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  • The following spellings are correct or preferred by the publications staff in the Office of Communications and Marketing:advisor

    alumna (feminine, singular)
    alumnae (feminine, plural)
    alumnus (masculine, singular)
    alumni (masculine, plural; mixed masculine and feminine, plural)
    amphitheatre
    canceled
    catalog
    counseled
    counselor
    dialogue
    input/output
    medieval
    orthopedics (orthopaedics may be used on letterheads and business cards)
    Paul Laurence Dunbar
    theatre
    traveled
    vita (singular, used alone)
    curriculum vitae (singular)
    curricula vitae (plural)

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