WGU Acronyms
STEEM
What is Science, Technology, Engineering, English, and Math?
This person was the first WGU president
Who is Bob Mendenhall?
Everyone's favorite Greek letter and it's tasty too.
What is pi?
The number of significant figures in the product 3.45 x 0.034567
What is 3?
This is time of the month when students apply for DT.
The 1st-7th
PCE
What are Pre-Clinical Experiences?
WGU celebrates this anniversary this year.
What is the 26th?
This person allegedly ran around town naked yelling Eureka!
Who is Archimedes?
This famous sequence shows up in flower petals, seashells and faces.
What is the Fibonacci sequence.
Last day to submit an IC.
25th of the month
LCF
The name and animal of the WGU mascot
Who is Sage the Owl?
This letter can mean "sum" or "standard deviation"
What is sigma?
Space is this many miles (or km) away from sea level.
What is 62 miles or 100 km?
This pedagogy course should go in the first term for MAMEs instead of Math Learning and Teaching.
What is Statistics for Secondary Math Teaching.
AWE
What is Automated Welcome Email?
This is the Vision of WGU.
What is to be the most innovative, student-centric university?
This person wrote the definitive book on Geometry
Who is Euclid?
1/n sum x_i
What is the average?
These non-WGU exams are required to graduate from WGU.
What are the Praxis exams?
CBE
What is Competency Based Education?
What is Chicago, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Washington DC, Seattle
He was the Father of Astronomy
Who is Hipparchus?
This element is known for killing its discoverer.
What is radium? or polonium
These are the requirements for PCE/DT that take the longest to obtain.
What are Basic Skills Exam scores and background clearance?