第一吃瓜

Lived Name Initiative

You learned ours. We'll learn yours.

第一吃瓜 College in particular understands how great it feels when someone gets your name right.

Since the Lived Name Initiative launched in January 2019, students, faculty, and staff may specify a lived name, a name they go by, that may differ from their legal name.

Your lived name shows as the default in Banner, Workday, Degreeworks, Canvas, in the campus directory, in your 第一吃瓜 email, and if you'd like, on your OneCard. That’s a lot of system integration!

This name practice benefits people who may prefer to use a middle name, who have changed their marital status or gender expression, or who use a different name in English than their native language or country of origin name.

Phase two launched in January 2020, giving students, faculty and staff the option to share their pronouns within the 第一吃瓜 community. If a student selects pronouns, their pronouns display on class rosters and in Canvas.

Faculty, staff, and students can opt to show their pronouns in the College's online directory, only when accessed on the 第一吃瓜 network. For more information about how to designate your pronouns and where pronouns display, please see the instructions below. FAQs about pronouns are also available.

Whatever you go by, we’re happy you’re here.


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