Editorial Style

block classes

• • first or second block
  • fall block
  • winter block
  • first-block classes

board of trustees

• • board of trustees
  • BYU Board of Trustees (official name)
  • board (referring to the Church or BYU—or any other entity’s board, for that matter)
  • trustee

Brigham Young Academy

• • Brigham Young Academy
  • the academy
  • Academy Building (the part of the Provo Library that was an academy building)
  • Brigham Young Academy building (there were many)

Brigham Young University

• • Brigham Young University
  • the university (not University capitalized)
  • BYU (not B.Y.U., B. Y. U., or “the BYU,” unless you are President Kimball or you’ve been known to sing “The College Song”; see Cougar fight song)
  • the Y; see Y
• Here is a growing collection of random things you should know about using BYU’s name:
  
  • In mailing addresses, include Brigham Young University or BYU for best possible results.
  • We recommend that Brigham Young University or BYU appear on the front or back cover of all university publications.
  • As stated in the mission statement, BYU is “founded, supported, and guided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” When describing BYU’s relationship to the Church, it is appropriate to say that the Church is BYU’s sponsoring institution.

buildings (BYU campus)

• For building names and abbreviations, see the BYU Map and Building List.
• When used with the name of a BYU campus building, capitalize Building.
  
  • Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building
  • Joseph F. Smith Building
• Oddities
  
  • BYU Conference Center (south of the Caroline Harman Continuing Education Building; the two buildings share the same lobby but not the same name)
  • Caroline Harman Continuing Education Building (on University Parkway just west of 900 East; its east side has mirrored windows that reflect the mountains; it shares a lobby with the BYU Conference Center but not its name)
  • Joseph Smith Building (BYU campus); Joseph Smith Memorial Building (Temple Square)
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium: Home of the BYU Cougars (formerly Cougar Stadium); Lavell Edwards Stadium
  • Richards Building; Stephen L Richards Building (no period after L; not Richards PE Building)

BYU Broadcasting channels

• • BYUradio (BYU- and Church-related content; available via satellite/cable and the internet)
  • BYUtv (available via satellite/cable and online)
  • BYUtv International (similar content to BYUtv, with English, Spanish, and Portuguese versions; available via satellite/cable and the internet)
  • Create TV (do-it-yourself and how-to programming from public television; available only over the air and on selected cable systems)
  • KBYU-FM; branded as Classical 89 (local radio programming, featuring classical music and some BYU- and Church-related content; available via the internet)
  • KBYU-TV; branded as KBYU Eleven (local PBS affiliate, also featuring some BYU- and Church-related content; not available via the internet)

BYU Store, the

• If you accidentally happen to call it “the bookstore,” do not capitalize bookstore.

BYU–Hawaii, BYU–Idaho, and BYU–Pathway Worldwide

• Use BYU alone when referring to the Provo campus. For other BYU campuses, use an en dash, not a hyphen, to connect BYU with the campus name.
• Brigham Young University–Hawaii; Brigham Young University–Idaho; Brigham Young University–Pathway Worldwide
• BYU–Hawaii; BYU–Idaho; BYU–Pathway Worldwide (use en dash)
• never BYU–H, BYU–I, or BYU–PW

BYUSA (BYU Student Service Association)

campus places and spaces

• • Brigham Square (plaza northwest of the Wilkinson Student Center)
  • Garden Court (skylighted room north of the WSC Ballroom)
  • Joseph Smith Atrium (open area in the center of the Joseph Smith Building)
  • Kimball Quad (area between the Kimball Tower, the Eyring Science Center, and the Joseph Smith and McKay Buildings)
  • Lee Quad (area between the Lee Library, Smoot building and Harris Fine Arts building)
  • Maeser Quad (grassy area between the Maeser, Brimhall, Joseph Smith, and Grant buildings)
  • Marigold Mall (north–south walkway between the Fletcher, Clyde, Martin, and Clark buildings)
  • Native Garden (five native plant theme gardens on the hill south of the Joseph Smith Building)
  • North Hillside (area below the Centennial Carillon Tower featuring the waterfall)
  • Richards Quad (area between the Richards Building, the stairs to campus, the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse, and the Student Athlete Building)
  • Sculpture Garden (area surrounding the Museum of Art)
  • Smoot Mall (area north of the Smoot Building featuring the fountain and flowers)
  • Wilkinson Way (north–south walkway west of the BYU Store and east of the Lee Library, formerly known as the Checkerboard Quad)
  • Wilk Terrace (large dining area north of the Cougareat)

capstone

• • capstone (generic senior course)
  • Capstone (two-semester program for engineering students)

Career Placement Services

Centennial Carillon Tower

• • Centennial Carillon Tower
  • carillon tower
  • bell tower

centers and institutes

• Lowercase the word center or institute when it appears by itself. Capitalize when part of an official name (see 17th Chicago 8.57). Please consult the telephone directory or the entity itself for the proper treatment of its name.

