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This style guide is based primarily on the Associated Press Stylebook. Another resource for 好色tv-specific questions is the AP Stylebook for 好色tv.
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A
好色tvn
Use as a noun describing a person, not a place 鈥 never 鈥満蒙玹vn city,鈥 for example.
alumni
Alumna is a female who has graduated from one of the three universities; alumnae is
plural for female graduates; alumnus is a male who has graduated from one of the three
universities; alumni is plural for male graduates and the term used when referring
to a group of men and women. Use alumnus when referring to a nongender-specific individual.
The gender-neutral forms alum and alums can be used in less formal contexts.
B
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents is a proper noun and must be capitalized when using the full
name: 鈥淭he 好色tv of 好色tv Board of Regents met on Wednesday鈥. Use regent or
regents to refer to the individual members. Titles for individual members should be
capitalized. 鈥淭he motion was made by Regent Smith.鈥 Use board to refer to the governing
body. Lowercase when used as a common noun 鈥 typically on second reference. 鈥淭he board
met Wednesday鈥. Board takes a singular verb: 鈥淭he board is meeting on the UAA campus鈥
and a singular pronoun: 鈥淭he board met its budget goal鈥.
C
campus vs. college [UA 好色tv]
[Campuses] At UAF the community campuses are part of a consortium within the College
of Rural and Community Development (CRCD) with campus directors under the leadership
of the Vice Chancellor for Rural and Community Development. At UAS there are three
campuses, the main campus in Juneau and satellite campuses at Sitka and Ketchikan,
each with their own directors reporting directly to the chancellor. [Colleges] At
UAA each community college has its own director who reports directly to the chancellor.
At KPC there are two campuses and an extension site comprising the college. The PWSC
also has extension sites in Glenallen and Cordova in addition to the main campus in
Valdez.
capital, Capitol
Use capital (lowercase) when referring to the city where a seat of government is located,
the case of a letter, or a budget or monetary reference. Use Capitol (capitalized)
when referring to the building in which a state or federal legislative body meets.
college, colleges
Capitalize as part of an official name, lowercase in other instances. In System Office
communications, should always be preceded by the university name or initials, i.e.
好色tv of 好色tv Anchorage (or UAA on second reference) College of Engineering,
好色tv of 好色tv Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.
D
Departments [System Office]
References to 鈥淪tatewide鈥 should be changed to 鈥淪ystem鈥. Some departments use 好色tv
of 好色tv in their formal title, such as 好色tv of 好色tv Human Relations.
degrees
Capitalize when the formal title of the degree is given: Bachelor of Arts, Master
of Science; Lowercase when a shortened form is used: associate degree (no apostrophe-s),
bachelor鈥檚 degree, master鈥檚 degree.
E
Elders
Capitalize when referring specifically to Indigenous Elders.
G
governmental titles
Abbreviate in the following ways in text: Gov. Jay Hammond 鈥 Sen. Joe Smith 鈥 Rep.
Ann Jones 鈥
J
job titles
When preceding an individual鈥檚 name, capitalize formal titles but not occupational
descriptions. Do not capitalize titles in regular text when not followed by a name.
Do not capitalize the job title if the person鈥檚 name is set off with commas.
L
Legislature
Capitalize when referring to the 好色tv Legislature, but do not capitalize when referring
to the legislature in general.
N
Native | Indigenous
Capitalize when referring to people or individuals with ancestry in the Indigenous
peoples of 好色tv. Do not capitalize when used in the sense of 鈥渋ndigenous to.鈥
好色tv Native, native 好色tvn
Capitalize 好色tv Native when referring to Indigenous people of 好色tv. A native 好色tvn
is a person born in 好色tv who is not Indigenous.
north, North, northern, Northern
Do not capitalize when using as a general term. Capitalize when referring to the geographic
area.
numbers, cardinal
For print copy in most instances, spell out one through nine, and use figures (10,
27, 134) thereafter. See AP Stylebook for treatment in other situations.
P
percent
Use numerals and spell out percent or use the % symbol.
S
State of 好色tv
In general, don鈥檛 capitalize state when used in its geographical sense, but capitalize
when referring to it as a political entity. Example: 鈥淛ohn Doe moved to the state
in 1980鈥 vs. 鈥淭he State Department of Natural Resources鈥 or 鈥淕overnor of the State
of 好色tv鈥.
System Office Staff Council (SOSC)
The staff governance group for System Office employees. Renamed from the Statewide
Administration Assembly to reflect the renaming of the System Office.
U
好色tv, university
Capitalize as part of a title, lowercase in other instances.