Glossary

Terms, Acronyms, and Names used by Hatters

Like folks at all academic institutions, Stetson Hatters have developed a language of our own. This page is a glossary of terms you will commonly hear around the DeLand campus. Additionally, some named rooms are listed because although "everybody knows" where they are located, if you are new to campus you may not.

Hatter A student, alumnus, or employee of Stetson University. Also the Stetson University mascot.
AA Academic Affairs; The Office of Academic Affairs - first floor DeLand Hall.
AACSB Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business; accrediting body for the School of Business Administration.
AAC&U American Association of Colleges and Universities.
A&S Arts and Sciences; College of Arts and Sciences.
Academic Affairs Leaders Administrative staff who report directly to the Provost (Associate Vice President for Boundless Learning, Associate Provost for Faculty Development, Assistant Provost for Student Success, Director of Institutional Research, Director of International Learning, Registrar, Grants Director).
Academic Leaders Academic Deans, Department Chairs, Program Directors, etc - see Academic Leaders' web page
AC Assistant Coordinator (FOCUS-Orientation).
ACPA American College Personnel Association / College Student Educators International.
ACS American Chemical Society; accrediting body for Chemistry.
ACUHO Association of College and University Housing Officers.
ACUI Association of College Unions International.
ADA American with Disabilities Act.
Advising Matters An online advising handbook for students and faculty.
AFAC Activity Fund Allocation Committee.
AHEC Area Health Education Center (funding source of WAR Tobacco grants).
AODIC Alcohol & Other Drug Intervention Coalition.
APAC Academic Planning Avisory Committee.
ARC Academic Resources Center- now known as the Academic Success Center.
ASC Academic Success Center.
AY Academic Year.
Banner The University's administrative data base.
BannerWeb Online access for students, faculty, and staff to the Banner administrative data base, now known as my.stetson.edu or simply "myStetson."
BCM Baptist Collegiate Ministry, now know as Cooperative Collegiate Fellowship or CCF.
Blackboard Stetson's learning management system - class information maintained by faculty for the students enrolled in their classes. Blackboard login.
Bulletin Old name for the University catalog.
Bursar The Bursar's Office is where students can settle their accounts. The office, located in 112 Elizabeth Hall, is also known as Student Accounts.
CACREP Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs; accrediting body for Counselor Education.
CAS College of Arts and Sciences.
CASAB College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board.
Catalog The Stetson University catalog (formerly known as the Bulletin).
CCC Cross Cultural Center.
CCE Center for Community Engagement (formerly the Center for Service Learning).
CCF Cooperative Collegiate Fellowship (formerly known as BCM or Baptist Collegiate Ministry).
CCFCC Colleges of Central Florida Career Consortium.
CE Continuing Education.
CDAA Career Development and Academic Advising.
Celebration The Stetson Center at Celebration - a satellite campus south of Orlando.
CELL Continuing Education and Life-long Learning Committee.
CERTF Course Evaluation Review Task Force.
Chapel The Lee Chapel is located on the first floor of Elizabeth Hall; it was formerly known as the Elizabeth Hall Chapel or sometimes simply "Elizabeth Hall" or even EHA (Elizabeth Hall auditorium).
CHOMI Center for Holistic Microcredit Initiatives.
CIL Center for International Learning (formerly Center for International Education).
CIO Conference Room Chief Information Officer Conference Room, LBC 126.
CLaSS Campus Life and Student Success.
COE Constellation, or Center, of Excellence - interdisciplinary "group" formed to encourage intellectual curiosity, academic experiences, curricular initiatives, faculty development, and faculty and student support.
Coffee Shop A coffee shop located on the first floor of the CUB.
CoL or COL College of Law; Stetson University College of Law, located in Gulfport with a satellite campus in Tampa.
Commons The dining hall, located on the first floor of the CUB.
COSM*S Committee on Science, Mathematics, and Computer Science at Stetson.
CPE Certified Peer Educator.
CRN Course Reference Number - the number used to indicate a specific course and section number in Banner or my.stetson.edu.
C-Store A small convenience store located in the CUB, accessed from the east side.
CUB Carlton Union Building - Stetson's student union. The CUB houses the Commons (the dining hall), the Coffee Shop, the Faculty Lounge, and the SGA office on the first floor, and, the Student Success Center, the "HUB in the CUB," and the Office of the Dean of Students and Vice President for Campus Life as well as the Stetson Room and Private Dining Room on the second floor.
Dean

