  {"id":1073,"date":"2017-11-29T21:18:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T21:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/?page_id=1073"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:05:09","slug":"name-changes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/name-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Name Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Students and alumni of 大象传媒 may change their preferred first name or their legal name (first, middle, last) in the university\u2019s student records system.<br \/>\nThe chart below details where each name type will display.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 408px; width: 80%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: double; border-color: #000000;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 48px;\"><strong>PREFERRED FIRST NAME will<\/strong><strong>\u00a0be included on or within the following:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 48px;\"><strong>LEGAL NAME will be included on or within the following:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">Alumni\/Foundation Database<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\">Enrollment\/Degree Verification Processes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">University Portal Account Name<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\">International I-20&#8217;s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">Griffon GPS (degree audit system)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\">SEVIS (immigration status reporting)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">Online Student\/Employee Directory<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\">Student Financial Accounts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">Student Conduct System<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\">Official NCAA Athletic Documents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">Student Life\/Leadership System<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\">University Identification Cards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">Athletic Rosters, Website, and Statistics<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\">Financial Aid Records<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 48px;\">Email Display Name and Network Login<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 48px;\">Official Transcripts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">University Portal Student Information<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\">Federal and State Agency Reports<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">Learning Management System<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\">Payroll, Tax, and Benefits Documents (e.g., paychecks, timecards)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">Residence Life System<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\">Directory Information Disclosures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">Unofficial Transcripts (via University Portal)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">University Communications\/Publications<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 42.9739%; height: 24px;\">Diplomas and Graduation Lists<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.6678%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Click on the link below to access the form required to make a change to your preferred first name or your legal name. Requests can be submitted to the Registrar\u2019s Office in person,<br \/>\nby mail or by 大象传媒 Western email to registrar@missouriwestern.edu. A student signature is required.<\/p>\n<p>One piece of official documentation must also be included with a legal name change request. Valid documents include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Driver&#8217;s license<\/li>\n<li>Military ID<\/li>\n<li>Passport<\/li>\n<li>State ID card<\/li>\n<li>Social Security card<\/li>\n<li>Court order<\/li>\n<li>Dissolution decree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-aligncenter\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/Name-Change-Form_Fillable_031826.pdf\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Name Change Request Form<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70157,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1073\/revisions\/70157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}