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Acronym
124B
AA
ADA
ABF
AED
ADR
ADVISOR QUERY
AIMS
ALCT
ALT
ANDR
ANNX
A/P Staff
APSAC
AQIP
AR
ARP
AV
AS
AY
B&B
BANNER
BASS
BEx
BINGO sheets
Blackboard Vista
BW
CACUBO
CCC
CCLD
CD01
CENTER, The
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Meaning
1247 169th St. Building (formerly known as ECTR)
Affirmative Action OR Academic Affairs
Americans with Disabilities Act
Academic Budget & Finance (Department)(formerly known as Resource
Management)
Automatic External Defibrillator - a portable electronic device that
automatically diagnoses the potentially life threatening cardiac
arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia in a
patient,[1] and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the
application of electrical therapy which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the
heart to reestablish an effective rhythm.
Adult Registration Day
A software application that advisors, faculty and other members of the
staff utilize to look up student information.
Account Information Management System – AIMS is accessed via
OnePurdue and serves as the interface through which financial data is
reported.
Academic Learning Center Building (Merrillville)
Academic Leadership Team
Edward D. Anderson Building
Millard E. Gyte Annex Building
Administrative and Professional Staff
Administrative and Professional Staff Advisory Committee
Academic Quality Improvement Program
Accounts Receivable
Academic Recovery Program
Audio Visual
Administrative Services
Academic Year
Best & Brightest Scholarship program
PUC’s Student Information System used to manage student data.
Business Administration for Student Services (Department)
Business Explorer – reporting tool used in conjunction with SAP for
extracting data and formatting into reports
Course requirements - plan of study
PUC’s Online Course Management System
Business Warehouse – electronic holding area for all human resources
and financial data
Central Association of College and University Business Officers
Calumet Conference Center
Center for Career and Leadership Development
Cost Distribution Change Form
Calumet Conference Center (but we also have the Academic Learning
Center, the Center for Student Achievement, the Center for Student
Development, etc.)
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CHC
CHRONICLE, The
CIT&G
CLEP Credit
CLO
CMT
CNTR
COBRA
CODO
COE
COEUS
COPI
CPT
CQI
CRN
CSA
CSC
CSRV
CSSAC
CSOL
CTIS
CUPA
DEEL
Distribution E
Distribution Open Forum
DTED
EAP
E-Center
ECC
ECTR
EEO
EEOC
EMS
ENTR
EOC
EOP
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Old building designation for the Central Heating and Cooling building
The Student Newspaper
Department of Computer Information Technology and Graphics
Credit awarded on the basis of achievement
Classroom Office Building
Crisis Management Team - The Purdue Calumet Crisis Management
Team is composed of same campus leadership who are charged with
managing the campus during non-crisis operations.
Calumet Conference Center Building
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Change of Degree Objectives
Council for Opportunity in Education
Software Application used by Sponsored Programs Services -- developed
by MIT
Co-Principle Investigator
Computerized Placement Test
Continuous Quality Improvement
Course Request Number
Center for Student Achievement
Customer Service Center
Career Services Center
Community Service Center Building
Clerical and Service Staff Advisory Committee
Department of Construction Science and Organizational Leadership
Computing, Technology and Information Services (Department)
College and University Professional Association
Distance Education and Extended Learning (Department)
Outlook e-mail distribution list that is sent to ALL PUC employees.
Outlook e-mail distribution list that is sent to all employees that have
subscribed to the list. This distribution is used for discussions and other
content not appropriate for Distribution E.
Distance Education
Employee Assistance Program
Entrepreneurship Center (Department)
Emergency Call Center
Old building designation for Entrepreneurial Center Building
Equal Employment Opportunity
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (federal agency charged
with ending employment discrimination)
School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science
Entrepreneurship
Emergency Operations Center – the center that the crisis management
team convenes in the event of a crisis to determine logistics and
operations.
Educational Opportunity Programs – There are four departments at PUC
that comprise the EOP Programs: 1. Educational Talent Search 2.
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ESC
McNair Achievement Program 3. Student Support Services 4. Upward
Bound
Enrollment Services Center (Comprised of Admissions, Registration,
Financial Aid and Student Accounts)
ESL
ESS
ET
ETS
ExL
F &E
FASA
FERPA
FLSA
FM
FMLA
FNRC
Form 1
Form 17
Form 25
Form 33
FRC
FREH
FSA
FTE
FWS
FY
FYE
GLACIER
GNS
English as a second language
GSA
GYTE
HINC
HIPAA
HLC
HR
HTM
I-9
General Study Achievement Academy
ICHE
IPEDS
IPFW
IRA
IS
ITaP
IUPUI
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Employee Self Service
Engineering Technology (Department)
Educational Talent Search (Department)
Experiential Learning
Finance and Economics
Financial Aid and Student Accounts (Department)
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Funds Mgmt
Family and Medical Leave Act
Fitness and Recreation Center Building (formerly the PER building)
University Vehicle Request
Request for Authority to Travel on University Business
Travel Reimbursement Request
Request for Absence from Campus Duty form
Fitness and Recreation Center
Frehafer Hall – Administration Building on West Lafayette Campus
Flexible Spending Accounts
Full Time Equivalent
Federal Work Study
Fiscal Year
Freshman Year Experience
Immigration software application (need for description here)
General Studies - GNS is the code used by admissions to denote the
General Studies School and its courses
Millard E. Gyte Building
Hammond Incubator
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Higher Learning Commission
Human Resources
Hospitality and Tourism Management
Form frequently used by Human Resources to certify an individual’s
eligibility to work in the United States
Indiana Commission on Higher Education
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Indiana Purdue at Fort Wayne
Institutional Reseach and Assessment (Department)
Information Systems
Information Technology at Purdue
Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis
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IV
JV
LAN
LAWS
LASS
LTD
LTL
MAcc
MBA
MBAE
MCCC
McNair
MGMT
MHRM
NACUBO
NEO
NIRO
NPSAS
NSO
OBHR
Onboarding
OnePurdue
OSA
PA
PAA
PAAC
PAR
PER
Peregrine Path
PERF
Person ID
PERNR
PI
PIP
PIR
PKG1
PMT
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Invoice Voucher
Journal Voucher
Local Area Network
Lawshe Hall Building
School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Long Term Disability
Limited Term Lecturer
Master of Accountancy
Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration for Executives
Multi Cultural Campus Council
McNair Achievement Program (Department)
Management
Marketing, HR and Management
National Association of College and University Business Officers
New Employee Orientation
Northwest Indiana Robotic Observatory
National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey
New Student Orientation
Organizational Behavior Human Resources
All the tasks and processes involved in bringing a new employee “up to
speed”. Starts from acceptance of an offer of employment and usually
lasts through the first two months of employment.
