Name, Gender Identity, Pronoun
Students may identify a preferred first name, their gender identity, and a personal pronoun.
Legal Name
Students whose legal name has changed may have that information updated in Banner (and other systems that are updated with Banner data) by completing the Name Change Form (pdf). A copy of the updated Social Security Card will be required for US Citizens, and a copy of the updated passport will be required for non-US citizens.
Preferred First Name, Gender Identity, and Personal Pronoun
The William & Mary Policy on Preferred Name, Gender Identity, and Personal Pronoun (pdf) guides these procedures.
Students who wish to identify a preferred first name may do so at the Personal Info tab in Banner self-service or at personalinfo.wm.edu. Preferred first name will appear on class rosters in Blackboard, Banner, and DegreeWorks. Faculty members are asked to address students by their preferred first name when first names are used.
Students who wish to indicate their gender identity and/or personal pronoun will be able to do so in Banner self-service once W&M is using Banner 9 Self Service. In the meantime, students may indicate gender identity and/or personal pronoun through the Personal Information Questionnaire (PIQ) through Banner self-service. See below for available values. At this time, Banner does not offer the opportunity to display gender identity or personal pronoun on the class roster, so faculty members will not have access to the information. Only administrative staff members with access to Banner Admin will have access to the information.
Students may directly request that faculty and fellow-students use their personal pronoun.
Banner Values for Gender Identity:
- AGEN Agender
- BIGE Bigender
- CISG Cisgender
- GF Gender Fluid
- GQ Gender Queer
- NONB Non Binary
- TRAN Transgender
Banner Values for Personal Pronoun:
- HE He, Him, His
- SHE She, Her, Hers
- THEY They, Them, Theirs
- ZE Ze, Zir, Zim
- ZZ Ze, Zir, Zirs
