What’s in a University Name?

The University of Michigan-Flint employs official abbreviations based on Ann Arbor, Dearborn and even other comparative institutions’ style in writing their university name. The only abbreviation that should be used for our campus is “UM-Flint”. The abbreviated version “UMF” should never be used. Not only because it is not officially recognized as our abbreviation and runs the risk of causing inconsistency and confusion, but also due to the fact that in the social media world, UMF takes on a whole new and unfortunate meaning.

There are additional common uses of the university name that can be found at this link: http://www.umflint.edu/urel/common-style-usage-questions.php