A guide to common acronyms used in I.T. and around the Foundation


Foundation Acronyms

AGC

Annual Giving Council

ATH

Athletics

BOD

Board of Directors (Formerly Board of Governors)

BOT

Board of Trustees

BPPM

Business Policies and Procedures Manual (Contains all information about policies/procedures at WSU)

BRE

Business Reply Envelope

CAC

Call-a-Coug telephone outreach student program

CAHNRS

College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resources Sciences

CAS

College of Arts and Sciences

CC

Conference Cart

COR

Corporate Relations

FDR

Foundation Relations

CII

People who plan on leaving WSU in their will

COM

Edward R. Murrow College of Communications

CON or CNR

College of Nursing

CPA

Crimson Presidents Associate

CUA

Current Use Agreement (Similar to GUA)

CVM

College of Veterinarian Medicine

DC

Development Coordinator

DevCab

Development Cabinet (All development staff at WSU)

DNL

Data and List Request

DO or DOD

Development Officer

Donor Rolls

Donor names listed for Fiscal year gifts of $100 or more

CBE

Carson College of Business

CPH

College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

ESFCOM or MED

Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Ex-Officio Trustee

Trustees who hold positions that make them automatic members of the Board of Trustees (i.e. ASWSU President, Provost)

Fab 5

Five member team that replaced Mark

Fall Meeting

Fall meeting of the WSU Foundation Board of Trustees. Held in Pullman each year

FND

Foundation

FOAS

Finance, Operations, Advancement Services (department)

FS

FreshService Support

FY

Fiscal Year (July 1 – June 30)

GUA

Gift Use Agreement: defines the uses and purposes for accounts between donor and WSU

HON

Honors College

IT

Information Technology

Laureates

Donors of whose cumulative giving is $1 million or more

LIB

Library programs

LT or L-Team

Leadership Team

Matching Gifts

Money “matched” by an employer. This money is counted toward the original donors giving totals

MGAE

Major Gifts Account Executive (Development directors and major gift team)

MOA

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

PA Event

Events held for Presidents Association

PA’s

Presidents Association (Donors of $2500 or more)

PAC

Presidents Associates Cabinet – Members of the WSU Foundation Board of Trustees who serve on the cabinet for increasing membership to our Presidents Associates program

PCI

Payment Card Industry (Compliance and Standards)

PF

Pledge Form

PGAB

Planning Giving Advisory Board – Seattle, Spokane, and Portland all have these boards to discuss planned gifts. Meets on monthly basis.

PPA

Platinum Presidents Associates ($50K in FY)

Pre-Game

Presidents Associates events help prior to football games

SDU

Secure Data Uploaders

Signature Authority

The person in your department who is approved to sign off on each budget

SPA

Silver Presidents Associates ($5000-$9999 in FY)

Spring Meeting

Spring meeting of WSU board of Trustees (held off-campus each year)

TA

Travel Authority (Forms to be submitted prior to any travel)

TB

Trustee Bulletin (Monthly newsletter sent to all Trustees)

TC

Town Centre

TC 205

Large Conference Room (205) in Town Centre

TC 310

Upstairs meeting room (Outlook shows as 310, actually 312) in Town Centre

TEA

Temporary employment appointment

TEV

Travel Expense Voucher (reimbursement form to be submitted following travel)

Time Slip

Slip for hourly employees to fill out

Trustee Ambassador

Trustee who has completed term, but wants to remain involved in WSU Foundation

Trustee Handbook

Handbook containing information about trustees, committee, etc.

Trustee Roster

Roster of all WSUF Trustees

Trustee

Elected member off WSU Foundation Board. Serves up to 2 consecutive 3-year terms

UA

University Advancement

CEA

Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture

WSF

Washington State University Foundation (IT team)

WSU Central

WSU Pullman

EVT

WSU Everett

WSUF

Washington State University Foundation

SPO

WSU Spokane

TRI

WSU Tri-Cities

VAN

WSU Vancouver

DAR

Development Activity Report – One of the main reporting tools

PGP

Principal Giving Prospect – Prospect with the ability to give over $1 million

MGS

Major Gift Solicitation (Ask is currently pending)

CU

Cultivation (Planning to ask in the next 12-18 months)

A

Assessment (Prospect has been identified to have major gift capacity, but needs clarification on inclination)

MP

Program Prospect (Prospect has inclination towards a specific program, but “Not now”)

RI

Research Identified (Prospect has financial capacity on paper, but need qualification to assess interest)

S

Stewardship (Prospect is in ultimate stewardship)

EFT

Electronic Funds Transfer