Church Educational System (CES)

class of

• class of [year] (class not capitalized)
  
  • the class of 1988

class schedule

• When the full title is used, capitalize but do not italicize or enclose in quotation marks: Winter 2016 Class Schedule.

college-level entities

• • College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
  • College of Fine Arts and Communications
  • College of Humanities
  • College of Life Sciences
  • College of Life Sciences
  • College of Nursing
  • College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
  • David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies; Kennedy Center
  • David O. McKay School of Education; McKay School
  • Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering
  • J. Reuben Clark Law School; BYU Law; the Law School
  • BYU Marriott School of Business; J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott School of Business; BYU Marriott
  • Religious Education

commencement and convocation

• Commencement, convocation, and graduation are not synonymous. Commencement is the event at which the university celebrates the graduation of its students. Convocation is the corresponding college-level event. Graduation is what happens to make these events possible.
• Capitalize the formal title of particular commencement exercises; lowercase general references.
  
  • BYU commencement
  • university commencement
  • commencement
  • 132nd Spring Commencement Exercises
  • April (or spring) 2017 commencement exercises
  • August (or summer) commencement
  • December (or June) graduation (there are no commencement exercises in these months, but students still graduate)

committees

• Capitalize titles of official or formal committees; lowercase unofficial or informal ones.
  
  • Academic Standards Committee
  • Undergraduate Scholarship Committee
  • Her courses must be preapproved by her graduate committee.

Commons at the Cannon Center, the; the Commons

continuing education

• • BYU Continuing Education
  • BYU Division of Continuing Education

convocation

• Lowercase generic references to convocation exercises; capitalize specific references. See commencement
  
  • convocations
  • convocation exercises
  • College of Humanities Convocation
  • College of Life Sciences Convocation

Cougar

• Capitalize when used as a nickname for a student, athletic team, alumnus, or BYU-blue-wearing supporter of the university.
  
  • Cougar fan
  • They played the Cougars.
  • Cosmo the Cougar
  • There are two stuffed cougars in the Wilk.

Cougar Cash (formerly Signature Card)

Cougar Club

Cougar fight song

• Officially “The Cougar Song,” the Cougar fight song, with its famous “rise and shout” chorus, is sung frequently—due to the high number of touchdowns scored—at athletic events. It was written by Clyde D. Sandgren. “The College Song,” written by Annie Pike Greenwood, is sometimes sung at other events (usually by old people who refer to the university as “the BYU” and by the Cougar Marching Band at the end of a football game).

Cougar Marching Band

• Cougar Marching Band (plays for football games)
• BYU Cougar Marching Band
• BYU marching band

Cougareat

• • Cougareat Food Court
  • the Cougareat

course numbers and their titles in text

• Capitalize course titles, spell out any abbreviations, and set off course descriptions with a colon. Catalogs, class schedules, and so forth that are filled with information about courses are an exception to this rule; common sense dictates the use of abbreviations there.
  
  • Philosophy 105: Reasoning and Writing was the course I took.
  • She is taking Philosophy 105 with her younger sister.
  • I took philosophy from an awesome professor.
  • She is taking a 100-level philosophy course about reasoning and writing with her younger sister.

dean's list, the; National Dean's List

dean's office

deferment forms

• See applications

degrees, academic

• When academic degrees are referred to in general terms, they are not capitalized (see 17th Chicago 10.21; 8.29). When academic degrees are abbreviated, do not use periods.
  
