The Office of the Dean of Students has recently updated the Student Chosen Name Request Form link. If you or your office share this link with interested students, please link to the updated Student Chosen Name Request Form.
Once the form has been submitted by the student, Shelly Sloan, assistant dean of students for student wellbeing, will reach out to meet for consultation. During consultation, the student and staff will go over the name change policy and confirm the correct spelling of their chosen name.
The assistant dean of students will also answer any additional questions students may have, then alert the offices who will need to be made aware of the chosen name. The student name change process takes approximately one to two business days.
Everyone should be able to use a name they are comfortable with, as Oswego’s Chosen Name Policy states: “The SUNY Oswego chosen first name policy allows students and employees to officially notify the college of their chosen first names, and have this change reflected in on-campus communication systems, as long as the chosen first name is not used for purposes of misidentification, fraud or misrepresentation and that the chosen first name meets community standards (e.g. not profane, obscene or derived from hate-speech; and conform to technical requirements).”
If a student has a change to their legal name, students can update their legal name with the university by completing the process through the Registrar’s Office.
Any employee who would like to update their Chosen Name, can do so through the “Request For Employees” link on the Chosen Name Policy webpage.
–- Written by graduate student Chloe Devendorf for the Office of the Dean of Students