Names of racial and national groupings are capitalized: African American, American Indian, Anglo, Anglo-American, Asian, Asian American, German American, Greek American, Hispanic, Irish American, Italian American, Latina, Latino, Mexican American.

Do not hyphenate when using a compound word as a noun; hyphenate when using as an adjective (e.g., an African American, African-American heritage).

Names based only on color are lowercased: black, red, white.

Do not use the following terms: Afro-American, Chicano, Negro.

This abbreviation for Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is acceptable in all references. Washington University students can enroll in Army ROTC or Air Force ROTC.

Until military policy changes, references to ROTC programs generally should be footnoted with the applicable portion of the University’s nondiscrimination statement: “Present Department of Defense policy governing all ROTC programs discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation; such discrimination is inconsistent with Washington University policy.”