  • associate’s degree (AA) (preferred over associate degree for consistency with other degrees)
  • bachelor’s degree; baccalaureate; baccalaureate degree; plural: bachelor’s degrees, bachelor of science degrees, bachelors of science
    
    • bachelor of arts (BA)
    • bachelor of fine arts (BFA)
    • bachelor of general studies (BGS)
    • bachelor of music (BM; not BMu or BMU)
    • bachelor of science (BS)
  • doctoral degree; doctorate; juris doctor (not juris doctorate)
    
    • doctor of education (EdD)
    • doctor of philosophy (PhD)
    • juris doctor (JD)
  • master’s degree; plural: master’s degrees, master of science degrees, masters of science
    
    • educational specialist (EdS) (similar to a master’s degree but requires more credit hours and a full-time internship during the third year)
    • executive master of business administration (EMBA; executive MBA)
    • executive master of public administration (EMPA; executive MPA)
    • master of accountancy (MAcc)
    • master of arts (MA)
    • master of business administration (MBA)
    • master of education (MEd)
    • master of fine arts (MFA)
    • master of information systems management (MISM)
    • master of laws (LLM)
    • master of music (MM)
    • master of public administration (MPA)
    • master of public health (MPH)
    • master of science (MS)
    • master of social work (MSW)

departmental review board

departments

• Use before or after the noun (Department of Exercise Sciences or Exercise Sciences Department). Only capitalize when used with the full name of the department (Sociology and Psychology Departments; the department).
• When the name of a department includes a list of three nouns, only use the serial comma if it follows the publication style of the surrounding text (Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science for Chicago style or Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science for AP style).
• Academic department-level entities (including departments and schools):
  
  • David O. McKay School of Education
    
    • Communication Disorders, Department of
    • Counseling Psychology and Special Education, Department of
    • Educational Leadership and Foundations, Department of
    • Instructional Psychology and Technology, Department of
    • Teacher Education, Department of
  • Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering
    
    • Chemical Engineering, Department of
    • Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of
    • Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of
    • Mechanical Engineering, Department of
    • Technology, School of
  • College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
    
    • Anthropology, Department of
    • Economics, Department of
    • Family Life, School of
    • Geography, Department of
    • History, Department of
    • Psychology, Department of
    • Social Work, School of
    • Sociology, Department of
    • Women’s Studies, Department of
  • College of Fine Arts and Communications
    
    • Art, Department of
    • Communications, School of
    • Dance, Department of
    • Design, Department of
    • Music, School of
    • Theatre and Media Arts, Department of
  • College of Humanities
    
    • Asian and Near Eastern Languages, Department of
    • Comparative Arts and Letters, Department of
    • English, Department of
    • French and Italian, Department of
    • German and Russian, Department of
    • Linguistics, Department of
    • Philosophy, Department of
    • Spanish and Portuguese, Department of
  • David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies
  • College of Life Sciences
    
    • Biology, Department of
    • Exercise Sciences, Department of
    • Health Science, Department of
    • Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Department of
    • Neuroscience, Department of
    • Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science, Department of
    • Physiology and Developmental Biology, Department of
    • Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Department of
  • Marriott School of Business
    
    • Accountancy, School of
    • Experience Design and Management, Department of
    • Finance, Department of
    • Information Systems, Department of
    • Management, Department of
    • Marketing and Global Supply Chain, Department of
    • Military Science, Department of
  • College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
    
    • Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of
    • Computer Science, Department of
    • Geological Sciences, Department of
    • Mathematics, Department of
    • Mathematics Education, Department of
    • Physics and Astronomy, Department of
    • Statistics, Department of
  • Religious Education
    
    • Ancient Scripture, Department of
    • Church History and Doctrine, Department of

devotionals

• • devotional
  • BYU devotional
  • university devotional

directory, BYU telephone

ecclesiastical endorsements

• • ecclesiastical endorsement
  • Continuing Student Ecclesiastical Endorsement (do not add the word form)
  • Continuing Student Ecclesiastical Endorsement interview

Education Week

• • BYU Campus Education Week (official name)
  • Education Week (most common)

electronic handbook

• • Electronic Handbook of University Organization, Policies, and Procedures
  • BYU Electronic Handbook
  • electronic handbook

emeritus/emerita

• For more information, see 17th Chicago 8.28.
  
  • emeritus/emerita (male/female) professor
  • professor emeritus of art
  • general authority emeritus

Enter to Learn; Go Forth to Serve

• When used in body text, BYU mottoes should be enclosed in quotation marks with the first word capitalized and the rest of the words lowercased. In display type, mottoes should be capitalized according to headline style and not enclosed in quotation marks (see 17th Chicago 7.61–62). See mottoes.
  
  • “Enter to learn; go forth to serve”
  • Enter to Learn; Go Forth to Serve

evening classes

• • Evening Classes (referring to the department)
  • Department of Evening Classes
  • Evening Classes Office
  • evening class(es) (referring to a generic class taken in the evening)

exams

• Because the abbreviations of these exams are more common than their full names, we deem it permissible—even advisable—to use the abbreviations even if the full name hasn’t been introduced previously in the text. When the nouns exam, test, or the like follow the exam name but are not actually part of the exam’s official name, do not capitalize them (e.g., SAT exam).
  
