Meister Eckhart Divinity School
An Educational Institute For Ministry, Personal Growth And Religious Degree Or Certificate Programs
An Educational Institute For Ministry, Personal Growth And Religious Degree Or Certificate Programs
All School staff, faculty and students are held to maintain a professional attitude as expressed in proper etiquette during both correspondence and personal interaction. This also applies when referring to faculty, staff and students.
Thus:
Faculty is always to be addressed by their last name preceded by the title "Professor", such as "Professor N." or "Prof. Dr. N." (if they hold a doctoral title); etc.
School staff is to be addressed by "Mr., Mrs." or "Ms." and their last name respectively, if they do not hold a title. In the latter case, their title is to be used instead. For example, "Dr. N."
Ordained staff is to be addressed with their respective title, such as "Rev.", "Fr." , "Bishop" etc. as customary.
Students can be addressed by their first (full) name, i.e. not casual versions. Example: "James" (instead of "Jim"); Michael (instead of "Mike"), etc.
In English, when placing a name at the end of a sentence or exclamation, a comma must always come before it. Example: “Can you help me with my studies, Daniel.” - Or: "Good morning, Fr. John!" The same rule applies to titles: "Good morning, Your Excellency!" Or: "Hello, Mar Joseph!" Or: "Greetings, Dr. Cerny!" Or: "Hi, Prof. Swanson!"