Name Change

Your name will appear in your university records and on your diploma exactly as shown in the student portal.

For new students, university records reflect the name under which you applied for admission.

In addition, you can specify a preferred first name.

Current Students

To change your legal name in university records, please complete a Petition for Name Change for Current Students and a Request to Change E-mail Address and submit to [email protected]. When you submit your petitions, you must include copies of the following documents:

  • Photo identification (former or new name); and
  • Documentation or identification that links your old name and new name

Your documentation or identification must show exactly the same name as you request to appear in your university records.

If you are graduating and wish to change your name in your university records and on your diploma, you should file a Petition for Name Change not later than the second week of your final quarter of enrollment.

Please note that any name preference that you submit to your school or program for graduation ceremonies will not be reflected on your diploma unless you also file a Petition for Name Change at [email protected] by the second week of your final quarter.

Alumni and Former Students

If you have already graduated, you may submit a Petition for Name Change After Graduation.