For employers and students alike, it can feel like we are living in real-life alphabet soup here on campus. If you can name it, there is probably an acronym associated with it as well. Everything from campus organizations to majors can seem like a bunch of random letters thrown together with no apparent meaning whatsoever.
At the university, this kind of jargon become second nature to those living it every day. But we know you, as employers, might not have the same luxury of knowing the OU lingo when it comes to campus involvement. With students becoming more and more involved and engaged outside the classroom, we wanted to provide employers a quick cheat sheet for decoding campus involvement and understanding what the heck students are talking about when the start throwing these acronyms around.
Below are the acronyms of some of the largest extracurricular involvement organizations on campus:
AASA – Asian American Student Association
AISA – American Indian Student Association
BBBS – Big Brothers Big Sisters
BSA – Black Student Association
CAC – Campus Activities Council
E Club – Engineers’ Club
HASA – Hispanic American Student Association
HSA – Honors Student Association
HCSA – Housing Center Student Association
IGC – Independent Greek Council
IFC – Interfraternity Council
MGC – Multicultural Greek Council
NPHC – National Pan-Hellenic Council
OIL – Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature
PAN – Panhellenic Association
PCS – President’s Community Scholars
PLC – President’s Leadership Class
PRSSA – Public Relations Student Society of America
SGA – Student Government Association
SWE – Society of Women Engineers
SHS – Sooners Helping Sooners
TLC – Transfer Leadership Class
TOG – The Oklahoma Group
UPB – Union Programming Board
As always, if you have additional questions or need help navigating campus jargon, let us know. We are always here to help!
-OU Career Services Team