Commonly-Used GW Acronyms
This list was compiled and is maintained by Tyler Cundiff, special assistant to the Dean of Libraries and Academic Innovation. Please contact Tyler with edits or suggestions.
AT Academic Technologies
BoT Board of Trustees
BMAG Business Management and Analysis Group
CPS College of Professional Studies
CCAS Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
DAR Development and Alumni Relations
DIT Division of Information Technology (DIT) now is called "IT"
DivOps Division of Operations
DSA Division of Student Affairs
DSS Division of Safety and Security -ALSO- Disability Support Services (Students)
ESIA Elliott School of International Affairs
ER* External Relations
GWPD George Washington Police Department
GSEHD (g-SHED) Graduate School of Education and Human Development
GSPM Graduate School of Political Management
HRMD, HR Human Resource Management and Development
HRSD Human Resource Service Delivery
ISO International Services Office
LAI (GWLAI) Libraries and Academic Innovation
SPH, Milken (GWSPH) Milken Institute School of Public Health
MSSC Multicultural Student Services Center
OECP Office of Ethics, Compliance and Privacy
OGC Office of the General Counsel
OTP Office of the President
OVPR Office of the Vice President for Research
GCAS Grants & Contracts Accounting Services
GWorld GW ID card office - also manages building access and debit card or "colonial cash"
GWSB School of Business
SEAS School of Engineering and Applied Science
SMHS School of Medicine and Health Sciences
SMPA School of Media and Public Affairs
SON School of Nursing
TSPPPA Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
EMeRG Emergency Management Response Group
SARC Sexual Assault Response and Consultation Team
ARL Association of Research Libraries
CDI Course Design Institute
CDL Collections Development Librarian OR Controlled Digital Lending
CLS Consortium Loan Service
CUFR Center for Undergraduate Fellowships and Research
ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations
GRC Global Resources Center
ICARE Instructional Core for Advocacy, Research, and Excellence
ILL InterLibrary Loan
ITL Instructional Technology Lab (part of ICARE)
IBT International Brotherhood of Teamsters (or Gelman 702, their donor space)
LHRC Labor History Research Center (IBT Archives)
NCLC National Churchill Leadership Center (or Gelman 101, their donor space)
NEA National Education Association (Archives)
MonoAcq Monograph Acquisitions
OER Open Educational Resources
RDG Resource Description Group
RUS Research and User Services
ScholComm Scholarly Communications Group
SeRG Serials and eResources Group
SLT Senior Leadership Team
SCF Shared Collections Facility (WRLC)
SCRC Special Collections Research Center (also called Spec or SpecColl)
SDLI Strategic Digital Learning Initiatives
STG Scholarly Technology Group
ULC University Leadership Council
UTLC University Teaching and Learning Center (Faculty Development, part of ICARE)
WRLC Washington Research Library Consortium
AAP Affirmative Action Plan
CBA Collective Bargaining Agreements
CP Client Partner, formerly GW's HR Business Partners/Generalists, now Human Resource Service Delivery team or "HR Rep"
Comp Compensation
EAP Employee Assistance Program
ER* Employee Relations
FTE Full-Time Exempt
HRIS Human Resouces Information Systems
HRSD Human Resource Service Delivery
IEP Introductory Employment Period
IPP Internal Progressive Promotion
JD Job Description
KSA Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
LOA Leave of Absence
NEO New Employee Orientation
OD Organizational Development
PIP Performance Improvement Plan
PTO Paid Time Off
PCCA Performance Counseling and Corrective Action
PM Performance Management (Process)
PTBGW Proud to Be GW Festival
RIF Reduction in Force
SMART Goals Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound
TA Talent Acquisition
WLD Workplace Learning and Development
FSSC Faculty and Staff Service Center
PSHD Preventing Sexual Harassment and Discrimination (training)
COI Conflict of Interest
ColonialTemps Internal temporary worker agency, run by Talent Acquisition
TYCTWD Take your Children to Work Day
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CIO Chief Information Officer
CoS Chief of Staff
FD Finance Director
PI Principal Investigator
"Academic Center" Composed of Rome Hall, Phillips Hall, and Smith Hall of Art
"Biostats" The Rockville Biostatistics Center (part of the Milken Institute School of Public Health)
"Old Main" Now called "1922 F St." across from president's house, next to 1918 F St.
