Question
How do I change my preferred name?
Answer
All faculty, staff and students have the ability to change their preferred name.
- Login to mySeaport.
- Under Services, click Personal Information.
- In the Personal Details section, click Edit.
- Type in your preferred first name in the Preferred First Name field.
- Click Update.
*Please note: Any faculty, staff or student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington can indicate their preferred first name to the university community regardless of whether or not they have legally changed their name. This option applies to first name only and only if your preferred first name differs from your legal first name. There is no need to submit a change if it mirrors your current legal first name.
The preferred first name will be used for many internal communications at UNCW. Your legal first name will still be used for external UNCW communications.
Note: We have done our best to identify the most commonly used internal reports and changed them to display preferred first name. We have not changed every report; there are hundreds that display student name. Staff at UNCW will be trained to be aware of the implications of preferred and legal name. If you discover a critical report that is not displaying preferred first name, please let the Office of the Registrar know.
Places Where Preferred First Name Is Used:
- Online Campus Directory
- Diploma
- SeaNet Header
- Degree Audit
- Class Rosters
- Class Photos
- Advisee Rosters
- Advisee Photos
- Grade Reports
- Canvas
- Starfish
Future Preferred First Name Use Planned:
- mySeaport
- Unofficial Transcripts
- UNCW OneCard
- Housing Room Assignments
- Reports
- Auxiliary Services
- Many other ancillary systems
Places Where Legal First Name Is Used:
- Student Accounts
- Financial Aid
- Responses to enrollment inquiries, such as verification requests (unless you have chosen FERPA exclusion)
- Official Transcripts
- Payroll
If you need further assistance, please submit a service request or CHAT with TAC.