Style Guide

• The University’s Name
• WVU System Campus Names
• College, School, Office, Department and Program Names
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Degrees
• Academic and Professional Titles
• Building Names
• Style and Punctuation
• Common Words and Expressions

Good writing is clear, specific and concise.

Anyone who is writing something has to make choices. On which side of the period do I put the quotation marks? Do I capitalize the job titles of the people in my office? How do I refer to the departments within my school? There are a few reference works that will help answer your questions.

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary

The Associated Press Stylebook 

The latest version is available online via WVU Libraries, via an app for your smartphone, and even in print. Also, check out apstylebook.com, @APStylebook and #APStyleChat on X.

The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White, is a time-tested classic guide to writing with clarity and style (but ignore their advice about using the serial comma).