Legal Name Change

Complete and submit this form to the Registrar's Office. Please note that this form is not for alumni submitting a legal name change. Alumni submitting a legal name change should update their information at the bottom of the Alumni, Family, & Friends webpage.

Student Information

Email Address

Student ID

First Name (Former)

Middle Name (Former)

Last Name (Former)

Preferred Pronouns

New Information

New Legal First Name

New Legal Middle Name

New Legal Last Name

Are you updating your gender marker as well?

If you answered YES to updating your gender marker, please indicate what the new marker should be:

What kind of legal identification/documentation will you be providing?

Please attach your supporting documentation here (PDFs preferred)

Important Information Regarding Legal Name

This form is to be used by current students who wish to update their legal name across all College platforms and databases. Legal names will be used in mailings and other communications to students and their families. The campus platforms that will be updated with the new information include:

- Class Rosters
- Email display names
- Net ID
- Student ID cards
- Housing Rosters
- Library Records
- Peer Mentor Group Lists
- JobX
- Athletic Rosters
- Canvas (For this platform specifically, students can always update their name and pronouns within their Canvas profile directly).

Please reach out to registrar@washcoll.edu with any questions or concerns about how legal names will appear.

Signature/Confirmation

By checking this box and submitting this form, I am confirming that all information contained within is correct, and that I will be referred to by this name on all campus platforms and in all formal communications from the College.