Personal Information and Preferred Name

Address Change

• Complete change of address in Webcat.
  • Login to Webcat
  • Select Personal Information
  • Select View/Update Personal Information
  • Select the pencil icon under Address to edit
  • Click Update

Legal Name Change

• Complete the Legal Change of Name Form, include documentation required and drop off or send to:
  • Concord
    • Drop off or mail: Registration Office, 2 White St., Concord, NH 03301
    • Email: Law.Registrar@unh.edu
  • Durham
    • Drop off or mail: Office of the Registrar, Stoke Hall Rm 180, 11 Garrison Ave., Durham, NH 03824-3511
    • Email: Registrar.Records@unh.edu
  • Manchester
    • Drop off or mail: Registration Office, 88 Commercial St., Manchester, NH 03101
    • Email: Registrar.Records@unh.edu
  • Fax
    • (603) 862-1817

Do not email documents containing Social Security number.

Preferred Name

Students may indicate a preferred first name that will appear in various platforms at UNH. The preferred first name will be used in the places listed below, regardless of whether or not you have legally changed your name. To change your name legally, go to Legal Name Change.

The usage of preferred first name at UNH is an ongoing process. Additional processes will continue to be evaluated.

Note: Staff with an administrative need (e.g., police, health, and financial services; Deans’ office staff, IT Support Staff) will see both legal and preferred first names. Similar to GPAs and other sensitive information, these staff are trained on the implications of this access.

Places where Legal First Name is Used

• Academic Technology Support Center
  (in addition to preferred name)
• Counseling Center*
• Diploma* (unless otherwise designated)
• Health Insurance
• Health Services*
• Hometown Newspaper Announcements
• Financial Aid
• Immigration documents from Office of International Students and Scholars
  (for international students)
• IT Service Desk
• Official University Correspondence such as letters sent to parents/guardians
• Official Transcripts
• Responses to enrollment inquiries such as verification requests
  (unless you have chosen FERPA Exclusion)
• Student Hiring Process (work study or student hourly)
• Student Identity Record (in addition to preferred name)

*Preferred first name may be selected when registering for services.

Places Where Preferred First Name Changes

• Academic Technology Support Center
  (in addition to legal name)
• Accommodate (Student Accessibility Services)
• Accounts Management System
• Advisee Lists
• Canvas
• Class Rosters
• Computer Labs/Clusters
• Degree Audit Reporting System
• Dining
• Directory Listing (Unless you have chosen FERPA Exclusion)
• Facilities Self-Service
• Grade Reports
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• Granite Square Station Mailroom
  (in addition to legal name)
• Housing and Residential Life
• IT Service Desk (in addition to legal name)
• Library sign-out process
• Parent Portal
• Student I.D. (Submit replacement request. No fee, but ID with legal name must be returned to UNH.)
• Student Identity Record (in addition to legal name)
• Webcat's Student Academic Transcript (Unofficial)
• Wildcat Advising
• Wildcat Careers
• Zoom
• 0365 Services
• UNH Email (see below)*

Steps to Indicate your Preferred Name

1. Login to Webcat.
2. Select 'Personal Information'.
3. Select 'View/Update Personal Information'.
4. In 'Personal Details' select the pencil icon to update a Preferred First Name.
5. Please remember to select update to ensure that your preferences have been saved.
   The preferred first name update may take 24-hours before changes appear in the system.

*UNH Email

• Students that indicate a preferred first name prior to receiving an @unh.edu email account have the following email alias: PreferredFirstName.LastName@unh.edu.
• Students that indicate a preferred first name after receiving an @unh.edu email account must submit a request to have their email alias updated. Email alias update request steps.

If you have designated a preferred first name and it is not used/displayed somewhere you feel it should be based on the information provided above, you may request the change by completing the request process.
Please report any computer/technology issues to the UNH IT Help Desk (862-4242).
Other preferred first name related concerns, questions, and/or feedback, please contact the Office of Community, Equity, & Diversity at (603) 862-1058.
For additional support & resources for international students, contact the Office of International Students & Scholars at (603) 862-1288.
For additional support & resources for transgender students, contact the Beauregard Center at (603) 862-5053 or (603) 862-5204.

Pronouns

myWildcat Success (EAB Navigate) has a pronouns option under 'User Preferences.' Students and other users can select personal pronouns for display to other users. Please visit the Knowledge Base article for instructions on selecting pronouns in myWildcat Success.

Canvas has a pronouns option under 'User Account.' Students and other users can select personal pronouns for display to other users. Please visit the Knowledge Base article for instructions on selecting pronouns in Canvas.

Student Directory

The UNH Student Directory requires a UNH login and displays student name and UNH email address*. If a student would like to have their name and email address omitted from the Student Directory, they must complete and submit a Prevent Disclosure of Information Request form.

*Additional Directory Information may be displayed to UNH employees. For more information about Directory Information, visit the Student Privacy Act (FERPA) webpage.