Our BrandWriting Style Guide
Learn to write like an S&T pro—from department names to degrees and more, we've got information on how to correctly write it all.
Missouri S&T faculty, students and staffers create a lot of written material.
As more of us communicate about the university on various platforms — from websites and social media to PowerPoint presentations, email messages and departmental newsletters — the need for guidelines on how we represent Missouri S&T in writing has never been greater.
Chapters
Forward — Guiding Principles
General tips that serve as a basis for our writing style guide
Chapter 1 — Academic Colleges, Degrees, Departments and Titles
Capitalization, formatting and abbreviation guidelines for academic programs and titles
Chapter 2 — Campus Buildings and Landmarks
Capitalization and abbreviations campus buildings and landmarks
Chapter 3 — Kummer Institute Foundation Style Guidelines
Guidelines, terminology and abbreviations for the Kummer Institute Foundation
Chapter 4 — Common Mistakes
Common misspellings, incorrect abbreviations, and proper use of terms
Chapter 5 — Writing the University Name
When and how to write the formal university name and other forms
Chapter 6 — Inclusive Writing
Writing language involving age, race, sex, disabilities and religion
Chapter 8 — Headlines and Photo Captions
Tips for writing effective and engaging headlines for publications and websites
Who This Style Guide is For
The Missouri S&T Style Guide is intended to help campus writers and editors maintain a consistent style and voice for all written marketing and promotional materials that go out under the university’s name — both printed and electronic.
Who to Contact For Questions
This style guide doesn’t address every conceivable issue related to how Missouri S&T is presented in writing. It is intended to provide general guidance only, and to address some of the more common concerns that arise. We have tried to include every department, center and laboratory that exists at the time of this revision, but we may have missed some. We welcome suggestions or corrections to this guide. So if you have any, please submit them to the Missouri S&T marketing and communications department at marketing@mst.edu.