Examples of records showing legal names are such things as transcripts, degree audits, financial records, W-2 forms, newspaper articles, enrollment data, financial aid documents and mailing information. If you change your first name in use for the above purposes, that does not change your legal name with BSU, and ALL other University records will still reflect your legal name.
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You can have your first name in use listed in Blackboard, if you update it in your student record first.You can change how your name is displayed to email recipients and in the global address book to display your first name in use.You can get a new Connect ID card with your first name in use, if you change it on class rosters and grade lists first.You can change your first name on class rosters and grade lists.The name you indicate on that application will be used on your diploma, in the commencement brochure, and will be the name called when you walk across the stage during the commencement ceremony. You can indicate your first name in use on your application for graduation (i.e., Degree Application).BSU has established procedures which would allow you, if you so desire, to use a first name different than your legal first name on certain University records:
Other federal reporting requirements require the University to use students’ legal names.
For example, degree audits use students’ legal names and Student Employment requires identification that indicates legal name. Not all BSU systems, however, have this option. BSU employees who are also students may use the first First Name in Use option as described below.īSU is pleased to offer a First Name in Use option to students who wish to be known by a first name other than their legal first name on class rosters, grade lists, ID cards, Blackboard, student email addresses, when entering residence halls, and other instances. This procedure explains how students may indicate their "First Name in Use" in student records.