To: Phi Beta Cons

From: Katherine D. Bows, Director, Marketing Communications for the Georgia Institute of Technology

Subject: GT or GIT – From the Institute

The Communications & Marketing department at Georgia Tech would like to provide you with the official usage rules:

Neither “GT” nor “GIT” should be used as an abbreviation for “Georgia Institute of Technology” in running text. “GT” is acceptable in charts, graphs, etc. where space is at a premium. And it’s also acceptable for use in abbreviated forms of the names of our satellite campuses (GT Savannah, GT Lorraine, etc.). But for those who are simply looking for a more succinct way of saying “Georgia Institute of Technology” on subsequent references (in running text), the acceptable alternatives are “Georgia Tech” and “the Institute” — or even “Tech” by itself, if the preceding text makes it clear that Georgia Tech is the entity being referenced. “GT” and “GIT” appear throughout the sites of individual campus departments, but they are not correct according to Institute identity guidelines.