  • ACT (no longer stands for anything)
  • AP (Advanced Placement test)
  • GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)
  • GRE (Graduate Record Examinations; no s on Record)
  • IB (International Baccalaureate)
  • LSAT (Law School Admission Test)
  • MCAT (Medical College Admission Test)
  • SAT (no longer stands for anything)

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

Federal Pell Grant; Pell Grant

Fellows and fellowships

• The name of a fellowship is capitalized (such as Guggenheim Fellowship). The word fellow is not usually part of the official award name and is therefore not capitalized. See also awards.
  
  • a fellow of the Royal Academy
  • Fulbright fellow
  • Fulbright Fellowship

first-block classes

first-priority deadline

Food to Go, BYU

• BYU’s takeaway food catering service

forms

• Capitalize the word form when it is in the title of an official university form across the top of the page; otherwise lowercase it or delete it from the title being discussed.
  
  • Change of Major Form
  • Form 8c
  • Form I-20
  • University Honors Graduation Commitment Form

forums

• Lowercase; do not use forum assembly, as it’s redundant.
  
  • forum
  • BYU forum
  • forum address
  • university forum

Founders Day

“The Glory of God Is Intelligence”

• When used in body text, BYU mottoes should be enclosed in quotation marks with the first word capitalized and the rest of the words lowercased. This motto should also include the scriptural reference in body text. In display type, this motto should be capitalized according to headline style and enclosed in quotation marks because it is a scriptural citation, but it does not need the reference (see 17th Chicago 7.61–62). See mottoes.
  
  • “The glory of God is intelligence” (D&C 93:36) (body text)
  • “The Glory of God Is Intelligence” (display type)

galleries

• • B. F. Larsen Gallery
  • Education in Zion; Education in Zion Gallery (gallery in the Joseph F. Smith Building)
  • Gallery 303

Garden Court

GE course list

general education

• Always lowercase general education. It is one of the three components of a BYU bachelor’s degree (general education, religious education, major education); general education and religious education constitute the university core.

grade point average (GPA)

• GPAs may be listed with only two digits, except they must be listed with three for scholarship purposes and when in text alongside a three-digit GPA, such as 3.85.
  
  • 3.5 GPA
  • He improved from a 3.50 GPA to a 3.89 GPA in one semester.

Graduate Council

graduate school (when speaking generally)

Graduate Studies, BYU

• Capitalize as the name of a division at the university. Do not capitalize when speaking about graduate studies in general.

Hinckley Center

• In a departure from Church style, BYU style omits the apostrophe in visitors in the name of this building (and any visitors center on campus).
  
  • Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center
  • John Franklin Shelley Visitors Center (inside the Hinckley Center)

Homecoming

• • BYU Homecoming
  • Homecoming
  • Homecoming week, game, etc.

Honor Code

• • BYU Honor Code (not BYU Code of Honor)
  • the Honor Code
  • Church Educational System (or CES) Honor Code (when applicable to BYU, BYU–Hawaii, BYU–Idaho, LDS Business College, and BYU–Pathway Worldwide)
  • Honor Code Advisory Council
  • Honor Code Office
  • BYUSA Student Honor

honor societies

• Spell and capitalize them according to each society’s preference.
  
  • Golden Key National Honour Society
  • Phi Kappa Phi

honors

• • Great Questions Essay
  • Honors Advisement Center
  • Honors Course Guide
  • honors education
  • Honors Program, BYU
  • Honors Student Council
  • honors students (both BYU and generically)
  • honors thesis
  • graduated with University Honors
  • graduated with honors

Incomplete Grade Contract

Independent Study, BYU

information desk

• • information desk
  • ASB Information Desk
  • WSC Information Desk
  • RB Information Center

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS)

International Cinema

• • International Cinema
  • BYU International Cinema
  • International Cinema program

International Student Services, BYU

international study programs

• Capitalize only when referring to the specific entity that runs the programs; lowercase when referring to the programs in general. BYU offers four types of International Study Programs: study abroad, international internships, direct enrollment, and field school. These terms are lowercased unless they are part of an official program name (such as London Study Abroad, Denmark Internship Program, or Brazil Field School).
  
  • international study programs
  • BYU International Study Programs (the entity that organizes and runs the programs)

internships

• Capitalize only when used with a specific program; lowercase in generic references.
  
