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The Banner system allows students, faculty, and staff to establish a preferred name and personal pronoun that will populate through Banner applications.

Note: The process explained below will update only your preferred name. To change your legal name, instructions for AU students and employees can be found here: AU Access - Legal Name Change Information.

1. To update your preferred name and pronoun, you can start by navigating to this direct link in Banner: Change Preferred Name and Personal Pronoun. You will have to authenticate and log in with your Auburn credentials to access this page.

• • Note: You can also reach this page by logging into AU Access. 
    • For Employees, in AU Access, navigate to Employee > Employee Services Card > Personal Information > Edit button under Personal Details.
    • For Students, in AU Access, navigate to My Academics > Academic Portals Card > Personal Information > Edit button under Personal Details.

2. A new window labeled Edit Personal Details will appear. At the bottom of that window, you can enter a new Preferred First Name. Next to that field, you can select the dropdown for Personal Pronoun. 

Click Update to submit the changes.

3. When you make this change, your preferred name will populate across multiple systems such as Banner, Canvas, the Auburn email directory, People Finder, AU Access, StarRez, Advise Assist, Advance, DegreeWorks, and Tiger Scheduler. Preferred pronouns will also populate within Canvas, if changed.