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  • Asst. Director of Admissions
  • FAO II

Spanish-Speaker Notation – “Hablo español.”

  • Include with permission of your immediate supervisor and if you are comfortable conversing in Spanish 
  • Because the standard business card templates do not include a field for this information, add to the title field, separated by a pipe character
  • Capitalize and punctuate appropriately

Correct:

  • Financial Aid Counselor | Hablo español.

Incorrect:

  • Financial Aid Counselor, Hablo español.
  • Financial Aid Counselor | hablo espanol
  • Admissions Counselor | Se habla español.

Department Name

  • Use the official name of the office or unit to which you report
  • Do not shorten or abbreviate
  • Capitalize appropriately
  • Avoid use of any unnecessary article

Correct:

  • Enrollment Management and Student Success
  • Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid
  • Office of Registrar

Incorrect:

  • Office of Enrollment Management and Student Success - do not include "Office" in front
  • Office of admissions or The Office of Admissions or Texas Admissions

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  • Use only for recognized secondary departments, not for teams, committees or affinity groups
  • Avoid abbreviations and unnecessary articles
  • Not required when there is no appropriate secondary department name.

Correct:

  • Houston Admissions Center
  • Academic Information Systems
  • Marketing and Communications

Incorrect:

  • The Dallas Admissions Center
  • AIS

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  • On-Campus Staff: Use Address listed in Directory with your office Mail Code (see below)
    • NOTE for ADMISSIONS STAFF ONLY - use P.O. Box 8058
  • Off-Campus Staff: Use the mailing address of your center or primary office
  • When possible, include a nine-digit ZIP code
  • Abbreviate in accordance with the guidelines at utexas.edu/brand-guidelines/writing-style-guide/abbreviations

Correct:

  • 1616 Guadalupe
    D2100
    Austin, TX 78701
  • P.O. Box 8058
    Austin, TX 78713-8058
  • 10801 Gateway Blvd. West, Ste. 300
    El Paso, TX 79935-4924

Incorrect:

  • P.O. Box 8058, M0700
    Austin, TX 78713-8058
  • 10801 Gateway Boulevard West, Suite 300
    El Paso, TX 79935-4924

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  • Include all 10 digits, separated as appropriate by hyphens
  • Do not use periods or parentheses

Correct:

  • 512-555-5555

Incorrect:

  • 512.555.5555
  • (512) 555-5555

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  • Your official university email address 
  • Do not include capital letters

Correct:

Incorrect:

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  • Use your unit's website address - for example: admissions.utexas.edu
  • You may also include the university main website:  utexas.edu 
  • Avoid capital letters
  • Do not include http:// or www. notations

Correct:

Incorrect:



Spanish-Speaker Notation – “Hablo español.”

  • Include with permission of your immediate supervisor and if you are comfortable conversing in Spanish 
  • Because the standard business card templates do not include a field for this information, add to the title field, separated by a pipe character
  • Capitalize and punctuate appropriately

Correct:

  • Financial Aid Counselor | Hablo español.

Incorrect:

  • Financial Aid Counselor, Hablo español.
  • Financial Aid Counselor | hablo espanol
  • Admissions Counselor | Se habla español.