College, School, Office, Department and Program Names

• 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

Include “West Virginia University” or “WVU” with the name of the unit. Note that “West Virginia University” may precede or follow the unit’s name, but the “WVU” abbreviation always precedes the unit’s name. Subsequent references to the unit within the same document or context may omit the “West Virginia University” or “WVU.”

Examples: 
West Virginia University College of Law 
WVU College of Law 
West Virginia University Extension 
WVU Extension 
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University 
WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences 
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University 
WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center

Do not use possessives when writing these names, such as “WVU’s College of Law.” Instead, write “the WVU College of Law.” Names of colleges, schools, offices, departments and programs are capitalized when they refer to specific WVU units. Schools and colleges should use their Board of Governors-approved full name for the first reference.

Examples: 
Department of History 
School of Nursing 
Office of Graduate Education 

Unless they are proper names, such names are not capitalized when used generically in reference to disciplines and fields of study.

Examples: 
The WVU Public Administration Department offers courses focusing on law and history. 
Mike is an accounting major in the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics. 
Lisa is studying English and computer science at Potomac State College of WVU.

Morgantown Schools and Colleges:

Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources 

College of Creative Arts 

College of Applied Human Sciences

College of Law 

Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design 

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences 

John Chambers College of Business and Economics 

Reed College of Media 

School of Dentistry 

School of Medicine 

School of Nursing 

School of Pharmacy 

School of Public Health