UNI Acronyms
| Colleges | |
|---|---|
| College of Education | COE |
| College of Graduate, Research and Online Education | GROE |
| College of Humanities, Arts & Sciences | CHAS |
| College of Social & Behavioral Sciences | CSBS |
| Wilson College of Business | WLSN |
| Programs, Associations, Affiliations, Departments | |
|---|---|
| Board of Regents | BOR |
| Classic Upward Bound | CUB |
| Community Outreach Partnership Center | COPC |
| Educational Opportunity Center | EOC |
| Educational Opportunity Program & Special Community Services | EOP/SCS |
| Higher Learning Commission | HLC |
| Information Technology | IT |
| Instructional Resources and Technology Services | IRTS |
| Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Council | IAAC |
| Iowa Academy of Science | IAS |
| Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration | ICILI |
| Iowa Waste Reduction Center | IWRC |
| John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center | JPEC |
| Management Information Systems Association | MISA |
| Minority Graduate Student Association | MGSA |
| National Program for Playground Safety | NPPS |
| National Student Exchange | NSE |
| Northern Iowa Student Government | NISG |
| Office of Business Operations | OBO |
| Physics Resources and Instructional Strategies for Motivating Students | PRISMS |
| Recycling & Reuse Technology Transfer Center | RRTTC |
| Research & Sponsored Programs | RSP |
| Strategic Marketing Services | SMS |
| University of Northern Iowa Center for Urban Education | UNI-CUE |
| University Relations | UR |
| Wellness/Recreation Center | WRC |
| Buildings | |
|---|---|
| Building Addresses | Facilities Management | |
| Miscellaneous | |
|---|---|
| Child Development Center | CDC |
| Graduate Assistant | GA |
| Masters of Business Administration | MBA |
| Material Safety Data Sheets | MSDS |
| Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics | STEM |
| Human Resource Services | |
|---|---|
| Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance | AD&D |
| Affordable Care Act | ACA |
| American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees | AFSCME |
| American's with Disability Act | ADA |
| American's with Disability Act Amendments Act | ADAAA |
| Collective Bargaining Agreement | CBA |
| Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act | COBRA |
| Employee Assistance Program | EAP |
| Equal Employment Opportunity | EEO |
| Explanation of Benefits (issued by the insurance company to participants to explain what amount of their medical expense was covered) | EOB |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | FLSA |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | FMLA |
| Federal Insurance Contribution Act (refers to Sociality Security and Medicare taxes) | FICA |
| First Report of Injury | FROI |
| Fiscal Year | FY |
| Flexible Spending Account | FSA |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | HIPAA |
| Health Maintenance Organization | HMO |
| Human Resource Information Systems | HRIS |
| Human Resource Services | HRS |
| Internal Revenue Service | IRS |
| Iowa Public Education Retirement System | IPERS |
| Labor Distribution | LD |
| Leave of Absence | LOA |
| Leave without pay | LWOP |
| Long Term Disability | LTD |
| Pay Grade | PG |
| Position Description Questionnaire | PDQ |
| Preferred Provider Organization (a group of providers who are considered 'in-network' with the insurance company) | PPO |
| Professional and Scientific | P&S |
| Request to Fill (to request a new or vacant position to be filled) | RTF |
| Staff Tuition Reimbursement Program | STRP |
| Tax-Deferred Annuity Plans | TDA |
| Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association | TIAA |
| University Identification Number | UID |
| Workers Compensation | WC/Workers Comp |