Ice cream was served after convocation. UAF celebrated Commencement in grand style. A reporter interviewed the chancellor after the Convocation presentation. Bristol Bay Campus is in Dillingham. Chukchi Campus is in Kotzebue. Interior Alaska Campus is based in Fairbanks. Kuskokwim Campus is in Bethel. Northwest Campus is in Nome. May use "Extension" capitalized on second reference, or abbreviate to CES no periods.
Agents are "Extension agents. Refers to the concentration of classes taken by all baccalaureate students. Do not capitalize. In regular copy e. Meg took nine credits in the fall. She took 15 credits in the spring. After a successful cross-country season, Nanook runners are getting ready for their first skiing competition in two weeks. Data can be either a singular or plural noun and requires a singular or plural verb accordingly. See the AP Stylebook for further explanation.
When a phrase refers to a day and date or a month, day and year, separate each unit with a comma. The fundraiser will be on Wednesday, Nov. Children born on or after Jan. Abbreviate months with more than five letters. Use cardinal numbers 1, 2, 3 , not ordinals 1st, 2nd, 3rd. The program will begin Jan. The program will begin March 1, The program will take place on April 1, The Bunnell House day care center gives hands-on training to early childhood education students.
When someone is named to a dean's list, the apostrophe should be placed before the s. Place the apostrophe after the s when referring to the many lists from the many deans. Capitalize when abbreviating only on second reference , with each letter separated by a period, no space. Exception: MBA, no periods. The former Mount McKinley, renamed in by the federal government. Denali is the Koyukon Dene name for the mountain.
The U. Geological Survey adopted the measurement. The previous longstanding official elevation was 20, feet. Although many departments' formal names are Department of X, they are also commonly referred to as X Department. Retain capitalization in either case.
See also unit. The Department of History is sponsoring a contest. The History Department is sponsoring a contest. Exceptions: There are departments that are not preceded by Department of or whose official name at UAF is contrary to convention. Such names should be capitalized. Name of the main dining service in Wood Center. Signs in the facility originally used "Forty-nine," but "49" now is almost universally used in publications and on the web.
Reserve Dr. Do not use Dr. Exceptions: May be made for formal university documents or on mailings pulled from Raiser's Edge. The proper noun uses a lowercase "e" followed by an uppercase "C," with no intervening space or hyphen. The "e" is lowercased even when starting a sentence. CLA and eCampus students helped organize the conference. The "e" is capitalized when starting a sentence. E-learning can take place anywhere a student has an internet connection.
Many students take a mix of in-person and e-learning classes. Former abbreviation for UA's electronic directory. Replaced in January by UA People.
Several elders were interviewed by the reporter. Indicates the omission of words from a quoted sentence. In the middle of a sentence: space, three periods, space. On Microsoft keyboards, it's alt, control and period. At the end of a sentence: space, one period, space, three periods. The first period indicates the end of the sentence:.
Spring activities included mud volleyball and a bonfire. Use emeritus for any one person, regardless of whether that person is a man or a woman. Capitalize emeritus when used as a title preceding a name. Professor Emeritus Laurel Scribe taught English for many years. Laurel Scribe, a professor emeritus of English, volunteered as a tutor for many years after her retirement.
Emeriti is the plural for men or both men and women. Plural women is expressed as emeritae. Emeriti are recognized during commencement each year. The professors emeritae began a campaign to fund a scholarship for women pursuing engineering degrees.
Note that the formal wording used on emeriti resolutions may be different from the style discussed here. Use " eSports" or " e-sports" only if they're parts of formal names, like that of departments.
Capitalize the "e," not the "s," when starting a sentence. Match with singular verbs when referring to esports as a general subject, but use plural verbs when referring to two or more different types of esports:. Esports is a new field of study at UAF. Many esports are available. Use faculty as a singular noun.
Preference is given to using "faculty" as a singular noun when referring to professors et al as a group, while "faculty members" refers to individuals within that group. The faculty is meeting today. Some faculty members are on vacation and cannot attend.
He is a member of the faculty. Not "Experimental. Do not capitalize when describing a person who is a member of an academic society or organization or who has a similar standing as a graduate student. Capitalize "fellowship" when used in the formal title of the award. August Mensch was named a Brookings fellow for his work in economic theory.
The Profound Fellowship is offered in alternating years. Graduate students who win the fellowship are expected to publish a peer-reviewed article within three years. Capitalize when referring to the university department, even when not preceded by University.
