Much progress has taken place in the last year to provide care and support for students who are Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC), as well as to reduce institutional barriers that students with marginalized gender identities encounter. The Office of Diversity and Inclusion invites students to share their experiences of support on campus or areas where the campus continues to struggle with creating equitable and supportive educational environments. Professional staff in the office are available to discuss and clarify any of the following practices or services.

Individual-Use Bathroom Map

The university's interactive map shows the locations of individual-use (single-stall)  restrooms on campus.

Preferred Name Process

To change your preferred name on campus records (class rosters, online course modules, campus IDs, diplomas, communications, housing materials, and more), please update your profile in Banner Self-Service.

To update your preferred first name, pronouns, and gender identification in Banner Self-Service:

1. Go to .
2. In the left-hand navigation, click the Banner Self Service dropdown, then My Profile.
3. Click Personal Information.
4. In the Personal Details section, click Edit.
5. In the Preferred First Name field, enter the name you go by. (First Name will be your legal name).
6. In the Personal Pronoun Field, select from the dropdown.
7. In the Gender Identification field, select from the dropdown.

Some records require the student's legal name to be used, such as those mandated by government entities and agencies, including items like financial aid or visa documents, for example. In cases of external mandate, the student's legal name will take precedence over the preferred name.

On campus surveys and intake forms, students may be queried on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Much like that collected around race, SES, religious tradition, etc., this demographic information is optional. Such data is used in aggregate to help determine institutional successes in challenges in providing equitable learning environments where students are able to succeed without regard for differences in sexual orientation and gender identity. The first instance that students have to identify their sexual orientation or gender identity on university forms is in the housing process following the Admissions deposit.

If you are not out off-campus or prefer to use your legal name for off-campus communications for another reason, please contact the Registrar鈥檚 Office and they will get this indicated in your Banner profile. 

 

Changing the Name Displayed on your Email

When anyone sends an email, the name of the sender is displayed along with your email address. This name can be changed by following this step-by-step guide .

 

Telling your professor your name and pronouns

If you update your Banner Self Service profile before the beginning of a semester, your professor will hopefully have an accurate list with your name and pronouns. If not, or if you change these mid-semester, you may need to send an email or talk to your professor about this. To help you do this, we鈥檝e drafted an email template to send. 

Dear Professor [last name of professor]

My name is [your preferred name], and I am in your [name of course] class on [days] at [time] this semester. I am contacting you to let you know that my name will show up on your roster as [lega