Usage

• Department and office names: treat as proper nouns with appropriate capitalization
  Department of Architecture
• Kennesaw Campus: use when referring to Kennesaw location
• Kennesaw State University: use the full name of University upon first reference within body text on a Web page; subsequent references may alternate between Kennesaw State and KSU for the sake of variety
• Marietta Campus: use when referring to Marietta location
• Owl(s): in reference to KSU’s mascot, treat as proper noun
• Southern Polytechnic State University: may be used in reference to the consolidation; otherwise, refer to the University as Kennesaw State University
• The Owl Nation: treat as proper noun
• the University: a third way to refer to KSU is “the University”; note that “University” is capitalized (see also Section 3.6, Alphabetical Entries)
• titles of academic degrees: Web designers may use both “bachelor’s degree,” (no capitalization in general reference) or, more specifically, “Bachelor of ______” (see Section 3.5, Abbreviations and Acronyms for guidance on how to abbreviate academic degrees). Similarly,“master’s degree“ or“Master of ______“ may be utilized.