Lowercase when referring to fire departments in general. The University Fire Department serves the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, as well as a large off-campus fire district. UAF fire science graduates find employment in fire departments nationwide. Alternative term for a freshman, but not always synonymous. A student might have attended two or more years with a minimal course load and so, while not a first-year student, could remain a freshman from an academic standpoint.
A "flyer" is the word for a handbill, a person flying and some trains and buses. See approved university fonts. General Educational Development. Use initial caps. On first reference, use General Educational Development. For second reference, use GED. If you do not have a high school diploma or GED, you may take courses as a nondegree student. In the first reference of scientific or biological names, capitalize the first, or generic, Latin name for the class of plant or animal, lowercase the species that follows, and italicize both: Homo sapiens, Tyrannosaurus rex.
On second reference, abbreviate the first letter and spell out the second word: H. Divisions higher than genus — phylum, class, order and family — are capitalized but not italicized.
Several faculty members in the Anthropology Department specialize in Alaska archaeology from the Holocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period. For ease in creating consistent headlines, follow AP style, which lowercases most words.
The details: Capitalize the first letter of the first word of the headline, including the first letter in words such as "iPhone" or "eBay. Also capitalize the first word after a colon. Use single quotation marks, not double. Use numerals. Don't put periods in abbreviations such as "US" or "DC. If you must capitalize words in a headline, first consult the Chicago Manual of Style; the rules are complex. Because Jason was an honors student in the Honors College, he was able to take honors classes.
Exceptions may be made for formal university documents or on mailings pulled from Raiser's Edge. Do not use spaces around the hyphen. My mother-in-law is coming to town. Her phone number is There will be people there. The event runs Oct. Place one space before and after the em dash.
PC keyboard strokes vary, depending on the word processing version being used. The em dash — a very important typographical element — should not be overused. Preferred house style is to delete even when part of a corporate name, but if it is retained, abbreviate and capitalize as Inc.
Do not set off with commas. Apply the same treatment to other designations such as LLC. Arco Alaska is an oil company. Arco Alaska Inc. Capitalize in all uses when referring to Indigenous people or individuals contrary to AP style. Lowercase in other uses. Capitalize when referring to the geographical region of Alaska. Refers generally to the Yukon and Kuskokwim river drainages upstream of the area where those rivers enter the flatlands of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Distinct from Yupik. A northern Alaska Eskimo person.
Use Inupiaq to refer to the language never Inupiat , to one person and as an adjective. Use Inupiak to refer to two people. Use Inupiat to refer to three or more people never Inupiats , to the people collectively and to the culture. The Eskimo languages include the four Yupik languages of Alaska and Siberia as well as Inuit, the Alaska sector of which is called Inupiaq.
Generally avoid except for specific instances listed in this guide search on "italic" to find them. Do not italicize non-English words.
Place in quotes if needed for emphasis. When preceding an individual's name, capitalize formal titles but not occupational descriptions. At UAF, capitalize only the following formal titles and their subsets e. The audience applauded after Chancellor Smith's speech. The committee listened to the advice of attorney Janice Rogers. The committee granted tenure to Assistant Professor Rodriguez. Capitalize academic or administrative unit names associated with the title only if using the full organization name as part of the title.
Do not capitalize the job title if the person's name is set off with commas. Students met with department Chair Ezra White to discuss the changes. Students met with the department chair, Ezra White, to discuss the changes.
Job titles may be capitalized in memos, lists and other irregular documents and publications, if desired. Stands for kindergarten through 12th grade. Use en dash, offset by space on either side. Refers to both the radio station transmitter and the PBS television station in Fairbanks. Do not use "AlaskaOne," which no longer exists. Capitalize when referring to the Alaska Legislature, but do not capitalize when referring to legislatures in general.
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But it often isn't. The question as to whether Antarctic can be left uncapitalized remains untouched. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. American English: You should probably capitalize it, unless you don't.
According to Merriam Webster , whether you should capitalize "Antarctic" depends on context and individual style: ant-arc-tic adj, often capitalized of or relating to the south pole or to the region near it So make a decision and stick with it, at least within the same document. However, there's a "geographical name" version of the word that is capitalized: Ant-arc-tic Geographical name Region including Antarctica, Antarctic peninsula, and the surrounding ocean.
British English: Cambridge seems to indicate that the adjectival form of the word is always capitalized. Improve this answer. Community Bot 1.
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