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   Departments/Organizations/Places on Campus


AAUP American Association of University Professors
AMAC Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center
ARO Animal Resource Office
BOT Board of Trustees
BSC Business Service Center
CBC Central Budget Committee
CCOM Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping
CCRC Climate Change Research Center
CEMS Chemical Engineering Management System
CEOP Community Environmental Outreach Program
CEPS College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
CFAR Center For Academic Resources
CHHS College of Health and Human Services
CICEET Cooperative Institutes for Coastal & Estuarine Environmental Technology
CIE Center for International Education
CINEMAR Cooperative Institute for New England Mariculture and Fisheries
CIS Computing and Information Services
CML Coastal Marine Laboratory
COLA College of Liberal Arts
COLSA College of Life Sciences and Agriculture
CSDC Child Study and Development Center
CSRC Complex Systems Research Center
DSS Disability Services for Students
ECD Energy and Campus Development
ECG Enterprise Computing Group - CIS
EOS Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space
EHS Environmental Health and Safety
EPSCoR Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
FA Finance and Administration
FAC Finance and Administration Council
FAO Financial Aid Office
GAIM Global Analysis, Integration and Modeling
GLBT President's Commission on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Issues
GISP2 Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2
GSC Granite State College (formerly CLL - College for Lifelong Learning)
HCGS Hubbard Center for Genome Studies
HR Human Resources
HS Health Services
IOD Institute On Disability
IOL InterOperability Laboratory
IRB Institutional Review Board
IROP International Research Opportunity Program
JEL Jackson Estuarine Laboratory
KSC Keene State College
MUB Memorial Union Building
NEC New England Center
NHIRC New Hampshire Industrial Research Center
NHPTV New Hampshire Public Television
NRESS Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science
OES Outreach Education & Summer Session
OISS Office of International Students and Scholars
OMSA Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
OT Occupational Therapy
OPAL Ocean Process Analysis Laboratories
ORPC Office of Research Partnerships and Commercialization
OSR Office of Sponsored Research
PCAC Paul Creative Arts Center - home to the Departments of Theater & Dance, Art & Music
PSU Plymouth State University (formerly Plymouth State College)
RCC Research Computing Center
RCM Responsibility Center Management
ROTC Reserve Officers Training Corps - Army ROTC & Air Force ROTC
SBDC Small Business Development Center
SCOPE Student Committee on Popular Entertainment
SHARPP Sexual Harrassment and Rape Prevention Program
SOS Student Organization Services
SPCT Small Projects Construction Team
T-HALL Thompson Hall houses the University's administration. It's named for Benjamin Thompson, a wealthy farmer who left a generous bequest in 1890 to establish a college in Durham.
TNH The New Hampshire - UNH Student Newspaper
TSAS Thompson School of Applied Science
UHS University Hospitality Services
UIC University Instrumentation Center
UNHM University of New Hampshire - Manchester campus
URC Undergraduate Research Conference
UROP Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
USNH University System of New Hampshire
UTC University Technology Center - UNH Computer Store
WHIT Whittemore Center Arena
WSBE Whittemore School of Business and Economics

Positions/People

CWS College Work Study
EE Extension Educator's - Work for Cooperative Extension throughout the State
FACULTY Tenure and Non-Tenure Track Faculty
OS Operating Staff - Non Exempt Staff
PAT Professional, Administrative and Technical Staff - Exempt Staff
RA Resident Assistant
TA Teaching Assistant
VPAA Vice President for Academic Affairs
VPFA Vice President for Finance and Administration
VPR Vice President for Research
VPSA Vice President for Student Affairs

   Reference: Forms and Miscellaneous

AA Associate in Arts Degree(TSAS), Associate in Arts Degree(Continuing Education)
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ARC Additional Retirement Contribution
ATB Across-The-Board Increase
AY Academic Year
BA Bachelor of Arts Degree
BANNER Finance, Student and Human Resources Application Software from SCT
BS Bachelor of Science Degree
CATVISION UNH Information Channel
EAP Employee Assistance Program
EBPA Employee Benefits Plan Administration
EMAIL Electronic Mail - Microsoft Outlook
ET Earned Time
EXEMPT Includes most PATs, Faculty, Academic Administrators, Extension Educators, and Principal Administrators. Exempt faculty and staff are normally paid on a daily or annual basis.
EPAF Electronic Personnel Action Form
FAIR Fast and Impartial Resolution Complaint and Grievance Process
FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act
FT Full Time
FY Fiscal Year
FYI For Your Information
I-9 Employment Eligibility Verfication Form
INS Immigration and Naturalization Services
JPR Job Performance Review (now known as Performance Assessment Review)
KEEP NH Knowledge Economy Education Plan for New Hampshire
LAN Local Area Network
LTD Long Term Disability
MA Master of Arts Degree
MBA Masters in Business Administration
MS Master of Science Degree
NON-EXEMPT Includes all Operating Staff positions, and most non-status positions. Staff in this category are paid based upon an hourly rate in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act non-exempt provisions.
PCARD Purchasing Card
PDQ Position Description Questionnaire
Ph.D. Doctor of Philosphy
P.O. Purchase Order
Project FRESH Finance, Research, Human Resources
PT Part Time
T&A Time and Attendance
WILDCAT Transit UNH Campus Shuttle Bus Service

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