Beginning work at a new place is hard enough. Feeling like people are speaking a different language shouldn't add to that. Here is a list of commonly used "lingo".
- 2B - 2 Boylston Place, a residence hall
- 20PP - 20 Park Plaza
- Archives (ECASC) - Record management; archives and special collections
- Beard Room - The ‘New’ Beard Room on the 2nd floor of 150 Boylston
- Bordy - The Bill Bordy Theater, located 1st floor, 216 Tremont Street
- CITL - Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
- CoLab - Flexible event space in the middle of the library with movable furniture and writable walls
- CSD - Communication Sciences & Disorders
- C-Tag - Inventory sticker on computer or monitor that starts with C, useful to report to IT for troubleshooting
- DH or DC - Dining Hall or Dining Center
- ECCash - Money on your ID card that can be used on and off-campus
- EDC - Equipment Distribution Center
- GPD - Graduate Program Director
- ITG vs. IT - Instructional Technology Group vs. Information Technology
- JPC - Journalism Production Center
- LB - Little Building, 80 Boylston Street, a residence hall
- MPR - Multipurpose Room - 172 Tremont
- MTP - Media Technologies and Production
- ORCS - Office of Research & Creative Scholarship - for faculty grants/fellowships
- PRow - 150 Boylston Street, a residence hall and home to the Fitness Center
- SEAL - Student Engagement and Leadership
- Spacebook - Also known as EMS - used to reserve spaces on campus
- UBank - 216 Tremont Street, also known as Union Bank Building & sometimes “The Bordy Building”
- VMA - Visual Media Arts
- WARC - Writing & Academic Resource Center
- WLP - Writing, Literature & Publishing
This is not an exhaustive list, and therefore, not all buildings, departments and phrases are included. If you have something to add or remove, please email hr@emerson.edu.