Implementing Preferred Name in Banner ERP

Campus Pride and the Huffington Post have named Connecticut College one of the nation's friendliest campuses for LGBTQ students in 2013 and 2014. Learn how Connecticut College implemented a solution where students, faculty, and staff who wish to be identified by a preferred name can enter that name, and it will appear in most college systems. While anyone is welcome to use a preferred name, there are several groups of people for whom this option is invaluable. Students are able to select a preferred name to be used in the online campus directory, class lists, grade reports, course schedules, Moodle, portal, and campus ID.

OUTCOMES: Learn about a viable technical solution that requires minimal effort * Obtain a roadmap of how to accomplish a preferred name solution * Hear about our lessons learned