Avoid random drive-by capitalization. When in doubt, don't. Use common sense.
University: References to Northern as the university are not capitalized, as in The university policy is ...
Departments and colleges: Capitalize names of departments and colleges. Communications and Marketing, History Department, College of Arts and Sciences. Say History Department rather than Department of History and Communications and Marketing instead of Office of Communications and Marketing.
Generic references to a department are not capitalized, such as The department's goals are ... or when the reader already knows which department is being referred to because of a previous reference, or because of the nature of the newsletter, as in the English Department Newsletter.
Programs: Do not capitalize the proper names of programs, as in teacher certification program.
Majors: Do not capitalize the names of academic majors except for languages, as in He is majoring in history with a minor in French.
Academic and professional titles: To avoid awkward capitalization of people's titles, write the name first, then the title, as in Karen Wallingford, university editor, announced that everyone can take the rest of the day off.
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Headlines: The preferred style for NMU publications is to capitalize only the first word and proper nouns in any headline. Some editors choose to capitalize all the important words in a headline. The choice is yours. Just be consistent!
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