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Preferred Name

As a student at MTSU,聽 you can provide a preferred name to be used if it differs from your legal name.聽 A preferred name (sometimes known as a chosen name, a nickname, or a name-in-use) is usually a first name that differs from one’s legal name.聽 You may prefer to go by your middle name, a version of your name, an Americanized name, or a name that reflects your gender identity.聽

For those who choose to use one a preferred name will be used on class lists for faculty, in our D2L learning management system, and on other similar rosters. However, your legal name must be used for some purposes like financial aid and your FAFSA, as well as on your official school documents such as a transcript and diploma.聽 If you want to change your聽legal聽name, please submit a Name Change Request form and required documentation at聽/one-stop/forms/.聽Otherwise, current students may add, edit, or remove a preferred name in Pipeline (see process below).

A preferred name will display in the following areas and processes on campus, among others:聽

• Class rosters in Pipeline
• D2L/Canvas rosters and discussion boards
• DegreeWorks
• Admissions
• Merit 
• MT One Stop
• Navigate (EAB)
• MTMail Display Name 
• Campus 乐播传媒入口

For some processes your legal name must be utilized, such as with financial aid documents, transcripts, and diplomas.聽 Otherwise your preferred name may be used in outgoing postal mail, on university press releases, and other outgoing documents.聽Please be aware before submitting a preferred name that we’ll use that name over your legal name in as many places as possible!

To update your preferred name, on the main Pipeline screen when you login (the “Home” menu) select the option to Update Personal Information.

The Personal Details box will display any current preferred first name, if any. To change this, click the Edit button in the top right corner. This is the only field you can change in this box.

Once you have updated your preferred name, select “Update” to save. It will take a few days for the change to take effect in all places, such as MTMail and the Campus 乐播传媒入口.