The name given to the suite of software applications that comprise the
University’s Human Resources and Financial systems.
Office of Student Activities (Department)
Personnel Action
Purdue Alumni Association
Purdue Alumni Association Calumet
Personnel Activity Report
Old building designation for the Fitness Center
A walking pathway that connects the north and south ends of the
campus. Most of the peregrine pathway is within buildings.
Purdue Employees Retirement Fund – retirement fund for clerical and
service staff
Unique number assigned to all employees
Personnel Number – Unique number assigned to a person in a position.
A person with more than one position will have a unique PERNR number
associated with each position.
Principle Investigator
Performance Improvement Plan
Project Initiation Request – a form completed for the purpose of
initiating a project
Parking Garage 1 Building
Performance Management Team – Performance Management Teams
are comprised of Purdue Calumet staff and 3rd party vendors
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PNC
PO
PORT
POTT
PRF
PUC
PUID
PWRS
QRC
R
R&R
R&R&R
REM
RHI
RIF
RILY
S&E
S&W
SAB
SADC
SAP
SAPGUI
SAS
SAT
SFLC
SFS
SHP1
SHP2
SHSC
SI
SIS
SLT
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(Chartwells & Follett) who ensure the long-term viability of the
enterprise through a constant focus on win/win.
Purdue University North Central
Purchase Order
Porter Hall Building
Potter Building
Purdue Research Foundation
Purdue University Calumet
Purdue University Identification Number – unique number assigned to all
students, faculty and staff
Powers Building
Quick Reference Card (usually associated with OnePurdue training)
Designation for “Thursday”
Repair & Rehabilitate
Repair, Rehabilitate & Replacement
Radiological and Environmental Management OR
Remuneration Statement
Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Management (now known as HTM –
hospitality and tourism management)
Reduction in force. Common acronym that describes an action taken to
reduce the workforce.
Riley Child Center Building
Supplies and Expenses
Salaries and Wages
Schneider Avenue Building (formerly Woodmar Clini)
Skills Assessment and Development Center
Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing – SAP is the
software product that Purdue utilizes to manage it’s Human Resources
and Financial data.
SAP GUI (Graphical User Interface) Software application that must be
installed on a users computer in order for that user to be able to launch
the SAP software. SAPGUI is used primarily by members of the Human
Resources and Business Offices. Most other users have limited access to
HR and financial data through the OnePurdue portal.
Old building designation for Shops and Stores building
College Board’s Scholastic Aptitude Test
Old Building designation for the Student and Faculty Library Building
Supervise for Success – Mandatory training program for all employees
with administrative supervision authority
Student Housing Phase 1 Building
Student Housing Phase 2 Building
Student Health Service Center
Supplemental Instruction
Student Information System – the group of individuals
Senior Leadership Team – Comprised of the Chancellor, the Vice
Chancellors, and the Assistant to the Chancellor for Engagement
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SOE
SOM
SOT
SPS
SRIP
SRM
SSACI
SSF
SSN
SSS
STD
SULB
SWS
TCTR
TDA
TEC
TIAA/CREF
TRIO
UB
UMR
UND
UNPD
UNSV
USS
UV
VCA
VCAA
VCAS
VCSA
VEPR
View Purdue
Vista
VSP
WARE
Woodmar
WL
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School of Education
School of Management
School of Technology
Sponsored Program Services
Summer Research Internship Program
Supplier Relationship Management – a module in the suite of OnePurdue
applications that houses procurement (purchasing) data and
transactions
State Student Commission of Indiana
Student Service Fee
Social Security Number
Student Support Services (Department)
Short Term Disability
Student Union Library Building (formerly known as SFLC building)
State Work Study
Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana Building (Merrillville)
Tax Deferred Annuity
School of Technology
Teachers Insurance Annuity Association/College Retirement Equities
Fund – the retirement plan for Faculty and Administrative/Professional
staff
Three of the Educational Opportunity Programs (EOPs)
Upward Bound Program (Department)
United Medical Resources. This is the organization that administers the
Purdue 500 and the Purdue PPO Health plans.
Undecided
University Police Building (formerly CHC building)
University Services Building (formerly SAS building)
User Support Services (Department)
University Village
Vice Chancellor for Advancement
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Voluntary Early Partial Retirement
Events sponsored for potential students to learn about program and
degree options at PUC, student life and completing the admissions
process.
See “Blackboard Vista”
Vision Service Plan
Warehouse Building
Woodmar Clinic Building (now known as Schneider Avenue Building SAB)
West Lafayette