a slash: John Smith,  God: Capitalize God. ‘08/’09. o Example: Allah, the Father, the Son, Jesus Christ, the colors Son of God, the Redeemer, The official colors of Marian University are the Holy Spirit, etc., and Marian Blue PMS 293 and Marian Scarlet pronouns referring to God. PMS 221.  Life of Christ and Mary: Capitalize the names of major events in commas in a series Christ’s and Mary’s lives that do not In general, use commas to separate terms include His or her Name: The Last in a series. A comma should not be used Supper, the Crucifixion, the before a coordinating conjunction (and, but, Resurrection, the Ascension, the or) linking a series of terms, unless it is Immaculate Conception, the essential for clarity. Also, for a series of Assumption etc. compound terms, semicolons should be  Sacraments: Always capitalize. used to separate the terms.  Holy Days: Always capitalize.  Catholic religious titles: Use Fr. to Commencement abbreviate for Father, Msgr. to The term Commencement should always be abbreviate for Monsignor, and Sr. to capitalized. Marian holds its mid-year abbreviate for Sister. Spell out Commencement ceremony in December. Cardinal, Archbishop, Bishop, Commencement is celebrated in May. Brother, and Mother. o Other Religious titles: The committee titles equivalent of priests in non- The full proper name of a committee should Catholic churches is Rev. in be capitalized, except for the prepositions Protestant churches, Rabbi and articles (i.e. of, to, in, for, the, a, an). If in Judaism, and Sheik, using a modified name, or just referring to a Mullah or Imam in Islam. committee in general, it does not need to be capitalized. city of Fond du Lac, state of Wisconsin When writing about the city of Fond du Lac company names or the state of Wisconsin, it is not necessary Company names are not to be written in all to capitalize “city” or “state.” capital letters, unless the letters are pronounced individually. Also, do not use a comma before “Inc.” Use “Co.” as an abbreviation for company and “Corp.” for

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Corporation, when it is the last word of the knowledge and values to transform official business name. the individual, our communities and the world. comparisons Service Through active service and The terms over and under should be ministry, we support one another replaced by more accurate comparisons— and seek to meet the needs of the younger than 12 instead of “under 12,” more larger community. than 1,000 people instead of “over 1,000 Social Justice We work to create people.” individual and societal change which supports the value, dignity and Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes opportunity of every person. Marian’s sponsoring organization. CSA Spiritual Traditions Valuing Sisters should have the suffix CSA after Marian’s Catholic religious heritage, their names. CSA organizations, besides we respect each individual’s Marian University, include: Agnesian freedom to explore a diversity of HealthCare Fond du Lac (including spiritual beliefs. Agnesian HealthCare Enterprises, Consultants Laboratory, Fond du Lac course work Regional Clinic, St. Agnes Hospital, St. Should be used as two words, in all uses. Francis Home and Waupun Memorial Hospital); Hays Medical Center, Hayes, database Kan.; The Monroe Clinic; St. Agnes Hospital Should always be used as one word. Foundation; and St. Francis Home Foundation. dashes and hyphens The “M” dash, or long dash, should be used contractions in places where a colon might be used, or Most formal types of writing prohibits the for setting off parenthetical phrases without use of contractions, though they can be using the parentheses: The $500,000 goal used in general writing. Remember to was vastly exceed just by two gifts—the substitute an apostrophe for the deleted $1.4 million Ross and Viola Galbreath letters. Also, limit your use of contractions to memorial Scholarship, donated in the fall of those that are more widely known. 2001, and the $1.05 million Ira Ridenour Memorial Scholarship, donated in the winter cooperative, co-op of 2002; Marian University is growing as an Cooperative needs no hyphen, but co-op asset in the Fond du Lac area in numerous should have a hyphen if referring to the aspects—student enrollment, programs experiential learning option to avoid its offered and facilities, to name just three— being confused with coop. while existing programs continue their success and improvement. core values statement The core values of Marian University are as The “N” dash should be used in place of a follows: regular dash for dates and times or date Community Respecting our and time ranges (the 2002-03 academic diversity as individuals, we year, K-12 education). It also should be encourage, challenge and nurture used when a dash is used to set off words one another, joining together to that otherwise would be separate concepts accomplish our shared mission and (the Iola-Scandinavia school district, vision. Anheuser-Busch, Harley-Davidson). Learning We engage in a collaborative lifelong process of seeking truth and appropriating

