This change will affect how your name is displayed in Email, Canvas, and Class Rosters.
User who need to correct the Case Sensitivity of their name. Example JOHN SMITH to John Smith. Please reach out to the KU IT Customer Service Center and let us know after you've completed the steps described below. If the steps are not completed the system may automatically undo the changes we put into place.
Faculty/Staff
- Contact Human Resources by hrdept@ku.edu or 785-864-4946
- You will need to specify that you want to update your preferred name.
Students
- Go to Enroll & Pay at https://sa.ku.edu and login.
- Click the Personal Details tile
- Select Update Name & Pronouns.
- Select Preferred.
- Edit the name information found there.
Graduate Assistants
- Update your preferred name in both Enroll and Pay for the student account (see Student steps above) in addition to updating your preferred name with Human Resources (see Faculty/Staff steps above). This includes:
- Graduate Assistants
- Graduate Teaching Assistants
- Graduate Research Assistants
Changes to your preferred name can take up to 24 hours to complete and be seen.