Style Guide Updates at a Glance
The following list identifies significant style guide changes by date. For the full entries, including any examples, please refer to the style guide.
August 8, 2008
ampersand (&)
Changed: Apart from the ampersand in Lewis & Clark, do not use an ampersand...
Morgan S. Odell Alumni Gatehouse (see names of Lewis & Clark buildings and features)
Changed: [no longer Gatehouse]
January 16, 2008
capitalization
Changed: Capitalize College only if it stands for Lewis & Clark College of Arts and Sciences and...
College/college
Changed: You may capitalize the word if it stands for Lewis & Clark College of Arts and Sciences and you are writing for CAS-only audiences, but...
ESOL/Bilingual Education Endorsement ***new entry***
Co-Op ***new entry***
Health Center
Changed: Student Health Services
Templeton Campus Center (see names of Lewis & Clark buildings and features)
Changed: [no longer Templeton Student Center]
titles of works
Added: poems
United Nations ***new entry***
webpage ***new entry***
June 13, 2007
cities
Added: The conventions listed above do not apply to commencement programs. For those pieces...
coed ***new entry***
Hawaii ***new entry***
Lewis & Clark/Lewis & Clark College
Changed: Lewis & Clark applies to the entire institution. Lewis & Clark College generally refers to the College of Arts and Sciences only...
October 4, 2006
Lewis & Clark Sports Hall of Fame ***new entry***
named scholars ***new entry***
named scholarships ***new entry***
names of people
Added: When including a former last name in a reference...
September 1, 2006
advisor
Changed: [No longer adviser]
colleges/universities
Added: When referring to a college or school within a larger institution, use the full current name of the smaller entity.
February 24, 2006
biochemistry/molecular biology major ***new entry***
Department of Sociology and Anthropology ***new entry***
Parents Council ***new entry***
sociology/anthropology major ***new entry***
titles of people
Changed: U.S. Rep. (not Congressman) Earl Blumenauer B.A. ’70, J.D. ’76...U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer B.A. ’70, J.D. ’76
website
Changed: [No longer Web site]
World Wide Web
Changed: [Avoid; use Web instead]
February 23, 2006
American Indian/Native American/First Nations ***new entry***
Board of Alumni ***new entry***
Board of Visitors ***new entry***
Indian country ***new entry***
Lewis & Clark College Alumni Association ***new entry***
February 1, 2006
Activities Congress ***new entry***
bylaws ***new entry***
Cooley House ***new entry***
Corbett House ***new entry***
entitled, titled ***new entry***
extension
Changed: In running text, spell out when referring to a phone number...
fellow, Fellowship ***new entry***
Frank Manor House ***new entry***
Honorable, the Honorable ***new entry***
Judge, Justice ***new entry***
South Campus Conference Center ***new entry***
titles of people
Changed: [Guidelines for styling civil, religious, and military titles; please see entry for details.]
titles of works
Added: speech titles
September 2, 2005
abbreviations
Added: L&C (second and subsequent references only; not LC or L & C)
academic degrees
Added: Ed.S.
Changed: Reserve Dr. for those holding doctorates in medical fields only.
academic departments
Changed: In informal names and descriptions of academic departments, capitalize only proper nouns.
Academic English Studies ***new entry***
academic programs
Changed: Capitalize the formal names of programs.
Added: Do not capitalize generic names and descriptions of programs.
acknowledgment(s) ***new entry***
African American
Changed: Not African-American
ampersand (&)
Changed: Avoid, except when part of an official name.
board of directors ***new entry***
Board of Trustees
Added: Considered singular: The Board of Trustees approves of the change.
Bon Appétit ***new entry***
capitalization
Added: Lewis & Clark College publications follow the Chicago Manual of Style recommendation to apply a "down" style, using capitals sparingly.
Added: Capitalize Lewis & Clark office names.
chair
Added: Use instead of chairperson.
change-of-registration period ***new entry***
choir in residence ***new entry***
class year and degree identification ***new entry***
College Relations ***new entry***
colleges/universities
Changed: Use the full current name of colleges and universities.
Added: When referring to an institution belonging to a multicampus system, precede the location with at in all instances.
colon ***new entry***
copyright notice
Changed: © 2000 Lewis & Clark College.
cross country
Changed: Do not hyphenate in the context of the track event.
dash ***new entry***
dates
Added: Do not use 1950's.
doctor (Dr.)
Changed: Reserve for those holding doctorates in medical fields only. Exception: Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr.
emeritus faculty titles
Added: Emeritus or Emerita immediately follows Professor in references to the titles of those who held named professorships.
endorsements ***new entry***
endowed professorships
Added: If space permits, use the full form of the named professorship for first mention (e.g., Edmund O. Belsheim Professor of Law rather than Belsheim Professor of Law).
fax ***new entry***
Graduate School of Education and Counseling ***new entry***
health care ***new entry***
humanities scholar in residence ***new entry***
Language and Literacy Program: Reading Endorsement ***new entry***
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Added: the expedition
Lewis & Clark Law School ***new entry***
musical ensembles (at Lewis & Clark)
Added: Percussion Ensemble
names of Lewis & Clark buildings and features ***new entry***
noncredit ***new entry***
Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College
Changed: See Lewis & Clark Law School.
okay ***new entry***
ORCA ***new entry***
Oregon Health & Science University ***new entry***
possessives ***new entry***
punctuation ***new entry***
Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium ***new entry***
Rogers ***new entry***
room numbers ***new entry***
roundabout
Changed: In references to the Lewis & Clark location, avoid traffic circle.
RSVP
Added: Avoid; consider substituting Please reply.
states and countries ***new entry***
Summit ***new entry***
that, which ***new entry***
Third Culture Kids ***new entry***
titles of people ***new entry***
titles of works
Changed: Use quotation marks with...individual lecture titles.
Tryon Creek State Park entry removed
Ultimate Frisbee ***new entry***
upperclass (adj., education), upper-class (adj., socioeconomics) ***new entry***
Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium ***new entry***
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