Edison State Univ vs. Thomas Edison

[natshar]

Hi all,

I would like to share a thought I've had, to see what you all think. I was thinking that it might good for us to drop the "Thomas" in Thomas Edison when referring to the university. This way, we would be saying Edison State, or Edison State University. I think it would place the emphasis on the State part of the name. It doesn't matter to those of us here, because we already know it is a state university. But others don't. 

Do you think that when you use "Thomas Edison State University," with people, that the "State" part is clear enough to them? I just wonder if the name of "Thomas Edison" is what they remember, rather than "Edison State." 

I always use Edison State University on my resume, employment documents, etc. I want it to be super clear that this is a state school. I don't want people's minds getting stuck on the "Thomas Edison" part.

Does any of this make sense??? Of course, I'm not talking about pushing to change the actual name. Just to change the name that we use when talking about the university with others. What do you all think? Have you ever wondered about this?

I went to a resume workshop and one thing I remember hearing:
"If you misspell where you went to school, I will immediately throw your resume out and won't consider you."

After that, I made a point to look at people resumes for wrong school names and it amazed me how many people couldn't get the name of their school right. Examples include serious misspellings and adding the word "community" to a college that although it is a community college, never ever had the work community in its name and putting the school name as two words when it is a compound word.

They also told me most employers do quick google search of where the person they want to hire went to school. Nothing fancy, but if it isn't something they've heard of, they just want to make sure it is a legit accredited school. 

Personally, I think changing the name of a school and a resume is a bad idea. But what do I know?