The chief academic officer of each of Stetson's colleges, schools, and library: the College of Arts and Sciences, The College of Law, The duPont-Ball Library, the School of Music, and the School of Business Adminstration. The deans report directly to the Provost, the chief academic officer of the University.

Stetson also has a Dean of Students, who oversees all student affairs.
Dean's Office

Academic Deans:

  • College of Arts and Sciences: 108 Elizabeth Hall.
  • duPont-Ball Library: check with the Circulation Desk.
  • School of Business Administration: 513 Lynn Business Center (LBC).
  • School of Music: 125 Presser Hall.

Dean of Students: 201 Carlton Union Building (CUB)
Degree Audit A listing of a student's progress toward their degree requirements, accessed through my.stetson.edu.
DH Davis Hall
DHBR or DLHBR DeLand Hall Board Room, located on the first floor of DeLand Hall.
Discovery Discovery students are students who have not yet declared a specific major (Discovery Program).
DPO Departmental Purchase Order.
EDGAR Education Department General Administration Regulations. All higher education institutions are required to have a comprehensive plan for prevention, education and management of alcohol and other drug situations in campuses. For more information on how this is implemented at Stetson, contact the office of the Vice President for Students Affairs.
EH Elizabeth Hall.
Eliz Elizabeth Hall.
Facilities The Facilities Management Team - for maintenance questions and/or to submit a work order, contact the Faciliites Managment Work Order Center at workdesk@stetson.edu or 386-822-8810 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. For after-hours emergencies, contact Public Safety at 386-833-7300.
Faculty Lounge Meeting room located on the first floor of the CUB.
FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/).
FCPA Florida Career Professionals Association.
Feasel Hall Feasel Rehearsal Hall, room 111, McMahan Hall.
FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
FTIC First Time in College.
FOCUS New student orientation, which begins after the residence halls open and before classes begin in August.
Forest of Arden Tree-filled lawn to the south of Sampson Hall and the east of Presser Hall.
Founding Fathers' Room Lecture hall/classroom - Elizabeth 322.
FSEM First year seminar.
FY Fiscal year.
FYE First year English: ENGL 100 or 101, taken by most first year students.
FYE First Year Experience Living Learning Community.
GEAC General Education Assessment Committee.
GLBTA Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies.
GPS Guide for Proactive Success; a program for students offered by the Academic Resources Center and the Student Success Center.
Green Pages Stetson's online campus directory.
HAC Hand Art Center.
Hansen (Computer) Lab Computer lab/classroom - 142 Sage Hall Science Center.
Hat Rack The campus snack bar, located in the CUB.
HATS High Achieving and Talented Students - an enrichment program for elementary and middle school students. For more info, email HATS@stetson.edu.
Hatter Saturday Accepted student day for admitted students, held annually in April - for more information, contact the Office of Admission.
Help Desk The IT Help Desk email: helpdesk@stetson.edu. You can also contact them 386-822-7217 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
HIPAA Heath Information Privacy Act (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996).
HOLA Hispanic Organization for Latin American Awareness.
HPAC Health Professions Advisory Committee - works with pre-health students (pre-med, pre-vet, pre-pharmacy, pre- other health professions) who are interested in pursuing a career in a health profession.
HR Human Resources - 111 Elizabeth Hall, 386-822-8710, humres@stetson.edu.
HRA Head Resident Assistant.
HRL Department of Housing and Residential Life, located in Nemec Hall.
HUB or Hub in the CUB A help desk for students and faculty with regards to Student Success resources, located on the second floor of the CUB. Also, email: hubinthecub@stetson.edu or contact 386-822-7776.
