Other Style Considerations

The university's proper name -- to be used in all first instances -- is St. Cloud State University.

St. Cloud State is appropriate for successive references. In a possessive form, spell out the full name: "St. Cloud State University's campus is located on the Mississippi River." The word Saint is abbreviated St. in all instances. SCSU is not a preferred institutional name because St. Cloud State shares that acronym with at least three other U.S. colleges.

The correct spellings for St. Cloud State team names are "Husky" (singular) and "Huskies" (plural).

The university takes pride its strong commitment to diversity. The statement below should appear on all letterhead, brochures, pamphlets and newsletters:

St. Cloud State University values diversity of all kinds, including but not limited to race, religion and ethnicity.