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 |