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The Seattle Pacific University Office of University Communications works to ensure that official SPU print and online publications are accurate and consistent in information, spelling, grammar, and editorial style.
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- The communication specialists consider the AP Stylebook their bible for editorial do's and don'ts.
Black. Capitalize when used as an adjective in a racial, ethnic, or cultural sense.
- Black people, Black culture, Black literature, Black studies, Black colleges.
Black(s), white(s). Do not use either term as a singular noun. For plurals, phrasing such as Black students, white students, Black faculty and staff, white faculty and staff are preferable when clearly relevant.
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composition titles. Following the Chicago Manual of Style, italicize and capitalize titles of full-length, freestanding works: books, periodicals (magazines, journals, etc.) and named blogs, newspapers, museum and gallery art exhibitions and catalogs, individual works of art (paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, etc.), movies, musicals, operas and other long musical compositions, long poetic works, plays, album-length recordings, TV and radio shows, and regularly appearing cartoons or comic strips.
In running text, use roman type, capitalize, and use quotation marks around the titles of lectures, book chapters, articles, papers and other conference presentations, blog entries, most poems, speeches, songs and other shorter musical compositions, and TV or radio show episodes. Do not enclose headlines or course titles in quotation marks. The names of broadcast networks and channels are set in roman.
Do not italicize the Undergraduate Catalog, Graduate Catalog, Time Schedule, and names of SPU handbooks (e.g., Employee Handbook, Faculty Handbook, Residence Life Handbook) when used online.
comprehensive university. Seattle Pacific University is a comprehensive university, because it has a liberal arts and sciences college and graduate and professional schools that confer degrees in various fields. It is not a liberal arts university. See liberal arts university.
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- Correct: Autumn Quarter classes begin September Sept. 27 and end the first week of December.
Deana L. Porterfield, EdD. The 12th president of Seattle Pacific University. She will assume the role President Porterfield took office on July 1, 2023. She prefers to be addressed as President Porterfield over Dr. PorterfieldDr. Porterfield by students, faculty, and staff. (Her first name is pronounced Dee-na). Her name is to be listed with her middle initial 'L.' She President Porterfield ends her correspondence with "Prayers and optimismOptimism." For emails, please use "President Deana L. Porterfield" in the From line.
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Menjares, Pete, PhD. SPU's interim president, beginning July 1, 2021. Prior to his appointment as interim president, he served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Vanguard University, where he was also the founding senior director of the Institute for Faculty Development. He was also a member of the SPU Board of Trustees.
more than, over. Either term is acceptable to indicate greater numerical value. The word "over" can also refer to spatial relationships.
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people of color, racial minority. Follow AP style: The terms people of color and racial minority/minorities are generally acceptable terms to describe people of races other than white in the United States. Avoid using POC. When talking about just one group, be specific: Chinese Americans or members of the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida, for example. Be mindful that some Native Americans say the terms people of color and racial minority fall short by not encompassing their sovereign status. Avoid referring to an individual as a minority unless in a quotation.
percent. One word. Always use figures for percentages, including percentages under 10, unless referring to multiple references in a document listing numbers or financial information. The symbol (%) is also acceptable in all cases and should follow the numeral with no spaces. Whichever is chosen, be consistent throughout the text.
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In text, the first reference to the University should be Seattle Pacific University. Subsequent references should intermix Seattle Pacific, SPU, and the University. Within larger documents (such as Response), a decision must be made whether or not to begin each individual section with the full name. Capitalize "University" when it is not preceded by a possessive adjective (e.g. "my" or "our"). Capitalize "u" in "university" otherwise. For example: "The decision was related to repositioning efforts facing our university" vs. "The University is making repositioning decisions."
Online faculty CVs. The faculty member should not include the following:
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URL. When specific writing web addresses (URLs) in text, *do not use http://_ or www* before an address. Lowercase the letters, per the _AP Stylebook.
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