"The Yard" The University Yard
FB Foggy Bottom
MPA Media and Public Affairs
MVC Mount Vernon Campus
SEH Science and Engineering Hall
USC University Student Center (formerly Marvin Center)
VSTC Virginia Science and Technology Center (Ashburn)
[email protected] [email protected], also called Cornerstone
PA7 PeopleAdmin7
MARTHA HRMD Intranet, Sharepoint
EAS Enterprise Accounting System
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning (software)
iBuy Concur, expense reporting and travel planning
Colonial Connect Cisco Phone system
VPN Virtual Private Network
Jabber Computer-based Cisco phone that allows you to use your computer like a phone (your number will ring to your computer)
BanWeb Banner, also called GWeb
Gchat Google chat
GWID GW Identification
GWMail Gmail for GW
NetID First part of your email before "@"
FixIT Form for inputting facilities requests
TRS Time Reporting System, Kronos
DEI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
EPT Education Policy and Technology (Faculty Senate subcommittee)
GWALA GW Academic Leaders Academy
HVAC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
IRB Institutional Review Board
P-card Procurement Card (purchasing card, company credit card)
RFP Request for Proposal
Schools, Divisions, and Units
AT: Academic Technologies
BoT: Board of Trustees
BMAG: Business Management and Analysis Group
CPS: College of Professional Studies
CCAS: Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
DAR: Development and Alumni Relations
DIT: Division of Information Technology (DIT) now is called "IT"
DivOps: Division of Operations
DSA: Division of Student Affairs
DSS: Division of Safety and Security
DSS: Disability Support Services (Students)
ESIA: Elliott School of International Affairs
ER: External Relations
GWPD: George Washington Police Department
GSEHD (g-SHED): Graduate School of Education and Human Development
GSPM: Graduate School of Political Management
HRMD, HR: Human Resource Management and Development
HRSD: Human Resource Service Delivery
ISO: International Services Office
LAI (GWLAI): Libraries and Academic Innovation
SPH, Milken (GWSPH): Milken Institute School of Public Health
MSSC: Multicultural Student Services Center
OECP: Office of Ethics, Compliance and Privacy
OGC: Office of the General Counsel
OTP: Office of the President
OVPR: Office of the Vice President for Research
GCAS: Grants & Contracts Accounting Services
GWorld: GW ID card office - also manages building access and debit card or "colonial cash"
GWSB: School of Business
SEAS: School of Engineering and Applied Science
SMHS: School of Medicine and Health Sciences
SMPA: School of Media and Public Affairs
SON: School of Nursing
TSPPPA: Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
EMeRG: Emergency Management Response Group
SARC: Sexual Assault Response and Consultation Team
LAI-Specific
ARL: Association of Research Libraries
CDI: Course Design Institute (an ICARE program)
CDL: Collections Development Librarian OR Controlled Digital Lending
CLS: Consortium Loan Service
CUFR: Center for Undergraduate Fellowships and Research
ETDs: Electronic Theses and Dissertations
FinOps: Financial Operations
GRC: Global Resources Center
ICARE: Instructional Core for Advocacy, Research, and Excellence
ID: Instructional Design(er)
ILL: InterLibrary Loan
ITL: Instructional Technology Lab (part of ICARE)
IBT: International Brotherhood of Teamsters (or Gelman 702, their donor space)
LHRC: Labor History Research Center (IBT Archives)
MonoAcq: Monograph Acquisitions
NCLC: National Churchill Leadership Center (or Gelman 101, their donor space)
NEA: National Education Association (Archives)
OER: Open Educational Resources
RDG: Resource Description Group
RUS: Research and User Services
