Alphabet Soup
Acronyms, pronunciations, addresses, and contact information for campus units.
- Administrative Annex: Ad Annex. Location of statewide office of the SBDC, 534 E. Trent Ave; www.wsbdc.org.
- Architecture
- Area Health Education Center: AHEC (ay-heck); www.ahec.spokane.wsu.edu; e-mail: ahec@wsu.edu.
- Associated Students of WSU Spokane: ASWSU Spokane; e-mail: aswsus@yahoo.com.
- Cancer Prevention & Research Center: CPRC (say each letter); use "&" rather than "and"; www.cancer.wsu.edu
- Center to Bridge the Digital Divide: CBDD (say each letter); http://cbdd.wsu.edu/.
- Child and Family Research Unit: CAFRU (KAFF-roo).
- Riverpoint Campus Library: www.cals.spokane.wsu.edu; e-mail: cals@wsu.edu.
- Criminal Justice: www.crimj.spokane.wsu.edu
- Drug Information Center: D-I-C (say each letter)
- Master of Engineering and Technology Management: METM (say each letter)
- Field-based Principal’s Certification
- Field-based Superintendent’s Certification: www.supercert.spokane.wsu.edu.
- Master of OR Department of Health Policy and Administration: HPA (say each letter); www.hpa.spokane.wsu.edu; e-mail: hpa@wsu.edu.
- Health Sciences Building: HSB; SHSB in time schedules.
- Hearing and Speech Clinic: Refer to as “UPCD Clinic” (see below); e-mail: upcd@wsu.edu.
- Interdisciplinary Design Institute: Second reference: Design Institute. No acronym allowed: "IDI" is copyright-protected and may not be used to refer to the Design Institute. www.idi.spokane.wsu.edu; e-mail: design@wsu.edu.
- Interior Design: ID; www.interiordesign.spokane.wsu.edu.
- Landscape Architecture: LA; www.msla.spokane.wsu.edu.
- Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement: MESA (may-suh); e-mail: mesa@wsu.edu.
- Office of Grant and Research Development: OGRD (say each letter); www.ogrd.wsu.edu.
- Office of Rural Health: ORH; housed in the AHEC.
- Phase I Classroom Building: Phase I; SCLS in time schedules.
- Riverpoint Campus: Formerly the Riverpoint Higher Education Park.
- Safe Start Initiative: Safe Start; www.safestart.spokane.wsu.edu.
- School Psychology Certification: A joint program with EWU; www.schoolpsych.spokane.wsu.edu; e-mail: schoolpsych@wsu.edu.
- Speech and Hearing Sciences: SHS (say each letter); www.speech-hrg.spokane.wsu.edu/
- Speech-language Pathology: See Speech and Hearing Sciences.
- Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute: Sirti (sur-tee); SIRT in time schedules; www.sirti.org.
- Spokane Small Business Development Center Spokane: SBDC (say each letter).
- University Programs in Communication Disorders: UPCD (say each letter); cooperative graduate programs of EWU and WSU Spokane; www.speech-hrg.spokane.wsu.edu.
- UPCD Clinic: Hearing and speech clinic of UPCD; e-mail: upcd@wsu.edu.
- Washington Higher Education Telecommunications Systems: WHETS (wetz).
- Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training: WIMHRT (wye-murt); www.wimirt.spokane.wsu.edu.
- Washington State's Small Business Development Centers: SBDC (say each letter)
- Washington State Institute for Community Oriented Policing: WSICOP (WIZZ-ee-kop); www.wsicop.spokane.wsu.edu; e-mail: wsicop@wsu.edu.
- Western Regional Institute for Community Oriented Public Safety: WRICOPS (RYE-kops); www.wricops.spokane.wsu.edu; e-mail: wricops@wsu.edu.
- WSU Spokane CityLab: No acronym; CityLab acceptable as a second reference; www.spokanecitylab.wsu.edu; e-mail: citylab@wsu.edu.
- WSU Spokane WWAMI Medical Education Program: "WSU Spokane WWAMI Medical Education Program" is the program's full name and should be used in its entirety.
- WSU/Spokane County Cooperative Extension: http://spokane-county.wsu.edu/.
*Acceptable as second references in a document.