New Employees | UNI Acronyms
Colleges |
College of Education |
COE |
College of Humanities, Arts & Sciences |
CHAS |
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences |
CSBS |
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 |
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 |