Distinguished Research Professor
Capitalize this formal title, comparable to a chaired professorship, awarded by the UGA Research Foundation. She is Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry.
Category: Capitalization
East Campus
Capitalize this term for the area east of East Campus Road.
dean
Capitalize only when it precedes a name. Don’t combine dean, or any administrative title, with an academic title before a name (for example, do not use Dean Dr. John Doe).
colleges and schools
Capitalize the full, formal names of UGA schools and colleges. If the college is named after someone, include the honoree’s last name; first names and initials need be included only in the most formal settings, such as Honors Day or Commencement programs. Where possible, use full names on first reference and informal names thereafter. See entries for the individual colleges and schools for specific second references.
On first reference in written publications for external audiences, preface the name of the school or college with “the University of Georgia” unless the full university name has been used earlier. On second reference, informal names (law school, education college, veterinary college) are lower case.
Always use chronological order by founding date for formal listing of the university’s schools and colleges:
- Franklin College of Arts and Sciences (1801)
- College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (1859)
- School of Law (1859)
- College of Pharmacy (1903)
- Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources (1906)
- Mary Frances Early College of Education (1908)
- Graduate School (1910)
- C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business (1912)
- Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication (1915)
- College of Family and Consumer Sciences (1933)
- College of Veterinary Medicine (1946)
- School of Social Work (1964)
- College of Environment + Design (1969)
- School of Public and International Affairs (2001)
- College of Public Health (2005)
- Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology (2007)
- College of Engineering (2012)
- Jere W. Morehead Honors College (2021)
The Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership was established in 2009. Although it is not a school or college, it is headed by a campus dean.
The distinction between schools and colleges is, in general, one of breadth: colleges consist of multiple academic units, schools of one or two. Do not call a college a school.
Several “schools” are in fact units (departments or groups of departments) within one of these colleges or schools; capitalize them. The Hugh Hodgson School of Music and the Lamar Dodd School of Art are units of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; the Tull School of Accounting is a department of the Terry College of Business. The School of Marine Programs coordinates several separate programs in marine sciences.
Commencement
Upper case the formal ceremony; lower case for generic usage: Undergraduate Commencement will be held in Sanford Stadium. UGA held three commencements each year from 2000 until 2015.
committee
Capitalize the full names of committees that are part of formal organizations: the Educational Affairs Committee of University Council. Use lower case for shortened and informal versions of committee names: The University Council committee on academic honesty will meet Tuesday.
course titles
In most cases, course titles can be lower case, without quotation marks—a description of subject matter rather than an official title. He teaches beginning calculus each fall. She developed the course on contract law.
In those rare cases where this approach would be confusing, caps or quotation marks (or both) may be used. Be consistent (as much as possible) within the story or publication.
centers
The names of centers are capitalized. Remember that acronyms and initialisms commonly used within a unit may not be appropriate or necessary for an external audience.
On first reference in written publications for an external audience, preface the name of the center with “the University of Georgia” unless the full university name has been used earlier.
Centers must be approved by the board of regents and University Council.
Centers and institutes differ in focus. A center provides an organizational base for research and a structure for extramural funding. It is not an autonomous structure and is not involved in independently offering credit courses or degree programs. An institute shares a center’s focus but has a more formalized structure, may be an autonomous unit and will offer credit courses and possibly degree programs.
Visit the “More information” link below for a current list of UGA centers.
chair
As a leadership title (along with chairman, chairwoman, chairperson).
A faculty member who is appointed to a named professorship is said to hold or occupy a chair. Any chair (any named professorship) can be called an endowed chair, because it is supported by an endowment (funds specifically set aside or donated for the purpose, from either internal or external sources).
Named professorships are capitalized. Often the full title includes first names and middle initials of the donors; they may be omitted in normal use.
On Second Reference
On second reference, the field may often be omitted as well. If Jane Doe is the Beatrice E. Dante Professor of Medieval Imagery, she holds the Beatrice E. Dante Chair [or Professorship] in Medieval Imagery. Even on first reference, in all but the most formal settings, these may be rendered the Dante Professor of Medieval Imagery and the Dante Chair in Medieval Imagery.
College of Engineering
On Second Reference
The engineering college or the college.