How to update your Preferred Name

Question

How do I change my preferred name?

 

Answer


For Employees:

Contact HR to request your preferred name be added to your Employee account.

HR Phone Number: 573-882-2146

Email: muner@missouri.edu 

AskHR: https://askhr.umsystem.edu/hc/en-us

For further information regarding name changes and other HR information: https://hr.missouri.edu/departmental-processing/epafpaf-job-actions



For Students:

Go to myZou to add a preferred name to your Student account.

  1. Open myZou: https://myzou.missouri.edu/
  2. Choose Personal Information tile
  3. Choose Names
  4. Choose Add a new name
  5. Fill out the set of blanks that appear, ensuring you select 'Chosen/Preferred' as the Name Type
  6. Click Save and your preferred name will now be set.

If you are both an employee and a student we recommend adding the preferred name to both accounts to avoid issues.

 

For Additional Assistance

Please call the IT Help Desk at 573-882-5000, email at techsupport@missouri.edu, or you may select Live Chat! (Contact Us section) on the Division of IT Client Portal. 

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