  • Denmark Internship Program (David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies)
  • New York Internship Program (Department of Communications)
  • international internship

J. Reuben Clark Law School

• • J. Reuben Clark Law School
  • BYU Law School
  • BYU Law
  • the Law School

Jerusalem Center

• • Jerusalem Center
  • BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies
  • Jerusalem Center Office

Kevin J Worthen

• The president of BYU (2013–). There is no period after the J. (Except when it ends a sentence, which it likely never will, except for here. Take note of this rare thing.)

learning resource centers

• The university used to have multiple spaces known as learning resource centers, but the two major centers have been renamed as follows:
  
  • Humanities Learning Resources
  • Media Center (in the library)

libraries

• • Harold B. Lee Library
  • Lee Library
  • the university library
  • BYU library
  • Howard W. Hunter Law Library
  • Hunter Law Library
  • law library

London Centre, BYU; London Study Abroad program

Lower Campus

majors, minors, and academic disciplines

• Lowercase the names of majors, minors, and academic disciplines, except for those that are already proper nouns.
  
  • civil engineering
  • English
  • European studies
  • music dance theatre
  • nursing

Marriott Center

Marriott School of Business, BYU; BYU Marriott

Maxwell Institute; Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

• Formerly known as the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS), the Maxwell Institute includes the Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts and the Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies.

mentored-learning experience

mentored-student learning (not student-mentored learning)

Mission of Brigham Young University, The

• The official title of the document is The Mission of Brigham Young University—just like The Aims of a BYU Education. Capitalize but don’t italicize or enclose in quotation marks these full titles.
  
  • The Mission of Brigham Young University (published 1981)
  • the mission of BYU
  • the BYU mission statement
  • mission statement

moot court

mottoes

• When used in body text, the BYU mottoes should be enclosed in quotation marks with the first word capitalized and the rest of the words lowercased.
  
  • “Enter to learn; go forth to serve”
  • “The world is our campus”
  • “The glory of God is intelligence” (D&C 93:36); always include the scriptural reference in body text
• In display type, BYU mottoes should be capitalized according to headline style and should not be enclosed in quotation marks (see 17th Chicago 7.61–62), except for the university’s motto that is a scriptural citation, as shown below.
  
  • Enter to Learn; Go Forth to Serve
  • The World Is Our Campus
  • “The Glory of God Is Intelligence”

Multicultural Student Services

museums

• • Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum; Life Science Museum (acceptable on second reference); never Bean Museum
  • Museum of Art (MOA)
  • Museum of Paleontology
  • Museum of Peoples and Cultures

myBYU

MyMAP

names

• To verify how a name is spelled, check the department’s website, the person’s office, or, for public figures, a reliable source on the internet.
  
  • Commonly misspelled BYU names:
  • Larry Echo Hawk
  • Kieth Merrill
  • John A. Widtsoe
• Put spaces between two initials; for example, B. H. Roberts (see 17th Chicago 10.12). AP style, however, would omit the spaces.
  
  • The following prefer no periods following the initials in their names:
  • Jack H Goaslind
  • Daniel K Judd
  • Brayden G King
  • Richard L Manning
  • Hal G Moore
  • Stephen L Richards
  • Michael M. O Seipel (no period after the O)
  • Ronald J Staheli
  • Dennis L Thomson
  • J Paul Warnick
  • Kevin J Worthen

Net ID

New Student Orientation (NSO)

off campus; on campus

• Use off campus and on campus (no hyphen) after the noun and off-campus and on-campus (hyphen) before the noun, as with many other compound adjectives.

offices and other campus entities

• Capitalize office when included as part of the name. See the current telephone directory for official names.

OneStop, BYU

Performing Arts Management (PAM)

performing groups (auditioned only)

• 
  
  • Ballet Showcase Company; BYU Ballet Showcase Company
  • Ballroom Dance Company; BYU Ballroom Dance Company
  • Chamber Orchestra; BYU Chamber Orchestra
  • Concert Choir; BYU Concert Choir
  • Contemporary Dance Theatre; BYU Contemporary Dance Theatre
  • dancEnsemble; BYU dancEnsemble
  • Kinnect; BYU Kinnect
  • Folk Music Ensemble
    
    • This is their official name, but sometimes they are called Mountain Strings.
  • Gamelan Bintang Wahyu
  • International Folk Dance Ensemble; BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble; American Folk Dance Ensemble; Folk Dance Ensemble; Folk Dancer(s); member(s) of International Folk Dance Ensemble
    
