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campus-wide 

capitalization

Do not overuse. Capitalization can interfere with readability, so keep to a minimum. Do not use all caps for Web page headings or subheadings. See department names, titles.

CD, CDs

CEO, CEOs
No apostrophe on plural

CES
Career and Employment Services, no periods

chair
Not chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson

class, Class of 2004
Capitalize specific reference to class, e.g., Class of 2004. Avoid using Class of '04. See also capitalization section.

clichés
Avoid using them

click here
Avoid using empty phrases like "click here" when linking to site content. For example, don't say "Click here to download our Online Style Guide." Instead say, "Download a copy of our Online Style Guide."

clubs, committees, councils, teams
Full and official names should be capitalized. Use lowercase in subsequent references to the "club" or "committee."

College Advancement
Avoid using Development or Development Office.

college-wide, campus-wide

co words
Close up most words eliminating a hyphen.

coauthor
cochair
cocurricular
coed, coeducational
coworker

college, the college (See also Saint Anselm College Alphabetical List Of Style Preferences - S)
In running text, always refer to Saint Anselm College in the first reference. Subsequent references can use Saint Anselm or "the college" (always us a lowercase "c" when "college" stands alone).

Saint Anselm College is located in Manchester, N.H. The college is coeducational.

college address
See address, college [link to 33.2.5 Alphabetical List Of Style Preferences - A].

college-wide

commas, serial
Use serial commas (comma before "and" and "or")

The weather was cold, wet, and windy.
You can have your eggs fried, scrambled, or poached.

commencement
Use lowercase when referring to the event.

committees, councils
See clubs, committees, councils

composition titles
Italicize titles of books, magazines, newspapers, journals, newsletters, films, and television shows. Set titles in regular type when the surrounding text is already in italics.

computer terms
See seperate section on computer terms.

course load

course titles
Listed in title caps, with no quotation marks or italics

I'm taking two history courses this semester: Europe Since 1945 and Early Modern Europe.

course work

cum laude
No italics

curriculum, curricula
Use curricula when referring to more than one curriculum

curriculum vitae, CV
Plural: curricula vitae, CVs

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