2.0 Official Names and Places
2.1 Building Names
Always consult the following website for the correct official spellings and capitalization of Stevens building names:
tour.stevens.edu (primary reference)
Use the full official names of the following buildings, labs, theaters and classrooms on first reference in writing, and shorter forms in subsequent references:
First reference* | Second/subsequent references can use |
|---|---|
the ABS Engineering Center | the ABS center |
Kenneth J. Altorfer Academic Complex | the Altorfer Complex |
the Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. Center for Business and Technology Management | the Babbio Center |
Burchard Hall | Burchard |
Castle Point Hall | CPH |
the Davidson Laboratory | the Davidson Lab |
the Grace E. and Kenneth W. DeBaun Auditorium | DeBaun Auditorium |
DeBaun Field / DeBaun Athletic Complex [both are acceptable] | (none) |
the Gateway Academic Center | Gateway |
the Griffith Building | (none) |
the Hanlon Financial Systems Center (HFSC) | Financial Systems Center or HFSC |
The Hanlon Financial Systems Lab | the Hanlon Lab |
the Hanlon Lab for Analytics and Data Visualization | Hanlon 2 |
the Wesley J. Howe Center | the Howe Center |
Hoxie House | (none) |
Lore-El Center for Women's Leadership | Lore-El Center, Lore-El |
the Morton-Peirce-Kidde Complex | Morton-Peirce-Kidde |
the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. Athletic and Recreation Center | the Schaefer Center |
Edwin A. Stevens Hall | EAS Building |
The William Hall Walker Gymnasium | Walker Gym / Walker |
the Ruesterholz Admissions Center | the Ruesterholz Center |
S.C. Williams Library or Samuel C. Williams Library | Williams Library / the library |
the University Center Complex | the UCC |
*In event listings, social media content, alumni communications and internal communications only, short forms are allowed throughout.
When describing events held in rooms of a building, use the following listing convention: Building first, room number or name second.
2.2 Campus Events
The formal names of special events are capitalized:
Alumni Weekend
Commencement
Innovation Expo
Stevens Awards Gala
2.3 Departments, Schools and Academic Programs
Academic Programs
Majors and minors are always lowercase in running text.
He is a chemical biology major.
She studied quantitative finance.
Those graduate students are pursuing their degrees in systems engineering.
Departments
Capitalize specific departments when used as a proper name. If you refer generally to a department, it should be lowercase.
Department of Computer Science, the computer science department
Division of Human Resources, the human resources division
Note that academic departments in the School of Engineering and Science are headed by department "chairs" and no longer "directors" (the former designation for this role at Stevens).
If a professorship is an endowed chair, it must always be spelled out fully and capitalized, including the "The" before the chair name:
The Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair in Economics of Engineering
Schools
Both "and" and "&" are acceptable forms of "and" in Stevens school names in some communications. When writing news stories and formal communications, however, always spell out "and." In graphic pieces, either is acceptable.
First reference | Acceptable on second reference |
|---|---|
the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science | the Schaefer School / SES |
the School of Business | the School of Business / the business school / SSB |
the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences | HASS |
University
When writing for external audiences, the first reference to the university should use its full, proper name. Subsequent occurrences can simply refer to "Stevens."
Stevens Institute of Technology (first reference)
Stevens (subsequent references)
Mix "the university" in during subsequent references.
Never refer to the university as:
"the Stevens Institute of Technology" (exception for official documents issued from the Board of Trustees)
"SIT"
"Stevens Tech" (exception for the Stevens Alma Mater or other legacy titles and the hashtag #stevenstech)
"the Institute"
The word "university" is NOT capitalized, even when referring to Stevens. Only use when part of a university's official name.