Student Housing Staff Handbook

Our Own Language

Student Housing has its own way of referring to different units within the department. Below is a partial "glossary of terms" to help you identify some of the more commonly used acronyms in our department.

 

Places/Units
HAS	Housing Administrative Services
AV	Arroyo Vista
CV	Campus Village
MC	Mesa Court
ME	Middle Earth
PV	Palo Verde
VP	Verano Place
ACC	American Campus Communites
VDC	Vista del Campo
VDCN	Vista del Campo Norte
CDS	Camino del Sol
PDS	Puerta del Sol

 

Committees/Workgroups
HMT	Housing Management Team
OPG	Occupancy Planning Group
FYI	First Year Initiative
GFYI	Graduate First Year Initiative
GGIG	Graduate Guarantee Implementation Group
P4	P4 Initiative - Policies, Procedures, Practices & Protocols

 

Personnel Classifications
AP&S	Administrative and Professional Staff
MAP	Management and Professional Program
MSO	Management Services Officer
SAO	Student Affairs Officer
AA	Administrative Assistant

 

Computer Lingo
HARS	Housing Accounts Receivable System
HRAD	Housing Residential Administrative Database
HGWL	Housing Graduate Wait List
LAN	Local Area Network
OSCAR	Online Student Communities Accounts Recievable System
TMA	The Maintenance Authority
RMS	Residential Management Database System
SysDev	Systems Development Team

 

Professional Organizations
WACUHO	Western Association of College and University Housing Officers
ACUHO-I	Association of College and University Housing Officers-International
NASPA	National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
ACPA	American College Personnel Association
NACUFS	National Association of College and University Food Services

 

Acronyms for other UCI Departments
OARS	Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools
CLAS	Campus Life and Auxiliary Services
DUE	Division of Undergraduate Education