Glossary

I realised that I use a lot of words that are Aussie/Canberra/ANU slang. I usually try to explain what they are at least once, but I though it'd probably be helpful to have an easy reference post. Let me know in the comments if I forget any.

• 15458 (blog title)- the distance in kilometres between Ann Arbor, MI and Canberra, ACT
• ACT- Australian Capital Territory
• AFES- Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students
• ANU- The Australian National University
• ANUSA- Australian National University Students' Association; the undergraduate association
• Belconnen- nearby suburb of Canberra
• Big W- department store, I guess
• Canberra Centre- the mall-type building where most of the stores in Civic are located
• carpark- parking lot/parking garage
• Chifley Library- main library at ANU
• Civic- the centre of Canberra
• Coles- grocery store
• Commonwealth- my bank
• Copland- building at ANU
• CITC- Crossroads in the City; Crossroads Christian Church has a church service on campus every Sunday night
• CIF- Crossroads International Fellowship; Bible study from Crossroads that takes place right before church
• Davey Lodge- the building of UniLodge in which I live
• flat- apartment
• Hancock Library- Science library at ANU
• IGA- Independent Grocers of Australia; closest grocery store to my flat
• ISIS- website to manage contact details and enrolment information for ANU
• Kiwi- person from New Zealand
• Lecturer- professor
• Manning Clark building- building at ANU where a lot of things are held because of the big lecture theatres
• Mozzies- mosquitoes
• MPH- Master of Public Health
• NSW- New South Wales (the state where Sydney is located)
• NTE- National Training Event
• OSHC- Overseas Student Health Care
• PARSA- Postgraduate and Research Students' Association
• Peter Baume- one of the buildings of the ANU medical school
• SIGN- Student Information and Guidance Network; they give the campus tours, mentoring, and lots of free gelato
• sunnies- sunglasses
• Supabarn- grocery store
• Tassie- Tasmania; island state of Australia that all Aussies make fun of
• Toad- Hall were some of my friends live
• UNSW- University of New South Wales
• UTS- University Technology, Sydney
• Uni(s)- university/universities
• UniLodge- a company of buildings that are for students; the ones at ANU are affiliated with the university, but they are not at many other universities
• Union Court- the centre of campus, where there are some organization offices, cafes, stores, etc
• WA- Western Australia (the state where Perth is located)
• Wattle- class website with course outlines, readings, discussion forums, etc
• Westfield- mall in Belconnen