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dates and times Waukesha (closed in 1970); Mount Senario Following are rules for how dates and times College, Ladysmith (closed in 2002); should appear in publications or in printing. Northwestern College, Watertown (merged  Days of the week: Always spell out. into Dr. Martin Luther College to become  Months: When accompanied by a Martin Luther college in New Ulm, Minn., in date, all months except March 1995). through July should be abbreviated with the first three letters (four for department names September) followed by a period When referring to a Marian University (Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., department or office, capitalize and use the Dec.). When not accompanied by a full name of the department or office on first date, always spell out the month reference. (September 2003).  Dates: Use ordinal numbers (21st) if disabled/handicapped writing material intended to be Referring to a person’s physical capacity is spoke; otherwise, use cardinal not necessary, unless it is relevant to the numbers (Jan. 21). For date ranges, subject matter. If it is essential, try to use use an N-dash: Jan 21-25. the terms that put the “person” first. Also,  Years: Usually not needed for event never refer to someone as a cripple. publicity, unless the event is one year or longer from the date of a Doctorate particular piece of publicity. Use an Generally use the specific abbreviation – N-dash if referring to year ranges: Ph.D. or Ed.D. 2001-02. Marian’s academic years run from July 1 to the following June Dorcas Chapel 30, and should be referred to as the Named for Dorcas, the Hebrew garment 2009-10 academic year. maker and seamstress brought back to life after her death by Peter in the Acts of the decades Apostles. The cross on top of the chapel is Any references to decades do not need an designed to be seen as a cross from any apostrophe to form the plural. direction; it is designed to portray Dorcas’ needle. Build in 1966, the chapel is an degrees ellipsis; the east-west axis is wider than the For temperatures, use digits and the word north-south axis. “degrees.” Unless you are using tabulated material, the degrees sign should not be ellipsis ( . . . ) used. Also, temperatures are assumed to When using an ellipsis to show omitted be Fahrenheit; specify if they are not in material, type three periods with spaces in Fahrenheit. between, and before and after the periods. Do not use the single key stroke that defunct Wisconsin colleges creates all three periods. The list includes Campion College, Prairie du Chien (closed in the 1920s); Dominican emeritus College/College of Racine, Racine (closed The term applies to a former professor or in 1974); Layton School of Art and Design, president who retired from Marian. An Milwaukee (closed 1974); Madison College emeritus is a man, emerita is a woman, (closed in 1998); Milton college (closed in emeriti refers to a group of men or men and 1982); Milwaukee-Downer College for women, and emeritae refers to a group of Women (merged into Lawrence University women. in 1964); Mount St. Paul College,

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ensure/insure Fond du Lac Ensure means to guarantee or secure, and Three words, capital F, lowercase d, capital should be used for virtually all non-financial L. references. Insure means to guarantee against loss or harm, and is to be used only fonts in reference to insurance policies. The official Marian University fonts are Univers and Droid Sans. entitled The term entitled is not to be used as a foreign terms synonym for titled. To be entitled means to When using non-English words and phrases have a right to do/have something. that are not widely known, italicize the foreign terms and provide a translation Ex Corde Ecclesiae within the text or in parentheses. Pope John Paul II in 1990 created the rule to define what makes a Catholic college – forward essentially, Christian inspiration in Never with an “s” at the end. individuals and the university community, reflection and research in light of the full time/full-time Catholic faith, fidelity to the Christian When using as an adjective, hyphenate (i.e. message in conformity with the full-time). Write as two words when using magisterium, and institutional