Three Letter Codes (TLC at UWindsor)

The University of Windsor is a large organization that is divided into faculties, departments, offices, groups, business units, societies, schools and campaigns. Presently, there are over 170 divisions. The collaboration tools in Microsoft Office rely on groups for data permissions and message delivery. Each division or group can contain additional sub-groups, so managing the names of these groups is a potential problem.

To provide consistency and an easy way to bunch together groups for distributed management, we use a three-letter code (TLC) for each department. Like airport codes, these groups are unique, and  also like letter codes, the meaning of the code may not be apparent. The TLC alone can represent the entire group, and it can also be a prefix for another group within that unit division.  For example, the group “ITS” contains all members of the Information Technology Services department, where “ITS – Management Team” is the group of managers. Using the TLC as a standard prefix makes it easy and consistent to find all groups that belong to a unit.

Groups are usually listed in narrow menus and on tiles in the various applications and Web sites, so using a short code is essential to avoid the group name being cut off.

List of Codes

Department/Group

Code

Aboriginal Education Centre

AEC

Academic Advising Centre

AAC

Academic Integrity Office

AIO

Advancement Office (formerly University Campaign Office) ADV

Alumni Affairs and Donor Communications

ALU

Animal Care Committee

ACF

Assumption University

ASU

Athletics & Recreational Services

ARS

AUTO21-The Automobile of the 21st Century

AUT

Biomedical Sciences

DBS

Budgets and Financial Services

BFS

Budgets and Financial Services - Cashiers

BFS

Campus Community Police

CCP

Campus Dental Centre

DEN

Campus Ministry

MIN

Campus Parking Services

CPS

Campus Services

CSO

Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network

ISN

Canadian-American Research Centre for Law and Policy

CAA

Canterbury College

CAN

Career Development and Experiential Learning

EXP

Catering Services

CAS

CAW Student Center

CSC

Centre for English Language Development

ELD

Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation & Rhetoric

RAR

Centre for Teaching & Learning

CTL

Centre for Transnational Law and Justice

TLJ

Chemical Control Centre

CCC

Chemistry & Biochemistry

CHE

Chiroworks

CHI

Civil and Environmental Engineering

CEE

CJAM Radio

CJA

Co-operative Education and Workplace Partnerships

CWP

College-University Partnerships

PAR

Communication, Media and Film

CMF

Community Legal Aid

CLA

Conference & Planning Services

CON

Continuing Education

CED

Cross-Border Institute

CBI

CUPE Local 1001

CUP

CUPE Local 1393

CUP

DaimlerChrysler/NSERC U. of W. Industrial Research Chair

DCX

Distribution Services

DIST

Document Imaging Centre

DIC

Economics

ECO

Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE

Engineering Computing Services

ECS

English and Creative Writing

ECW

English Language Improvement Program

ELI

Enterprise Resource Planning - UWINSITE

ERP

EPICentre (Entrepreneurship Practice and Innovation Centre)

EPI

Facility Services

FAC

Facility Services - Heating and Cooling

FAC

Facility Services - Housekeeping and Grounds

FAC

Facility Services - Maintenance Services

FAC

Facility Services - Planning, Design and Constr.

FAC

Facility Services - Space Management

FAC

Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

AHS

Faculty of Education

EDU

Faculty of Engineering

ENG

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Office of Quality Assurance

GRA

Faculty of Human Kinetics

HKF

Faculty of Law

LAW

Faculty of Nursing

NUR

Faculty of Science

SCI

Financial Accounting and Reporting

FAR

Food Services

FOO

Graduate Students Society

GSS

Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research

GLI

Health and Safety

HES

History

HIS

History Graduate Research Unit

HGR

Human Resources

HUM

Humanities Research Group

HRG

I.T. Services

ITS

I.T. Services - Business Solutions and Systems

ITS

I.T. Services - Client Support

ITS

I.T. Services - Systems Support and Operations

ITS

I.T. Services - Technology and Innovation

ITS

I.T. Services - Web Support Services

ITS

Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering

IMS

Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Research

DIR

Institutional Analysis

OIA

Integrative Biology

DIB

Inter-Faculty Programs

IFP

Internal Audit

INA

International Students Centre

ISC

Iona College

ION

Kaplan - WindsorWeek

KAP

Kinesiology

KIN

Labour Studies

LAB

Languages, Literatures and Cultures

LLC

Law Library

LAL

Leddy Library

LED

Leddy Library - Access Services

LED

Leddy Library - Acquisitions

LED

Leddy Library - Archives and Rare Materials

LED

Leddy Library - Collection Services

LED

Leddy Library - Information Services

LED

Leddy Library - Reference Department

LED

Leddy Library - Systems Department

LED

Legal Assistance of Windsor

LEA

Legal Services

ULS

Lifetouch Photography

LTP

Mathematics and Statistics

MAT

Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering

MAM

Metal Casting and Post-Processing Technology Group

MCP

Not Applicable

NAP

Odette School Of Business

BUS

Odette School Of Business - EPI Centre

EPI

Office of Enrolment Management

ENR

Office of Enrolment Management - Marketing

ENR

Office of Enrolment Management - Recruitment

ENR

Office of Faculty Recruitment & Retention

FRR

Office of Human Rights, Equity & Accessibility

HRE

Office of the Associate Vice-President, Student Experience

OSE

Office of the Executive Director, Experiential Learning

ELO

Office of the President

PRE

Office of the Provost

PRO

Office of the Registrar

REG

Office of the Registrar - Admissions

REG

Office of the Registrar - Applications

REG

Office of the Registrar - Client Services

REG

Office of the Registrar - Information Systems

REG

Office of the Registrar - Testing and Scheduling

REG

Office of the Vice President, Planning and Administration

VPA

Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG)

OPI

Open Learning

OPE

Organization of Part-Time University Students

OPU

Other

OTH

Pharmacy

PHA

Philosophy

PHI

Physics

PHY

Political Science

POL

Psychological Services and Research Centre

PSR

Psychology

PSY

Public Affairs and Communications

PAC

Research and Innovation Services

ORI

Research Centre for Integrated Microsystems

IMI

Research Ethics Board

REB

Residence Services

RES

Scan Health

SHN

School of Computer Science

SCS

School of Creative Arts

SCA

School of Dramatic Art

SDA

School of Social Work

SSW

School of the Environment

SOE

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry - Windsor Program

SMD

Secretary and General Counsel to the University

COU

Senate, Office of

SEN

Sexual Health and Social Justice Research Group

SJR

Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

SAC

St. Denis Athletics and Community Centre

STD

Student Accessibility Services

SAS

Student Awards & Financial Aid

AFA

Student Counselling Centre

SCC

Student Health Services

SHS

Student Success and Leadership Centre

SSL

Technical Support Centre

TSC

The Lance

LAN

UniCom

UCM

Unifor Local 195

UFR

Unifor Local 2458

UFR

United Way

WAY

University Bookstore

BOO

University of Windsor Students' Alliance

WSA

University Players

UPL

University Secretariat

SEC

UwinCARD OFFICE

UWC

Vice-President, Research and Innovation

VPR

Windsor Cancer Research Group

CRG

Windsor University Faculty Association (WUFA)

WUF

Windsor University Retirees Association

WUR

Women's and Gender Studies

WGS

 

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