UMD Acronyms

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1	Acronym	Stands for	Notes

2	UMD building abbreviations		Campus Map
3	For the offices in the list, please refer to the department directory for contact information
4	7.12	7.12 Departmental Statement required by the Board of Regents Faculty Tenure Policy	Faculty Tenure Policy
5	AAR	Annual Activity Report	the report name in Works (works.umn.edu) that is a commonly used format for annual faculty performance reviews; may have college-specific prompts
6	A&R	Advising and Registration	for current students; occurs during the 2nd half of each term
7	ACE Faculty Portal	Portal to find letters of accommodation for students from UMD Disability Resources	https://disability-resources.d.umn.edu and click on "faculty portal" under Important Links
8	AD	Active Directory	directory of people, computers, and groups that provides a way to manage Windows computer policies and permissions
9	AD	Athletic Director	for intercollegiate athletic programs
10	AD	Associate Dean	reports to the Dean
11	AFROTC	Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps	a program in SCSE
12	AFSCME	American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees	one of the staff labor unions at the University
13	AMC	Advanced Materials Center	in SCSE
14	APAS	Academic Progress Audit System	online student degree progess records (faculty can use when advising students; login required)
15	APLUS	APLUS (not an acronym)	online system that helps those who work with students advise them more effectively by capturing a large amount of relevant information in one place (faculty and staff enter notes in the system; login required)
16	ARF	Access Request Form	the form is completed when access is needed for specific information/systems (often requests are submitted on behalf of faculty - e.g., advising tools such as APAS and APLUS)
17	ARF	Academic Record File	this is the file each faculty puts together at the end of the calendar year for the annual promotion process; the file is maintained by the college's dean's office
18	ASR	Academic Support Resources (System office)	the administrative unit on the TC campus that houses the Registrar, One Stop, Student Finance, and Classroom Management / UMD has our own contacts for these functions
19	ATC	Academic Temp/Casual	a part-time employee
20	ATSS	Academic Technology Support Services (System office)	a unit within the UMN Office of Information Technology that assissts with learning technologies
21	AVC	Associate Vice Chancellor	reports to vice chancellor
22	AVCGER	Associate Vice Chancellor --Graduate Education and Research	responsible for these two areas
23	AY	Academic Year (e.g., AY24: Fall 2023 + Spring 2024)
24	BOR	Board of Regents	the University of Minnesota System governing body
25	BURST	Biology Undergraduate Research in Science & Technology	SCSE program
26	CAHSS	College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences	1 of 4 UMD colleges
27	CBA	Collective Bargaining Agreement	the name of the contract between the UEA and the University
28	CEI	Center for Educational Innovation (System office)	UMN System-wide unit supporting faculty teaching
29	CEHSP	College of Education and Human Service Professions	1 of 4 UMD colleges
30	Chan	Chancellor	UMD's top leadership position (reports to the UMN System President)
31	CITS	College in the Schools	dual-credit program in the high schools, taught by high school teachers
32	COD	Council of Deans	the EVCAA-led group of the deans, NRRI executive director, and AVCs in Academic Affairs
33	COAD	Council of Associate Deans	the self-managed associate deans group
34	CODAA	Council of Deans and Academic Administrators	COD plus administrators in Academic Affairs
35	COP	College of Pharmacy	a UMN unit located on the Duluth campus
36	CS	Civil Service	an employee group representing many non-teaching professional types of positions; Civil Service Employment Rules apply
37	DGS	Director of Graduate Studies	each graduate program has a DGS
38	DH	Department Head	every academic department has a DH
39	DL	Department Liason	each college has a DL who is the point person for HR matters
40	EAB	External Advisory Board	many programs and units have EABs
41	EAP	Employee Assistance Program	a free counseling benefit for all UMN employees
42	EFS	Enterprise Financial System	the University's financial management system
43	EHSO	Environmental Health and Safety Office	the University office on the UMD campus
44	EOAA	Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action	a Systemwide office; an EOAA investigator is located on the UMD campus (this person is also the campus's Title IX Coordinator)
45	EVCAA	Executive Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs	one of three vice chancellors for UMD; reports to the Chancellor
46	FM	Facilities Management	the campus office that oversees facilities projects and daily operations (e.g., custodial services)
47	FMLA	Family and Medical Leave Act	legislation for FMLA leaves
48	Form 25	Annual review form for tenure-track faculty	departments prepare the form for the review process; the form is used for the decision workflow; the faculty will receive the completed form
49	FY	Fiscal Year (e.g., FY22: 7/1/21-6/30/22)	the University fiscal year always begins July 1 and ends June 30
50	GRA	Graduate Research Assistant	a graduate student who has a research appointment
51	GIA	Grant-in-Aid program	a University-wide grant program administered by the Office for the Vice President of Research (OVPR), deadlines in September/January
52	GPC	General Purpose Classrooms	classrooms that disciplines from across the University are able to use
53	GTA	Graduate Teaching Assistant	a graduate student who has a teaching appointment
54	HR	Human Resources (UMD)	UMD's HR office has consultants who assist college DLs and provide wellness resources
55	HRIF	Human Resources Information Form	a form used during the hiring process
56	IACUC	Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (under OVPR)	https://research.umn.edu/units/iacuc
57	IBC	Institutional Biosafety Committee (under OVPR)	https://research.umn.edu/units/obao/research-oversight-areas/institutional-biosafety-committee-ibc
58	IBS	Integrated Biosciences	an interdisciplinary graduate program
59	ICR	Indirect Cost Return (overhead)	https://policy.umn.edu/research/cost
60	IDR	Institutional Data and Research (System)	the home for official UMN institutional reporting, institutional research, etc.