commitment the term as a noun (i.e. full time). to service. Practical requirements include commitment to Catholic ideals in research, fundraising, fundraiser teaching and university activities and Should be used as one word in all cases. organizations; commitment to serve others; witness of faith by Catholic administration grade point average/GPA and faculty, especially theologians, and In general text, GPA can be use, as long as respect for others; courses on Catholic it is set in uppercase letters without periods, moral and religious principles; pastoral care for references to student’s grade averages. for students, faculty and staff; and personal GPA is acceptable as a first reference. services in conformity with ethical and religious teaching and directives. graduate Use the active voice (“She graduated from extracurricular, cocurricular Marian”) not the passive voice (“She was No hyphens are necessary. graduated from Marian”). fax/facsimile homepage Both fax and facsimile are acceptable on This term should be used as one word. first reference. The term fax is neither an abbreviation nor an acronym. Fax should Hornung Student Center never be spelling out in all capital letters nor Includes the Giddings and Lewis Lounge. set with periods as an abbreviation. Use both names if an event is in the G&L Lounge. fewer/less The term fewer refers to people or individual its, it’s items, and is generally preferred for any “It’s” is a contraction of it is. “Its” is the reference to people. The term less refers to possessive form of it. quantities or amounts, and can be used for ages, quantities, money, etc. Internet Capitalize this term in all uses.

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junior, senior multicultural If using as part of a person’s given name, Use this spelling and punctuation as one abbreviate to Jr. or Sr., though use only with word and all lowercase in all uses. full name. Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association last/past Includes, besides Marian, Lawrence Last is a term used to mean most recent or University, Milwaukee School of occurring after all others. Past means Engineering, the University of Minnesota– having occurred in a time previous to the Crookston and Northland College. event, and is preferred in all uses except those which are expressing finality. The MCHA champion is the team(s) with the best regular-season record; those teams licensure programs are called conference champions. The team These programs do not award degrees, but that wins the MCHA tournament is called do award licenses: the conference tournament champion. The Education: Alternative Education, MCHA has no automatic berth into the Comprehensive Business & Office NCAA Division III ice hockey tournament. Management Education (K-12 teaching certificate), Director of Instruction Licensure, Marian Courtyard Director of Special Education & Pupil Not “Courtyards.” Services, Principal Licensure. mission statement Marian University of Wisconsin Following is Marian University’s mission The corporate name of Marian University, statement: previously referred to as Marian College. Marian University is a Catholic applied The corporate name is used in part because liberal arts community that welcomes there is another Marian University, located diverse spiritual traditions. Sponsored by in Indianapolis, Indiana. the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes, Marian University engages students in the Mass education of the whole person. We embrace Capitalize when referring to the Catholic justice and compassion and transform lives service, and use the term “celebrated” for professional service and leadership in rather than “said.” the global community. master’s degree Naber Hall Capitalize only if it refers to a specific The University’s traditional-style dormitory degree: Master of Arts in Education, Master building, where most resident freshmen live. of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Named for Sister Vera Naber, CSA, former Organizational Leadership and Quality. president and a co-founder of the College. men’s and women’s athletic teams names The term men’s or women’s should be People should generally be referred to in included only if there is no opposite whatever fashion they wish to be referred counterpart. Marian has men’s and to. Parentheses should not be used with women’s basketball, men’s and women’s names: golf, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and  Order: First name, middle name, women’s tennis, men’s and women’s nickname, maiden name, chosen volleyball, baseball, cross country, hockey, name. Class year should follow the and softball teams. last name if referring to Marian alumni.

