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.