NDSU students, faculty and staff have the option to request a change to the usernames they use to log into their electronic accounts, including their email address. Contact the IT Help Desk at 701-231-8685 or bring your NDSU ID Card to the IT Help Desk in Quentin Burdick Building 150 to request to change your usernames. Your request will change your username for each of the following accounts:

• Bison Login
• N.D. University System ID
• NDSU email address

If you legal name has changes, you must notify the appropriate NDSU office to have your legal name updated in NDSU systems:

Students (undergraduate students, graduate students and student employees) will log into Campus Connection and click on the eForms tile to access the Legal Name Change Request Form. Click on Legal Name Change Request Form on the left side of the page. Students should monitor their NDSU email for any communication about the completion of the form. Previous students who do not have a Campus Connection login should use the guest homepage and click on 'Campus Solutions Guest Page'.

Faculty and Staff must complete a Name Change Form at Human Resources and Payroll. Please bring appropriate paperwork, i.e., Social Security Card, and, if applicable, Marriage Certificate or Divorce Decree. Contact Human Resources and Payroll at (701) 231-8961 or ndsu.hr@ndsu.edu for more information on the process and paperwork required. 

The legal name change process may take 3 - 5 business days to complete. This process does not change your username.

A preferred name is the name a person wishes to be known as, especially if this name is different than their legal name. NDSU students, faculty and staff have the opportunity to set a preferred name that best matches their self-identity. 

Preferred names can be set for first and/or last names*.  For example, this could include a nickname based off a legal first or middle name, or a chosen name that best matches a person's gender self-identity. Individuals who are in the process of changing their gender and/or marital status may also change their preferred last names while legal name changes are in process. Individuals with names that include letters outside of the English alphabet can use those letters in their preferred names. 

*Preferred last name changes need to be requested through HR for employees and through Registration and Records for students. Preferred names appear in the many of the electronic systems students, faculty and staff use, including:'

• Email display name
• Blackboard learning management system
• Online directory

Faculty and staff can set their preferred first name using HR Employee Self-Service:

1. Log in to Employee Self-Service using your University System ID and Password
2. Click Main Menu, then Self Service, then Personal Information, and then Name Change - Preferred
3. Enter your preferred first name and then click Save to finish

Students are responsible for maintaining current mailing addresses and phone numbers in Campus Connection. View instructions on how to update personal information using Campus Connection.