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 Maiden names: Should be listed Edgewood College, Lakeland College, without parentheses before the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), woman’s chosen last name: Sarah Rockford College, and Wisconsin Lutheran Jane O’Rourk Hewitt. College.  Nicknames: If appropriate, should be listed with quote marks, not online parentheses, after the middle name Used when referring to something involving and before maiden name or last the Internet. Always use as one word; not name: “on-line” or “on line.” Margaret “Peg” Balzer, Sarah Jane “Janie” O’Rourk Hewitt. off campus/off-campus  Hyphenated names: Use a standard Use as two words when using as a noun. hyphen, not an N-dash or an M- Hyphenate when used as an adjective. dash: Example: “She lives in an off-campus Barbara O’Connor-Schevers. apartment. He lives off campus.”  Spaces: Make sure to find out whether a foreign-language article over/during/more than that is part of a last name should “Over” refers to a relative location. “More have a space after it or not, and than” indicates a greater quantity. “During” whether or not it should be shows a time span. capitalized: Marcia DeVos, Mary Susan De Bruin, Hernando de Soto. other Marian Universities  However, always capitalize if the Marian University in Indianapolis is a four- name begins a sentence. year private college; its Web address is www.marian.edu. There are three Marian North Central Association of Colleges Colleges in Australia — a Catholic and Schools/Higher Learning secondary school in Myrtleford, Victoria, Commission Australia; a Catholic school for seventh- The accrediting body for the college. Any through 12th-graders in Kenthurst, N.S.W., promotional materials, web sites, brochures, Australia; and a Catholic school in Ararat, catalogs, class schedules, handbooks, etc. Victoria, Australia. There also is a Marian that refer to The Higher Learning College Catholic all-boys junior and senior Commission/North Central Association as high school in Dublin, Ireland, and a Marian our accreditation association must include College Catholic all-girls high school in their name and address. The agency name Christchurch, New Zealand. and address should be printed as follows: The Higher Learning Commission part time/part-time A Commission of the North Central Use as two words when using as a noun. Association of Colleges and Schools Hyphenate when using as an adjective. 30 N. LaSalle St. Suite 2400 Example: “The part-time secretary will start Chicago, IL 60602-2504 in August. He works part time.” (312) 263-0456 www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org people/person Use “people” in all plural uses. Use Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference “person” when speaking of an individual. Includes, besides Marian University, (Never use “persons”). Alverno College (women’s only), Aurora University, Benedictine University, percent/percentage Concordia University Chicago, Concordia Spell out the word when using it in writing. University Wisconsin, Dominican University, Use the percent sign in tables of numbers.

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president Howard L. Sadoff Gymnasium When using the term president, it should Can be referred to as Sadoff Gymnasium in never be capitalized unless it immediately following references. comes before the person’s name as a formal title. Never abbreviate president. said Do not use other words of attribution when pronunciations quoting someone. News releases generally Following is the phonetic spellings of should be written using present tense various names and words used on campus attributions; said is acceptable in other about which there may be questions off uses. campus; capitalized syllables should be emphasized. Sister This term should always be capitalized and Pronunciations should be sent to all media can be abbreviated as “Sr.” Example: receiving news releases in the event of any “Sister Mary Mollison; Sr. Mary Mollison.” difficult-to-pronounce names or words, including either names of people associated St. Agnes School of Nursing with Marian, or particularly academic and A nursing school run by St. Agnes Hospital scientific terms. (now part of Agnesian HealthCare) between 1910 and 1966. SASN’s first graduating publication titles class (all members of the Congregation of Italics should be used for titles of books, as Sisters of St. Agnes) was in 1912, and its in Lost and Found: CARTIE Classrooms for first lay students were admitted in 1918 and Reclaiming Students. They should not be graduated in 1921. SASN’s relationship with used for titles of periodicals, including Marian College began in 1937, when SASN magazines or journals. Quote marks should graduates could earn a B.S.N.E. degree. be used for the titles of chapters in books. Marian’s nursing program began in 1955 Neither italics nor quote marks should be when Marian offered SASN students a first- used for the names of newspapers. year nursing program. Marian’s full nursing program began in 1964, and SASN merged quotations/quote marks with Marian in 1966, the year of SASN’s last Correct printing style does not use straight graduates. SASN alumnae (graduates from quote marks (" or '). 1912 to 1966) are considered to be Marian alumnae as well. Sabres The official athletic nickname of Marian Smith Fields University. The correct athletic logo is the M Not “Field.” Refers to both the soccer field Sabre (Refer to the Marian University Style and softball diamond. Guide). Sammy the Sabre, a former athletic logo, and the pawprint logo are not to be state names and abbreviations used. In print, use the U.S. Postal Service abbreviations only if accompanied by a city Arthur H. Sadoff Auditorium and ZIP code: Fond du Lac, WI 54935- See Ralph C. Stayer Center for Technology 4699. Otherwise, for Wisconsin, use the and Executive Learning. abbreviation Wis. if accompanied by a city name, or spell out if referring only to the Ben Sadoff Science Hall state: Marian University is in Fond du Lac, Can be referred to as Sadoff Science Hall in Wis.; Marian University is in eastern following references. Wisconsin.

