Key Words and Terms
The following key words and terms cover items that don’t appear in the Chicago Manual of Style, items you’ll encounter frequently, or our exceptions to CMS style. Often the Chicago Manual of Style has multiple “correct” versions of a term, but for consistency across our communications, Simmons has set a style for them.
You may also want to check the Grammar and Punctuation section of the style guide.
Find capitalization and abbreviation rules on the Formatting Academic Degrees and Programs page.
One word, no space or hyphen for use as a noun or adjective.
The Living and Learning Center is the heart of the One Simmons plan to create a dynamic, student-centered community where academics, community, and connection come together.
One word, no space or hyphen.
One word, no space or hyphen.
The Children's Literature program spells picturebook as one word. It should be spelled as one word unless you are referring to the name of a place that spells it as two words (ie. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art).
The Simmons Edge is our integrated academic and experiential journey that leads students to career success — faster and more affordably — so they can begin to realize a return on that investment in less time.
When a position is used as a person’s title, capitalize the professional title, but for more generic uses, lowercase the title.
- Nurse Practitioner Sarah Smith
- Sarah Smith, Nurse Practitioner
- Sarah Smith is training to become a nurse practitioner
One word, no space or hyphen.
No hyphens, not U.S. and D.C. It is typically the Simmons style to not add periods to abbreviations.
U.S.News is one word; “and” is represented by an ampersand symbol; the complete title is italicized.
- U.S.News & World Report
The first reference to this publication should be “U.S.News & World Report,” with no space between “S.” and “News.” “U.S. News” may be used for second mention and is italicized with a space between “S.” and “News.”