Jargon
ACCT
Accountancy Department
BAFI
Banking and Finance Department
Blackboard
Online Course Information, Discussion Groups and Student
Resources
BMBASA
Black MBA Student Association
CNM
Certificate in Nonprofit Management
Career Services
Career Services
CWRU/CASE
Case Western Reserve University
CWRUnet
The University’s computer network
Dively
The Executive Education building
E-College
Another site with Online Course Information, Discussion Groups and Student Resources
GBSA
Graduate Business Student Association (you are a member
of this organization as soon as you register for classes)
HSMC
Health Systems Management Center
HVO
Human Values and Organizations
ITG
Information Technology Group
MBA/JD
MBA/Juris Doctorate - dual degree
LEAD
Leadership Assessment and Development
LT
Learning Team (you will be assigned to one in your Leadership Assessment and Development class, this is the group MBA’s spend their first year with)
LHRP
Labor and Human Resource Policy Department
MAcc
The Master of Accountancy Program
MAPS
Marketing and Policy Studies Department
MBA/MD
MBA/Medical Doctorate dual degree
MKMR
Abbreviation for Marketing courses
MNO
Masters of Nonprofit Organizations
1-2-1
Fitness Center (membership based)
OPMT
Operations Management
OPRE
Operations Research Department
ORBH
Organizational Behavior Department
OUTLOOK
The Weatherhead e-mail system, connecting internal and
external e-mail
QUMM
Quantitative Methods
PDPC
Professional Degree Programs Committee
Peter B. Lewis Building/PBL
Home of the Weatherhead School of Management
SLMC
Student Learning Management Committee (student counterpart
to the PDPC -- monitors delivery of current degree programs;
acts as a curricular liaison to the PDPC)
Thwing
the Student Center on Euclid
(where the bookstore and campus post office are located)
UCI
University Circle, Inc. (police and parking for the
University Circle area)
Veale
University indoor sports complex and exercise facility
Wackadoo's
On campus restauraunt located in Thwing.
WeRS
Calendar of Weatherhead Events and the eRecruiting System
WSOM
Weatherhead School of Management (of course!)
WSS
Weatherhead Student Services (Admissions, Registration, Program Management, Student Life & Multicultural Activities and Career Services Center)
Cleveland Jargon
Blossom - located in Cuyahoga Falls, the Blossom
Music Center is an indoor/outdoor dome offering entertainment
ranging from pop to opera. Blossom is also the summer
home of the world renowned Cleveland Orchestra.
Cleveland Playhouse - located at 8500 Euclid
Avenue in Cleveland, the Playhouse is America's first
and oldest resident professional theater.
Clinic- the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, located
at 9500 Euclid Avenue, is world renowned for medical
research and treatment.
Emerald Necklace - Greater Cleveland's Metropolitan
Park System, comprised of more than 18,000 acres of
land, ten major reservations and six golf courses. The
park system's layout resembles the shape of a necklace.
Hopkins - Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Innerbelt - a freeway running through the heart
of Downtown Cleveland connecting I-71 and I-90 (the
Shoreway). The Innerbelt offers numerous exits to key
areas in Downtown Cleveland.
North Coast - the northern edge of the Greater
Cleveland area, which touches the south shore of Lake
Erie.
Ohio City - a renovated neighborhood on Cleveland's
near west side.
Playhouse Square - three separate theaters in
Downtown Cleveland located between East 14th and East
17th Streets on Euclid Avenue.. Playhouse Square is
not affiliated with the Cleveland Playhouse.
R.T.A. - The Regional Transit Authority, which
connects the east and west suburban areas of Greater
Cleveland via bus and trail lines (The Rapid).
Severance Hall - Permanent home of the Cleveland
Orchestra in University Circle next to the Kelvin Smith
Library
Shoreway - the section of Interstate 90 running
parallel with the south shore of Lake Erie and stretching
from just west of Downtown Cleveland eastward to the
Interstate 271 spur (a.k.a. Route 2).
UH - University Hospitals.
