Santa Clara University

Spell out on first reference.

• University of California, Berkeley
• U.C. Berkeley on second reference

and

• California State University, Fresno
• Fresno State on second reference

Note, this title is two words.

ex. The President just named Jane the under secretary of defense.

U.S is acceptable on second reference.

Treat as a proper noun and capitalize only when referring to Santa Clara University specifically:

• The Residential Learning Communities are a unique selling point of the University.
• All University departments have to adhere by the style guide.

But when used to denote a common noun, it is:

• SCU is a Jesuit university.

Santa Clara or SCU is acceptable on second reference. Don't use University alone on first reference. In press releases,"university" will be lowercased in all cases when it is a stand-alone element, uppercased when used after "Santa Clara."