Student Affairs Acronym List
AACRAO American Association of Collegiate Registrar and Admissions
ABS Association of Black Students – UofL RSO
ACC Atlantic Coast Conference
ACH Wire Transfer
ACPA American College Personnel Association
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act – 1990 federal legislation that prohibits discrimination on basis of disability
AHEAD Association on Higher Education and Disability – professional association for disability services professionals in higher education
AHEPPP Association of Higher Education Parent Program Professionals
ANTSHE Association for Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education
AP Accounts Payable
AR Accounts Receivable
ASB Alternative Service Break
ASBB Alternative Service Break Board
ASCA Association for Student Conduct Administration
ASL American Sign Language
ATH Authorization to Hire
BCM Baptist Campus Ministries
BCO Budget Change Order
BFSA Black Faculty/Staff Association
BOO Board of Overseers
BOT Board of Trustees
BRR Budget Revision Request
BT Batch
BTR Budget Transfer Request
CA Conference Assistant – Housing Staff
CACE Certificate in Adult and Contingency Education
CBC Criminal Background Check
CEHD College of Education and Human Development
CIRP Cooperative Institutional Research Program (Freshman assessment)
CODRE Commission on Diversity and Racial Equality
CONECT Caring of New Students Experiencing College Transition
COO Chief Operating Officer
COSW Commission on the Status of Women
CPAK College Personnel Association of Kentucky
CPC Club Programming Committee (fund)
CPE Counsel on Postsecondary Education
CSF Clifton Strengths Finder
CSP College Student Personnel
CSS Commuter Student Services
DA Department Assistant
DOS Dean of Students
DPS Department of Public Safety
DRC Disability Resource Center – the disability services office for students at UofL
e-CHUG The electronic Check-up to GO! Alcohol
e-TOKE The electronic Check-up to GO! Drugs
ECPY Educational and Counseling Psychology
EFMI Position Management System
EFT Direct deposit
ELD Enhanced Long Distance (Number)
ELSB Engage Lead Serve Board
EMPLID Employee ID or Student ID (PeopleSoft adaptation)
ET Expense Transfer
FA Facility Assistant – Housing Staff
FWS Federal Work-Study
FY Fiscal Year
GA Graduate Assistant
GEMS Guaranteed Entrance to Medical School students
HEA Higher Education Administration
HPES Health Promotion, Physical Education and Sports Studies
HR Human Resources
HVP Honors Volunteer Program
I2A Ideas to Action (UofL QEP critical thinking initiative)
IFC Inter Faith Center
IFC Inter Fraternity Council
IMRS Intramural and Recreational Sports
IR Incident Report
IR Institutional Research
ISLP International Service Learning Program
IT Information Technology
IUT Intra-University Transfer
JDC Job Data Correction
JDF Job Description Form (replaces PIF)
JV Journal Voucher
KARH Kentucky Association of Residence Housing
KASFAA Kentucky Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
KCDHH Kentucky Commission on Deaf and Hard of Hearing – state agency that provides advocacy for deaf and hard of hearing issues
KCTCS Kentucky Community and Technical College System
KICS Kentucky Interdisciplinary Community Screening
KLA Kentucky Leadership Academy (for SGA leaders at KY Publics)
KY-AHEAD Kentucky Association on Higher Education and Disability – our state regional affiliate of the national AHEAD
KY-RID Kentucky Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf – state affiliate of RID
LDA Learning Disabilities Association – national association providing resources and advocacy for persons with learning disabilities
LDA-KY Learning Disabilities Association of Kentucky – state affiliate of LDA
LEAD Freshmen Leadership Program
LFO Lead Fiscal Officer
LGBT Office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Services
LLC Living Learning Communities
LR Lift Registration
MAEP Multicultural Academic Enrichment Programs
MITC Miller Information Technology Center (pronounced “Mitzi”)
MTRP Minority Teacher Recruitment Project
NAD National Association for the Deaf – professional association/certifying entity
NASPA National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
NCCP National Center for Children in Poverty
NFB National Federation of the Blind
NPHC National Pan-Hellenic Council
NRHH National Residence Hall Honorary
NSE National Student Exchange
NSSE National Survey of Student Engagement
OCE Office of Community Engagement
OCR Office for Civil Rights – the federal agency charged with assuring compliance with federal civil rights statutes including ADA – most likely to receive and investigate a federal complaint of disability discrimination should one be filed
OFB Office for the Blind (Kentucky) – this state agency provides services for blind and visually impaired in Kentucky
OPB Office of Planning and Budget
PAR Position Authorization Request
PDC Professional Development Committee
PEACC Prevention, Education and Advocacy on Campus and in the Community
PIQ Position Information Questionnaire
PNG Persona Non Grata – Persons not welcome at UofL
QEP Quality Enhancement Plan
RA Resident Assistant
RAD Rape Aggression Defense (classes taught by DPS)
RAL Resident Assistant Leader
RATS Student Staff responsible for providing technical support to residence hall students and maintaining computers in the Housing Office
RBAA Red Barn Alumni Association
RBPO Red Barn Programs Office
RD Resident Director
RFD Request for Disbursement
RID Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
RLA Religious Life Association
RLC Residence Life Coordinator
RR Restrict Registration
SAAB Student African American Brotherhood
SAAC Student Athlete Advisory Committee
SAB Student Activities Board
SAC Student Activities Center
SACSA Southern Association of College Student Affairs
SCM Social Change Model
SCT Student Care Team
SGA Student Government Association
SER Student Engagement Record
SL Service Learning
SIGS School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies
SOUL Student Outreach Uniting Louisville
SRC Student Recreation Center
SSS Student Support Services (Federally Funded TRIO Program)
STEC Strategic Technology Executive Committee
TFF Task Force Freshman – SGA program to get freshman involved
TFTF Task Force on Tuition and Fees
TRIO Student Support Services – a department within Student Affairs located in Davidson Hall
UBM Unit Business Manager
ULCC University of Louisville Counseling Center
ULEAD University of Louisville Early Admissions to Dental School
ULP UofL Properties Housing
ULPD University of Louisville Police Department
VoIP Voice-over Internet Protocol – our phones
VPSA Vice Provost for Student Affairs
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
XPY X-pay – additional pay form
504 Refers to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (federal legislation that prohibits discrimination on basis of disability). Requirements for colleges/universities are addressed in Section 504, hence the reference to “504”