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The correct U.S. state and territory Manitoba Man. abbreviations are: New Brunswick N.B. Newfoundland State Postal Text Nfld. Northwest Territories Abbreviations Abbreviations N.W.T Nova Scotia N.S. Alabama AL Ala. Nunavut Nunavut Alaska AK Alaska Ontario Ont. Arizona AZ Ariz. Prince Edward Island P.E.I Arkansas AR Ark. Quebec Que. California CA Calif. Saskatchewan Sask. Colorado CO Colo. Yukon Yukon Connecticut CT Conn. Delaware DE Del. Florida FL Fla. Georgia GA Ga. State or province names may be used with Hawaii HI Hawaii the names of other countries, but not in Idaho ID Idaho Illinois IL Ill. place of the country’s name: “She is from Indiana IN Ind. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.” All Iowa IA Iowa city names should be spelled out Kansas KS Kan. completely. Kentucky KY Ky. Louisiana LA La. Maine ME Maine Stayer Center for Technology and Maryland MD Md. Executive Learning Massachusetts MA Mass. Can be referred to as the Stayer Center in Michigan MI Mich. following references. Includes the Arthur H. Minnesota MN Minn. Mississippi MS Miss. Sadoff Auditorium, Dale R. Michels Atrium, Missouri MO Mo. Giddings & Lewis Faculty Resource Montana MT Mont. Laboratory (119), Sodexo Dining Room, Nebraska NE Neb. Stone Family Foundation Information Nevada NV Nev. Technology Lab (116, 118), Grande Cheese New Hampshire NH N.H. New Jersey NJ N.J. Gallery (second floor alcove), Mercury New Mexico NM N.M. Marine Amphitheater (205), J.F. Ahern New York NY N.Y. Classroom (208), Alliant Energy Classroom North Dakota ND N.D. (213), Brotz Family Foundation Classroom Ohio OH Ohio Oklahoma OK Okla. (217–218), C.D. Smith Boardroom, and Oregon OR Ore. Shelly Stayer Meeting Room (305). Pennsylvania PA Pa. Complete room names should be used Rhode Island RI R.I. when publicizing events. South Carolina SC S.C. South Dakota SD S.D. Tennessee TN Tenn. The Stayer Center was named for the family Texas TX Texas of Marian trustee Ralph C. Stayer. Utah UT Utah Vermont VT Vt. technical colleges Virginia VA Va. Washington WA Wash. Wisconsin has no junior colleges or West Virginia WV W.Va. community colleges. The state’s two-year Wisconsin WI Wis. colleges are either part of the Wisconsin Wyoming WY Wyo. Technical College System or the University of Wisconsin System. The correct names and main campus locations of Wisconsin The correct Canadian Province technical colleges (all names followed by Abbreviations are: Technical College): Blackhawk, Janesville; Canadian Province Abbreviations Chippewa Valley, Eau Claire; Fox Valley, Alberta Alb. Appleton; Gateway, Kenosha; Lakeshore, British Columbia B.C. Cleveland; Madison Area, Madison; Mid-

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State, Wisconsin Rapids; Milwaukee Area, Marshfield/Wood County, Richland Milwaukee; Moraine Park, Fond du Lac; (Richland Center), Rock County Nicolet, Rhinelander; Northcentral, Wausau; (Janesville), Sheboygan, Washington Northeast Wisconsin, Green Bay; County (West Bend), Waukesha. Southwest Wisconsin, Fennimore; Waukesha County, Waukesha; Western Todd Wehr Alumni Center Wisconsin, La Crosse; Wisconsin Includes the Common Grounds Coffee Indianhead, Shell Lake. House. telephone numbers whether The area code should be set off in The term “whether” should be used to imply parentheses, as in (920) 923-7600, except a choice. “Whether or not” is redundant and in the case of toll-free numbers, which should not be used. should be expressed as 1-800-2-MARIAN. The area code should be used in all the Web, WWW, Web site references because