S

S

Semester

Keep lowercased unless noting a particular semester. Refer also to capitalization.

• the fall semester
• the Fall 2026 semester

Semicolons

Refer to punctuation.

Social Media and Web Terms

• blog (noun, verb)
• blogger (noun)
• Facebook
• Flickr
• Google (This is a proper noun; do not use it as a verb. Use search instead.)
• Instagram
• iPhone
• iPod
• LinkedIn
• Microsoft (Use MSN only when referring to website or instant messenger.)
• Pinterest
• podcast
• post (noun, verb)
• Snapchat
• TikTok
• Tumblr
• wiki, wikis (noun)
• Wikipedia
• X
• Yahoo!
• YouTube

Software and Systems

• Bin
• Board Bucks
• Canvas
• CBORD
• Degreeworks
• Drupal
• Duo
• ECCash
• eCommon
• Eduroam
• emerson.build
• Emerson Account
• Emerson College app
• Emerson Gmail
• Emerson Guest
• Emerson Housing Portal
• Emerson ID
• Emerson IT Self-Service
• GET
• Google Workspace
• Handshake (a Career Development Center database)
• Pages
• Panopto
• PrinterLogic
• Qualtrics
• Raiser's Edge
• Rave or ENS
• SchoolDude
• SentinelOne
• Slack
• Spacebook or EMS
• Student Health Portal
• Student Self-Service (also known as "SSB" or "Banner")
• Slate
• Status
• Tap and Go Guest or iVisitor
• VPN or GlobalProtect
• WebCheckout
• WordPress (word.emerson.edu, websites.emerson.edu)
• Workday
• Workspace ONE
• Zendesk
• Zoom

Student Status

Lowercase first-year, sophomore, junior, and senior.

When referring to an "upperclass student," upperclass is one word.

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