61	IPS	International Programs & Services	the office at UMD that oversees and coordinates international programs including Study Abroad
62	IRB	Institutional Review Board (under OVPR)	https://research.umn.edu/units/irb
63	ISSS	International Student and Scholar Services (System office)	the University-wide office serving the U's international community
64	ITSS	Information & Technology Support Services	UMD's IT office
65	IUT	Intra-University Student	a student who transferred within the UMN system
66	JAMF	Software program name	provides a way to manage Macs and IPad computer policies and permissions
67	JEQ	Job Evaluation Questionnaire	a University HR form used for staff positions when requesting a reclassification
68	JO	Job Opening	a University position that is posted
69	JRQ	Job Review Questionnaire	a University HR form used for student positions when requesting a reclassification
70	LOA	Letter of Accommodation	letter from UMD Disabiliy Resources stating requested accommodations for a student in a specific couse
71	LEP	Liberal Education Program	UMD's general education program (also referred to as "Lib Ed")
72	LLO	Large Lakes Observatory	a research unit with SCSE
73	LR	Labor Represented	employees whose positions are included in a bargaining agreement
74	LSBE	Labovitz School of Business & Economics	1 of 4 UMD colleges
75	LTD	Leadership and Talent Development	an area within UMN OHR
76	MMAD Lab	Motion & Media Across Disciplines	an interdisciplinary research space focusing on emerging technologies
77	Multi-I	Multi-Institutional Student	a student at a UMN campus taking one or more courses at a second UMN campus
78	NAS	New Advanced Standing	the term for transfer students
79	NHS	New High School	the term for students joining UMD out of high school (our largest population)
80	NRRI	Natural Resources Research Institute	a research unit within UMD
81	NTK	Tenure Track, not Tenured	a type of faculty position
82	OAR	Orientation, Advising and Registration	for new students; occurs during the summer
83	O&M	Operations and Maintenance	a budget term that represents dollars allocated from the State and tuition revenues
84	OED	Office of Equity and Diversity (System)	the University's office for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and trainings
85	OGC	Office of General Counsel (System)	the University's legal office
86	OHR	Office of Human Resources (System)	the University's HR office
87	OIR	Office of Institutional Research	UMD's office for institutional research and external reporting
88	OIT	Office of Information Technology (System)	the University's IT office
89	OTR	Office of the Registrar	UMD's office for student records, transfer course evaluation system management, Catalog programming, and classroom scheduling
90	P&A	Professional and Administrative	an employee group representing administrative types of positions
91	P&T	Promotion & Tenure	the process in which a faculty applies for promotion and tenure; often these two occur together when a Assistant Professor applies to be Associate Professor, with tenure; the processes may occur separately depending upon a faculty's appointment terms
92	PAF	Personnel Action Form	this is the form departments and colleges complete for employees when there's a type of change in appointment
93	PAL	Program Assessment Liaison	a person who coordinates a program's assessment activities; typically the PAL submits the Annual Program Assessment Report
94	PAT	Performance Appraisal Tool	tool for documenting annual performance information of direct reports who are in staff positions
95	PM	Position Management	an HR term for positions entered into the system
96	POI	Person of Interest	a type of account that ca be used prior to the official start date of an academic appointment and for other special cases; gives a POI a University account for access to email and other systems
97	PPE	Pay Period Ending	the day a pay period ends
98	PS	PeopleSoft	the University's main employee and student information system (the user-facing side is MyU)
99	PSEO	Post Secondary Enrollment Option	dual-credit program in which high school students take UMD classes at UMD
100	RCR	Responsible Conduct of Research Training (under OVPR)	https://research.umn.edu/units/riact/training-education/overview