Updating Diploma Name

A primary name is your legal name used in certain university records. As a default, your primary name will be used on your diploma. 

If you would like to change the name that appears on your diploma, this guide will walk you through changing your first name and / or adding a middle name on your diploma. 

See the Preferred Name and Pronouns guide for specific instructions on how to add / edit your preferred name.

Please be aware:

  • You are only allowed to change your name once within 24 hours
  • You are only allowed to change your name two times (in total)

Step 1:

Login to the Campus Portal

Logging into the Campus Portal guide

Step 2:

Click on the Student Homepage tile

Arrow pointing to Student Homepage tile

You may be prompted to login and/or authenticate

Arrow pointing to Username and Login fields

Step 3:

Click on the Academic Records tile

Arrow pointing to the Academic records tile

Step 4:

Click on Apply/Pay for Graduation tab

Arrow pointing to Apply /Pay for Graduation link

Step 5:

The page will refresh to show you the name that will be printed on your diploma if you do not make any changes

Click the OK button to proceed

Highlight of number of changes statement

The page will refresh to the Apply for Graduation screen

Overview of Apply / Pay Graduation page

Step 6:

Click one of the methods below to complete updating your diploma name

A) Update Diploma Name Button

Step 6:

Under the Use this section to update your FIRST Name on the Diploma section

Click on the Update Diploma Name button 

Arrow pointing to Update Diploma Name button

Step 7:

Enter the name you would like to appear as your first name in the Enter Your New Diploma First Name field

Enter the name you would like to appear as your middle name in the Enter Your New Diploma Middle Name field

Arrow pointing to First Name and Middle Name field

If there are no changes, please leave the field blank

Step 8:

Click the Save button

Highlight of Save button

Step 9:

A window will pop-up giving you the amount of changes for your reference

Click the OK button to proceed

Highlight of change notice

The page will refresh to show your new name

Highlight of new name

This completes the diploma name update

Note:

  • You are only allowed to change your name once within 24 hours
  • You are only allowed to change your name two times (in total)
B) Preferred Name 

To change a name to your preferred name, you must already have your preferred name on file. 

See the Preferred Name and Pronouns guide for specific instructions on how to add / edit your preferred name if needed.

Step 6:

Click the Diploma Name Type caret

Arrow pointing to Diploma Name Type caret

Step 7:

Select Preferred

Arrow pointing to preferred name

The name will update to show your preferred name

Arrow pointing to updated name

This completes the diploma name update

Reminder:

  • You are only allowed to change your name once within 24 hours
  • You are only allowed to change your name two times (in total)
  • If you have a preferred name on record, changed it to Preferred, but want to change it back to your Primary name, you may use one of your allowed times to change it back to your Primary name by following the instructions in A) Update Diploma Name Button
C) Adding a Middle Name

If you do not have a middle name in your primary or preferred name but wish to include one on your diploma, please use the A) Update Diploma Name Button to add it immediately after the desired first name.

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