ScholComm: Scholarly Communications Group
SeRG: Serials and eResources Group
SLT: Senior Leadership Team
SCF: Shared Collections Facility (WRLC)
SCRC: Special Collections Research Center (also called Spec or SpecColl)
SDLI: Strategic Digital Learning Initiatives
STG: Scholarly Technology Group
ULC: University Leadership Council
UTLC: University Teaching and Learning Center (Faculty Development, part of ICARE)
WRLC: Washington Research Library Consortium
HRMD-Specific
AAP: Affirmative Action Plan
CBA: Collective Bargaining Agreements
CP: Client Partner, formerly GW's HR Business Partners/Generalists, now Human Resource Service Delivery team or "HR Rep"
Comp: Compensation
EAP: Employee Assistance Program
ER: Employee Relations
FTE: Full-Time Exempt
HRIS: Human Resouces Information Systems
HRSD: Human Resource Service Delivery
IEP: Introductory Employment Period
IPP: Internal Progressive Promotion
JD: Job Description (also PD, Position Description)
KSA: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
LOA: Leave of Absence
NEO: New Employee Orientation
OD: Organizational Development
PIP: Performance Improvement Plan
PTO: Paid Time Off
PCCA: Performance Counseling and Corrective Action
PMP: Performance Management (Process)
PTBGW: Proud to Be GW Festival
RIF: Reduction in Force
SMART Goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound
TA: Talent Acquisition
WLD: Workplace Learning and Development
FSSC: Faculty and Staff Service Center
PSHD: Preventing Sexual Harassment and Discrimination (training)
COI: Conflict of Interest
ColonialTemps: Internal temporary worker agency, run by Talent Acquisition
TYCTWD: Take your Children to Work Day
Titles
CFO: Chief Financial Officer
CIO: Chief Information Officer
CoS: Chief of Staff
FD: Finance Director
PI: Principal Investigator
Locations
"Academic Center": Composed of Rome Hall, Phillips Hall, and Smith Hall of Art
"Biostats": The Rockville Biostatistics Center (part of the Milken Institute School of Public Health)
"Old Main": Now called "1922 F St." across from president's house, next to 1918 F St.
"The Yard": The University Yard
FB: Foggy Bottom
MPA: Media and Public Affairs
MVC: Mount Vernon Campus
SEH: Science and Engineering Hall
USC: University Student Center (formerly Marvin Center)
VSTC: Virginia Science and Technology Center (Ashburn)
Technology
[email protected]: [email protected], also called Cornerstone
PA7: PeopleAdmin7
MARTHA: HRMD Intranet, Sharepoint
EAS: Enterprise Accounting System
ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning (software)
iBuy: Concur, expense reporting and travel planning
Colonial Connect: Cisco Phone system
VPN: Virtual Private Network
Jabber: Computer-based Cisco phone that allows you to use your computer like a phone (your number will ring to your computer)
BanWeb: Banner, also called GWeb
Gchat: Google chat
GWID: GW Identification
GWMail: Gmail for GW
UserID: Your UserID is the ID that you'll use to log in to GW resources
Fixit: Form for inputting facilities requests
TRS: Time Reporting System, Kronos
Other
DEI: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
EPT: Education Policy and Technology (Faculty Senate subcommittee)
GWALA: GW Academic Leaders Academy
HVAC: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
IRB: Institutional Review Board
P-card: Procurement Card (purchasing card, company credit card)
RFP: Request for Proposal
- GWLAI Departments and Organization
- Senior Leadership Team
- Communications and Events
- Finance Division
- HR & Professional Development
- Library Information
- Library Building Spaces
- Information in Case of Emergencies
- Statistics and Facts
- Commonly-Used GW Acronyms
- Technology Assistance
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