The official name is the University of Georgia Athletic Association. Avoid the possibly confusing “athletic department,” commonly used on campus as a synonym for athletic association. UGA has an athletic association but no athletic department.

On Second Reference

athletic association.

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Avoid beginning a sentence with “4-H.” Members may be referred to sparingly as 4-H’ers. It is preferable to use members or youths instead: The University of Georgia Extension 4-H program sponsors the Anywhere County 4-H Club.

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The full, formal name is the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. However, academic affairs is acceptable on first reference in most writing: Faculty records are kept by academic affairs.

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Office of Undergraduate Admissions on first reference: The Office of Undergraduate Admissions handles undergraduate applications; the Graduate School processes graduate admissions.

On Second Reference

Use admissions office on second and subsequent references.

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Research from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is conducted on the college's agricultural experiment stations. The generic term is lowercase but the individual stations are capitalized.

There are three major stations: College Station in Athens, Georgia Station in Griffin and Coastal Plain Station in Tifton.

The other eight centers (formerly called branch stations) in the research program are:

  • Attapulgus Research Farm and Education Center (Attapulgus)
  • C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park (Camilla)
  • J. Phil Campbell Research and Education Center (Watkinsville)
  • Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center (Blairsville)
  • Northwest Georgia Research and Education Center (Calhoun)
  • Southeast Georgia Research and Education Center (Midville)
  • Southwest Georgia Research and Education Center (Plains)
  • Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center (Lyons)
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