    • When performing internationally, this group is known as American Folk Dance Ensemble; when performing inside the United States it is known as International Folk Dance Ensemble. If you are easily confused or favor simplicity, you can just refer to them as Folk Dance Ensemble.
  • Jazz Ensemble; BYU Jazz Ensemble
  • Jazz Voices; BYU Jazz Voices
  • Living Legends; BYU Living Legends; a member of Living Legends (not a Living Legend)
  • Marching Band; Cougar Marching Band; BYU Cougar Marching Band
  • Men’s Chorus; BYU Men’s Chorus
  • Noteworthy; BYU Noteworthy
  • Panoramic Steel Band; BYU Panoramic Steel Band
  • Philharmonic Orchestra; BYU Philharmonic Orchestra
  • ROC Band
  • Singers, BYU
  • Symphonic Band; BYU Symphonic Band
  • Symphony Orchestra; BYU Symphony Orchestra
  • Synthesis; BYU Synthesis
  • Theatre Ballet; BYU Theatre Ballet
  • Traditionz; BYU Traditionz
  • University Chorale; BYU University Chorale
  • Vocal Point; BYU Vocal Point
  • Wind Symphony; BYU Wind Symphony
  • Women’s Chorus; BYU Women’s Chorus
  • Young Ambassadors; BYU Young Ambassadors; a member of Young Ambassadors (not a Young Ambassador)
  • Young Company; BYU Young Company

personal titles

• Personal titles are capitalized only when used as part of the name.
  
  • president of BYU
  • President Kevin J Worthen
  • dean of the college
  • Dean Miller
  • academic vice president
  • professor of ancient scripture
  • Professor Hugh Nibley
  • department chair
  • assistant professor John Smith
• When a title is used in apposition before a personal name—that is, not as part of the name but as an equivalent to it, usually preceded by the or by a modifier—it is considered not a title but rather a descriptive phrase and is therefore lowercased (see 17th Chicago 8.21–22).
  
  • BYU president Kevin J Worthen
  • College of Humanities dean J. Scott Miller
  • religion professor Hugh Nibley
• When a title is preceded by the adjectives then, past, acting, former, future, and so on and so forth, don’t hyphenate. Sometimes then can be a bit confusing because it could also function as an adverb or a noun, as in “Then President Cecil O. Samuelson turned to his wife and said, ‘Let’s get some Whoosh! Cecil ice cream.’” In such cases you may decide to hyphenate the term or rewrite the sentence to avoid using such befuddling situations. (And if you now have a headache, we recommend getting some Whoosh! Cecil ice cream.)
  
  • then president Merrill J. Bateman
  • former dean John Rosenberg
• Follow Church style for the proper treatment of titles of general authorities (section 8.4)—although we do have a few exceptions, as per usual, particularly that we do not capitalize general authority callings unless they are used as titles as part of the name.
  
  • President Russell M. Nelson
  • Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church
  • Church president Russell M. Nelson

planetarium; BYU Planetarium; Royden G. Derrick Planetarium

Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC)

President’s Council

• The President’s Council comprises the top-level administrators of the university.

President’s Leadership Council (PLC)

• The President’s Leadership Council comprises major donors to the university.

Press, Brigham Young University; BYU Press

• While the Brigham Young University Press was discontinued, the imprint is still in use. For information regarding use of the BYU Press imprint, contact the academic vice president’s office.

Princeton Review, the

• Do not italicize; this is an organization, not a publication.

Professional Certificate (for teachers)

professorships, chairs, and the like

• BYU follows the rules outlined in 17th Chicago 8.28, in which named professorships and chairs are capitalized.
  
  • D. Gordon Smith, dean of the BYU Law School and the Glen L. Farr Professor of Law
  • C. Arden Pope III, Mary Lou Fulton Professor of Economics
  • Thomas B. Russell holds the General Education Professorship
  • J. Clifton Fleming occupies the Ernest L. Wilkinson Chair

publications (publications of the university)

• Capitalize and italicize the names of magazines, newsletters, newspapers, and journals. Included here is a list of major campus publications. If you think your publication is major enough to be included on this list, you are welcome to try to convince us. We accept well-worded submissions and doughnuts.
  
