| ACSJL | Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership |
| ASC | Academic Standards Committee (students go to petition for wavers re: credits, deadlines, etc.) |
| CCE | Center for Community Engagement |
| CCPD | Center for Career and Professional Development |
| CEE | Committee on Experiential Education |
| CES | Civic Engagement Scholar |
| CES | Critical Ethnic Studies |
| CIP | Center for International Programs |
| DOGL | Day of Gracious Living |
| DOM | Declaration of Majors Day |
| DSA | Departmental Student Advisor |
| EPC | Educational Policies Committee (reviews all new course proposals) |
| EQA | Educational Quality Assessment |
| FAC MAN | Facilities Management |
| FDC | Faculty Development Committee |
| FEC | Faculty Executive Committee (faculty/administration liaison; K’s version of a ‘faculty senate’) |
| FIPSE | Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education |
| FPC | Faculty Personnel Committee (review, tenure and promotion) |
| FYE | First‐Year Experience |
| FYS | First‐Year Seminar |
| GLCA | Great Lakes Colleges Association |
| HIP | High Impact Practices (Service‐Learning, Internships, Study abroad, etc.) |
| HLC | Higher Learning Commission (accredits Colleges and Universities) |
| ICRP | Integrative Cultural Research Project |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| KCCSR | Kalamazoo College Council of Student Representatives (student government) |
| OSI | Office of Student Involvement |
| P&B | Planning and Budget (faculty committee) |
| RA | Resident Assistant |
| SCR | Summer Common Reading |
| SIP | Senior Individualized Project (all students are required to complete one in order to graduate) |
| S‐L | Service‐Learning |
| SPP | Shared Passages Program (First Year, Sophomore Seminars; and Senior Capstone) |
| StuComm | Student Commission (student government) |
| StuDev | Student Development |
| ULC | Upjohn Library Commons |