Marian has facilities Always capitalize and spell out to refer to outside the 920 area code. (NOTE: the Internet. Telephone numbers need not be italicized in printed materials.) Web addresses When written in text, the web address time line should always retain the www. Always use Two words in all uses. lowercase and write as one word. Never use “http://”. titles (jobs) Always capitalize job titles when they Wisconsin Association of Independent precede the person’s name. Do not Colleges and Universities capitalize titles if the title follows the The association of the state’s private person’s name or is adapted from the colleges. Besides Marian, WAICU includes official title. Alverno College, Milwaukee; Bellin College of Nursing, Green Bay; Beloit College, toward Beloit; Cardinal Stritch University, Never add an “s;” Never “towards.” Milwaukee; Carroll University, Waukesha; Carthage College, Kenosha; Concordia University of Wisconsin System University Wisconsin, Mequon; Edgewood Refers to the state system of 13 four-year College, Madison; Lakeland College, campuses, 13 two-year campuses including Sheboygan; Lawrence University, Appleton; UW–Fond du Lac, and the statewide UW– Marquette University, Milwaukee; Extension. Use University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design; (campus name) on first reference, UW– Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mount (campus name) on following references. Mary University, Milwaukee; Northland College, Ashland; Ripon College; Silver The correct names: Lake College, Manitowoc; St. Norbert Four-year campuses: Madison, Milwaukee, College, De Pere; Viterbo College, La Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Crosse; and Wisconsin Lutheran College, Oshkosh, Parkside (Kenosha), Platteville, Milwaukee. (NOTE: Northland Baptist Bible River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout College in Dunbar is not a member of (Menomonie), Superior, Whitewater. WAICU.) Two-year campuses: Baraboo/Sauk County, Barron County (Rice Lake), Fond Wisconsin Catholic colleges du Lac, Fox Valley (Menasha), Manitowoc, The list includes, besides Marian, Alverno Marathon County (Wausau), Marinette, College, Milwaukee, sponsored by the

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School Sisters of St. Francis; Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi; Edgewood College, Madison, Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters; Marquette University, Milwaukee, Society of Jesus (Jesuits); Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, School Sisters of Notre Dame; Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity; St. Norbert College, De Pere, Norbertine Order; and Viterbo University, La Crosse, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.

Wisconsin religious colleges Besides Marian and the other Wisconsin Catholic colleges, the list includes Carroll University, Waukesha, founded by the Presbyterian Church USA; Carthage College, Kenosha, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Lutheran Church– Missouri Synod; Lakeland College, Sheboygan, United Church of Christ; Northland College, Ashland, United Church of Christ; and Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Lawrence University in Appleton formerly was affiliated with the Methodist Church, but no longer is. Ripon College was affiliated with the Congregational (now United Church of Christ) and Presbyterian churches, but no longer is. zip codes Marian University’s standard nine-digit zip code is 54935-4699. On business reply envelopes, the nine-digit zip code is 54935- 9945.