  • Bridges Alumni Magazine (published by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Relations)
  • BYU Education and Law Journal (published by the Law School and the School of Education)
  • BYU Law Review (BYU legal studies journal)
  • BYU Magazine (the university’s alumni magazine)
  • BYU Studies Quarterly (an academic journal for LDS studies)
  • BYU Today (biweekly email sent to alumni)
  • Clark Memorandum, the; Clark Memo (published by the J. Reuben Clark Law School)
  • Connections (magazine published by the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences)
  • Encore (published by Performing Arts Management)
  • Frontiers (published by the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences)
  • Humanities (magazine published by the College of Humanities)
  • Learning the Healer’s Art; Healer’s Art (published by the College of Nursing)
  • Marriott Alumni Magazine (published by the Marriott School of Management)
  • McKay Today Magazine (published by the David O. McKay School of Education)
  • BYU College of Life Sciences: A Magazine for Friends and Alumni (published by the College of Life Sciences)
  • Universe, the (formerly the Daily Universe)
  • Y News (BYU community’s newsletter published by University Communications)

ROC Band, BYU

• This is the school spirit–infusing crew formerly known as the Pep Band that plays for basketball games; it is different from Cougar Marching Band.

question-and-answer session (Q&A)

• This is here just in case you look it up. And so that there is something under Q. And because the Merriam-Webster online dictionary doesn’t include the hyphens in question-and-answer when used as an adjective, and we happen to think they should be included. And so does Chicago (see 17th Chicago 7.85 and 5.250—good luck finding the example).

replenishment grant

• Capitalize only when part of the official and complete name of the grant.
  
  • replenishment grant
  • BYU Alumni Replenishment Grant (granted by the university alumni association)
  • Alumni Chapter Replenishment Grant (granted by an alumni chapter)

residence hall (not dorm or dormitory)

reunions

• Lowercase reunion in all contexts.
  
  • Young Ambassadors reunion
  • class of 1974 reunion

room numbers

• Room numbers should precede the building name and should not include the word room. Building wings are designated with a letter and a hyphen before the room number. Rooms within an office suite are denoted by a letter (no hyphen) following the suite number.
  
  • 3412 HBLL
  • C-550 HFAC
  • 332D MCKB

Salt Lake Center, BYU

scholars and scholarships

• The name of a scholarship is capitalized (such as Heritage Scholarship, Thomas S. Monson Scholarship). The word scholar is not usually part of the official award name and is therefore not capitalized (such as Fulbright scholar, Monson scholar). See also awards.
  
  • Heritage Scholarship (formerly Trustees Scholarship)
  • Hinckley Scholarship(s); Abrelia Clarissa Seely Hinckley Scholarship; Edwin Smith Hinckley Scholarship
    
    • The most prestigious private scholarships awarded at BYU, these scholarships are given to juniors and seniors—the Abrelia Clarissa Seely to women and the Edwin Smith to men.
  • Presidential Scholarship
    
    • Recipients of Presidential Scholarships bearing the name of the president of the Church continue to receive these scholarships under the name of the president for which the scholarship was named, even if that president has died. For example, for a while there were Howard W. Hunter Presidential Scholarships in effect at the same time there were Gordon B. Hinckley Presidential Scholarships.
  • University Scholarship

scholastic recognitions

• The honors summa cum laude, magna cum laude, and cum laude are not italicized (except in this sentence) or capitalized (not even in this sentence).

semesters and terms

• Lowercase semesters and terms.
  
  • fall semester
  • spring term
  • winter 2014 semester
  • spring 2016

Spectacular

• • BYU Spectacular! (official name of the show)
  • Spectacular
  • never Homecoming Spectacular

spirit of the Y

• The spirit of the Y is an expression often used to communicate many aspects of the BYU experience, especially the uplifting feelings evoked by the campus environment. Although the spirit of the Y can include the presence of the Holy Ghost, this term may also communicate other emotions and experiences. To avoid conflating the spirit of the Y with the Spirit of God, spirit in the spirit of the Y should be lowercased. (See Church style 8.33 for a second witness.)

Spirit Squad; BYU Spirit Squad

Stafford Loan (SL)

• There is a Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan and an Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan.

Standards

• When used in tandem with the Honor Code, capitalize and put a the before both Honor Code and the standards, such as the Dress and Grooming Standards so they appear as the separate entities they are. Lowercase when used in general terms.
  
  • Dress and Grooming Standards
  • BYU Dress and Grooming Standards
  • CES Dress and Grooming Standards
  • Residential Living Standards
  • the Honor Code and the Dress and Grooming Standards

student body (n.); student-body (adj.) (Webster’s 11th)

Student Employment (not Student Employment Office)

Student Health Center

student health plan

• • BYU Student Health Plan
  • student health plan
  • student insurance plan

Student Life

• In addition to capitalizing this campus department name, capitalize these divisions under Student Life:
  
  • Campus Life
  • Residence Life

Student Service Association, BYU (BYUSA)

student-athlete; scholar-athlete

studies

• When referring to an academic discipline, major, minor, or degree, do not capitalize the word studies.
  
