Employees now have a way to manually set their preferred name through MyCWU by following these steps.
Step One: Log in to MyCWU
Step Two: Navigate to the Employee Tab.
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Step Three: Select the Personal folder in the navigation bar on the left hand side.
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Step Four: Click on Preferred Name Change. (This is only applicable to First name only)
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Step Five: Once on the page, select add new name.
![](https://cwu.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=9032d1f6-6700-4e5f-80c7-d009fecaa9bd.JPG)
Step Six: Fill in your information and click save.
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- Please keep in mind that there will be a 24-hour period before the name update will occur in Outlook and the University Directory.
If you would like your email alias changed (first.lastname@cwu.edu), please complete this request form: Email Alias Change Request