IFC Inter-Fraternal Council.
IHE Institution of Higher Education.
IM Intramurals or intramural sports.
ISO International Student Organization.
IR Incident Report.
IR or IRO Institutional Research Office, located on the second floor of DeLand Hall.
IRB Institutional Review Board, which reviews all research with human participants conducted at Stetson.
IT Information Technology - The IT helpdesk can be reached at helpdesk@stetson.edu or 386-822-7217 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. They are located in the lower level of the LBC, with exterior access from the north side of the building.
Jenkins Room Lecture hall/classroom - 213 Sage Hall Science Center.
John E. Johns Room Lecture hall/classroom - 315 Elizabeth Hall.
JS Junior seminar.
JSEM Junior seminar.
Lawson Room Seminar-style classroom - 206 Elizabeth Hall.
LAS Liberal Arts and Sciences.
LBC Lynn Business Center.
LBCBR Lynn Business Center Board Room - 213 LBC.
LEAP Liberal Education and America's Promise.
Lee Chapel Located on the first floor of Elizabeth Hall, the Lee Chapel was formerly known as the Elizabeth Hall chapel, sometimes simply "Elizabeth Hall" or even EHA (Elizabeth Hall auditorium).
LLC Living Learning Community.
LMS Learning Management System - at Stetson, we use Blackboard.
Math Clinic The math tutoring lab - 209 Elizabeth Hall.
Media Learning Technologies (Instructional Media) - located in the Media Center. Although the Media center is physically in the duPont-Ball Library building, it cannot be accessed from the Library per se. Enter via the courtyard on the north side of the library.
MH McMahan Hall.
MSC Multicultural Student Council.
my.stetson.edu or MyStetson Online access to the Banner administrative data base for all Stetson students, faculty, and staff; and sometimes called simply "MyStetson" and formerly known as BannerWeb.
NACA National Association of Campus Activities.
NACE National Association of Colleges and Employers.
NACURH National Association of College and University Residence Halls.
NASM National Association of Schools of Music; accrediting body for the School of Music.
NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.
NCATE National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education; accrediting body for Teacher Education.
NCC National Certified Counselor.
Nightlights A student activities/gathering room above the University Bookstore, CUB.
NIRSA National Intramural Sport Association (includes all campus recreation including club sports).
NRT Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
NSSE National Survey of Student Engagement.
OCR Office of Civil Rights (US Department of Education).
OSI Office of Student Involvement.
Palm Court The area in the center of campus with the fountain, sometimes referred to as the Quad.
PBK Phi Beta Kappa; honor society in the College of Arts and Sciences.
PH Presser Hall.
PO Post Office or mail room, located in the CUB near the Bookstore.
Private Dining Room Located behind the Stetson Room, on the second floor of the CUB.
Provost The Provost is the Chief Academic Officer of the University.
The Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs is located on the first floor of DeLand Hall.
PS Print Shop.
PS Public Safety.
P-Safe Public Safety.
PSO Public Safety Office, located at 405 N. Amelia Ave., 386-822-7300.
Purge At the end of the drop/add period, a computer purge, or deletion of records, is performed to make sure class rosters list only those students who are officially registered for classes. Students who find themselves "purged" should immediately see the Bursar and Registrar.
QEP Quality Enhancement Plan.
Quad The area in the center of campus with the fountain, also known as the Palm Court.
RA Resident Assistant.
RELC Rinker Environmental Learning Center.
ResLife Department of Housing and Residential Life, located in Nemec Hall.
RLC Residential Life Coordinator.
Rinker Auditorium Large auditorium-style lecture hall/classroom - 108 Lynn Business Center.