  • African studies
  • Asian studies
  • bachelor of general studies
  • European studies
  • Latin American studies
  • Middle East studies/Arabic
  • Native American studies
  • Scandinavian studies

study abroad

• This term is lowercased unless it is part of an official program name (such as the London Study Abroad). See international study programs

style guide

• • BYU Style Guide (meaning this style guide; don’t italicize, like the Bible, and adhere to it, like the Bible)
  • university style guide

teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL); TESOL Certificate

terms and semesters

• See semesters and terms

Testing Center

• As a note on behalf of all those who work in the Heber J. Grant Building, the Testing Center is housed inside the Heber J. Grant Building, but the two are not synonymous, nor does the Testing Center take up the entire building.

theaters and concert halls

• When the Department of Theatre and Media Arts is involved, spell theater the British way: theatre (-re). If speaking generally and this department isn’t involved, spell it the American way (-er).
  
  • de Jong Concert Hall; Gerrit de Jong Jr. Concert Hall
  • Gates Opera Workshop; B. Cecil Gates Opera Workshop; Gates Theatre
    
    • Because this particular entry has been in the style guide for years, we decided to leave it in simply for nostalgia, as this workshop/theater/space is now a humble storage closet. It does, however, retain its original naming, even though it is full of lights, risers, gear, and other cool theater stuff.
  • Little Theatre (3380 WSC)
  • Madsen Recital Hall; Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen Recital Hall
  • Margetts Arena Theatre; Philip N. Margetts Arena Theatre
  • Merrill Debate Theatre; Harrison Reuben Merrill Debate Theatre
  • Nelke Theatre; Miriam Nelke Experimental Theatre
  • Pardoe Theatre; T. Earl and Kathryn Pardoe Drama Theatre

ticket office

• BYU Tickets has two locations: the Harris Fine Arts Center ticket office and the Marriott Center ticket office.
  
  • ticket office
  • BYU Ticket Office
  • BYU Tickets

undergraduate catalog

• The title is not italicized nor enclosed in quotation marks. It is lowercased when referred to generically as “the undergraduate catalog” and BYU doesn’t precede it.
  
  • undergraduate catalog
  • BYU Undergraduate Catalog
  • BYU 2016–17 Undergraduate Catalog (published online)

university

• Lowercase university when used by itself (the university). Never ever capitalize it. It’s unnecessary and arguably pompous. See the following two entries for more examples.

university chaplain

university conference

• Lowercase.
  
  • university conference (UC; somehow not to be confused with University Communications, which is also abbreviated UC)
  • BYU university conference

university core

• The university core includes general education and religious education requirements.

University Police

• Not Security or University Security

Upper Campus

Varsity Theatre

• Our vote is to spell it Theatre simply to be consistent with the other theater names on campus. Of interesting note, however, is the fact that in all printed and online matter it is spelled Theater, but the canopy and marquee show it spelled Theatre. We don’t know Y. Go ask your mother.

Visiting Student Program; BYU Visiting Student Program

The World Is Our Campus

• When used in body text, the BYU mottoes should be enclosed in quotation marks with the first word capitalized and the rest of the words lowercased. In display type, BYU mottoes should be capitalized according to headline style and not enclosed in quotation marks (see 17th Chicago 7.61–62). See mottoes.
  
  • “The world is our campus”
  • The World Is Our Campus

Washington Seminar

Women’s Conference

• • Visiting Student Program
  • BYU Visiting Student Program

Y Be Fit

Y Days

• Y Days (not hyphenated) is a multiday service festival held each year at BYU. (Y-Days hyphenated could potentially be a multiday festival about asking questions, but to our knowledge, nothing of the sort exists.) When referring to the historical one-day event when students would whitewash the Y, use Y Day.

Y Group; Y Group leader

Y Mountain

Y-Serve

• Y-Serve is under the auspices of the Center for Service and Learning.
  
  • Y-Serve
  • Y-Serve Office

Y; the Y

• Y is not italicized when referring to this great university we call BYU or to the Y on Y Mountain. If, however, you are referring to the Y on the mountain as a letter, then italicize it. For example, “I hiked to the letter Y on the mountain” but “I hiked to the Y.” (If you find this confusing, please see the reference for Varsity Theatre.)