Preferred Name and Gender Information

The Personal Pronoun and Preferred First Name Policy allows faculty, staff and students to change an individual’s first names and pronouns in most university information systems without pursuing a legal name change.

Reasons for name changes may include transgender or gender nonconforming identities, members of our international community who wish to adopt an English language name, individuals known by names that are different from their legal names, etc.

Information on how to request a change, as well as information about what this change might mean regarding use of alternative names/pronouns, can be found in the documents below:

Personal Pronoun and Preferred First Name Policy

• Preferred First Name Resources
  • Preferred First Name Resources for Students
  • Preferred First Name Resources for Employees
• Frequently Asked Questions for Adding a Preferred First Name
  • Frequently Asked Questions for Students Adding Preferred First Name
  • Frequently Asked Questions for Employees Adding Preferred First Name

• Personal Pronoun Resources

While the University is committed to supporting theses enhancements, some of these changes will need to be phased in due to the complexity of the systems.  A timeline for the full implementation can be found here.