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Campus or Location Designation
The University of Minnesota is a statewide institution with four residential
campuses (Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris, Crookston), several centers for graduate
and continuing education, many research and outreach centers, and a number of
research and service installations. Check the Student-Staff Directory for
official names. University of Minnesota refers to the entire system and
should not be used alone to designate a single campus or unit (a usage especially
evident among Twin Cities campus editors).
In general, campus or other location should be identified in stories and articles
in all publications that are distributed off campus, whether to external or internal
audiences. Publications produced by a single college, school, or department of
the University and distributed to other University locations should carry their
campus or location designation in a prominent place, such as within the nameplate;
internal publications such as faculty or staff newsletters distributed only within
a single unit need not include campus or location designation in the nameplate.
USE
OF CAMPUS DESIGNATIONS IN TEXT
- Designate location in references applying only to a single campus or unit;
use University of Minnesota in references applying to the system as
a whole.
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The Minneapolis City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting dancing
in the residence halls at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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The University of Minnesota is a land-grant institution. |
- Designate location along with an administrator’s title when that title
relates to a specific campus or unit; use University of Minnesota with
titles of central administrative officers.
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Robert Smith, assistant provost at the University of Minnesota,
Morris. . . .
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John Smith, director of the University of Minnesota
Cedar Creek Natural History Area, Bethel. . .
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Jane Doe, University of Minnesota assistant vice president for research,
. . .
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- Designate location in references to individuals or groups from a single
campus or unit, and identify campuses or units in references to individuals
or groups from several locations (designations may be dropped in subsequent
mentions); use University of Minnesota in general references to faculty,
staff, or students.
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Sue Smith, a professor of English at the Duluth campus of the University
of Minnesota, presented a convocation for business students at the
University of Minnesota, Crookston.
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University of Minnesota students will be paying higher tuition next
year.
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- Designate location in references to departments, colleges, schools, and
other units associated with a single campus (especially important when there
are units on other campuses with the same or similar names).
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The Placement Office at the University of Minnesota, Morris, reported
a placement rate of nearly 100 percent.
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Mary Jones was appointed dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University
of Minnesota, Duluth.
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A hiring freeze has been imposed in the College of Liberal Arts on
the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.
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- Designate locations of buildings and other physical features if the campus
or unit has not been identified in other references in the story or article.
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The University Women’s Center on the Twin Cities
campus . . . |
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Rodney Briggs Library on the Morris campus of the University of Minnesota
. . . |
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FORM OF CAMPUS
DESIGNATIONS
An informal poll of some of the editors and writers on the various campuses
has indicated that there are several forms of campus designation in use. Each
form has a valid rationale in the opinion of its users, and each attempts to
deal with the fact that there is no standard, consistent official form for the
names of the University campuses. The unofficial forms in use, and their rationales,
are as follows:
- The University of Minnesota, Crookston, offers degrees in four fields.
(Rationale: The comma following Crookston is required by standard rules of
punctuation; without it, the sentence would be split illogically in two between
Minnesota and Crookston.)
- Enrollment at the University of Minnesota, Morris increased for the third
consecutive quarter. (Rationale: University of Minnesota, Morris is the official
name, and the official name cannot logically end with a comma.)
- The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (or University of Minnesota—Twin
Cities) many historic buildings. (Rationale: The reader is spared any awkwardness
of construction that might result from use of either of the first two forms.)
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Users of the first two forms are steadfast in defending their preference;
the third form is not widely used. University Relations prefers the
first form. |
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