Rinker Field House Gymnasium located in the Hollis Center.
SACS Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; accrediting body for Stetson University.
SAFAC Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee.
Samp Sampson Hall.
Senior Academic Leadership Team (SALT) The Academic Deans plus the Academic Affairs Leaders.
SGA Student Government Association.
SH Sage Hall Science Center.
SHS Student Health Services.
SICE Stetson Institute for Christian Ethics.
SISR Stetson Institute for Social Research.
SOAR Stetson Outdoor Adventure and Recreation.
SoBA or SOBA School of Business Administration.
SoM or SOM School of Music.
Stetson Core The general education core requirements at Stetson University.
Stetson Quality and Innovation Team (SQuINT) Provost, Academic Deans, Academic Affairs Leaders, Vice President for Enrollment Management, and Vice President for Marketing.
Stetson Room Large meeting room, located on the second floor of the CUB.
Stetson Showcase A campus-wide symposium of Stetson undergraduate research held annually in April. Formerly known as SURCAS.
Stetson Today The website designed to serve as a single information source for all that is Stetson University: http://www.stetson.edu/portal/stetson-today/.
SUCOL Stetson University College of Law.
SUID Your Stetson University Identification number, also called your "800" number. SUID is specifically referred to at the login screen for my.stetson.edu. Every Stetson student and employee is issued a nine-digit SUID number (800-xx-xxxx).
SUM Stetson University Marketing, formerly known as Marketing and Communications.
SURCAS The Stetson Showcase which was formerly known as the Stetson Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts Symposium or SURCAS.
SURE Stetson Undergraduate Research Experience - summer research grants (SURE Grants) awarded to upperclass Stetson students.
SYE Second Year Experience Living Learning Community.
T.C. Lane Room Seminar-style classroom - Elizabeth 316.
TPE Tobacco Peer Education (in Wellness and Recreation).
Tri-C Cross Cultural Center.
UCCAP University Council on Curriculum and Academic Policy.
UCCAP Steering Committee Chair of UCCAP, Provost, Associate Provost for Faculty Development, Academic Deans, chair of UGEC, Faculty Senate represenative to UCCAP.
UGEC University General Education Committee.
Unit Campus mail box.
Unit One unit (course unit) is equal to four credit hours. (Course Unit System)
UVA University Village Apartments (student residence halls).
WAC Wilson Athletic Center.
Wands Room 126 LBC.
WAR Department of Wellness and Recreation.
WC Writing Center: a tutoring center for writing help - 209 Flagler Hall.
WebGarage Software used for building the University's Web pages.
WISE World, Intercultural Competence, Social Responsibility, Engagement.
Work Desk The Facilities Management Work Order Center email: workdesk@stetson.edu. You can also call them at 386-822-8810 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. For after-hours emergencies, contact Public Safety at 386-833-7300.
WORLD World Outreach Research Leadership and Development (formerly International Learning).
Writing Center A tutoring center for writing help - 209 Flagler Hall.
25L Auditorium-style lecture hall/classroom located in located in the Media Center. Although the Media Center is physically in the duPont-Ball Library building, it cannot be accessed from the Library per se. Enter via the courtyard on the north side of the library.
800 Number The 9-digit ID number (800-xx-xxxx) assigned to every student and employee at Stetson. It's also sometimes referred to as "SUID."
Greek Organizations at Stetson University:
ΑΧΏ Alpha Chi Omega (women's fraternity).
ΑΞΔ Alpha Xi Delta (women's fraternity).
ΔΔΔ Delta Delta Delta (women's fraternity).
ΠΒΦ Pi Beta Phi (women's fraternity).
ΖΤΑ Zeta Tau Alpha (women's fraternity).
ΔΣΦ Delta Sigma Phi (men's fraternity).
ΦΣΚ Phi Sigma Kappa (men's fraternity).
ΠΚΑ Pi Kappa Alpha (men's fraternity).
ΣΦΕ Sigma Phi Epsilon (men's fraternity).