How To Set Your Preferred First Name

SOLUTION
If you have a preferred first name, you can set it in your campus record. If set, your Preferred First Name will feed to many campus systems. (For legal reasons, your legal name is still stored and displayed in some campus systems.) Follow the steps below to set your Preferred First Name.

Set Your Preferred First Name

  • For students:
    • Login into Trailhead using your Mines username and password: https://trailhead.mines.edu/
    • Select "General Self-Service" (link in the lefthand navigation bar)
    • Select "Personal Information"
    • Select "Edit" in the "Personal Details" section (near the top of the page)
    • Follow the prompts to enter and save your Preferred First Name.
  • For employees (including student employees, you'll need to do both), follow the steps to update your Workday profile at: Article - Update Personal Information (mines.edu)

What Happens Next
Once you have saved your Preferred First Name record, it typically takes a day or two for it to feed to the campus systems that are connected to utilize Preferred First Names. Here are some of the systems that will automatically be updated:

  1. Canvas: Public facing locations. For more information about Canvas User Display Names, see:
    https://elearning.mines.edu/courses/8139/pages/canvas-user-display-name
  2. Mines Help Center login record. This takes approximately 2 or 3 days to update.

NOTES
If you would like your Email Display Name to be updated or your Mines username to be updated, once you have updated your preferred name, please submit a Login/User Account Request at: https://helpcenter.mines.edu/TDClient/1946/Portal/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=41488

 

 

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