Preferred Name Change

Employees (temps, POI, full-time employees) may update their first, middle and/or last names via eServe using the “Manage Preferred Name” tile. This will not propagate across PeopleSoft where the employee's legal name is used (Time Entry, Pay stubs, Benefits, etc.). 

Systems automatically updated: 

• Tufts Directory (https://directory.tufts.edu)

Systems that can be updated manually after Preferred Name has been updated:

• Tufts email (contact it@tufts.edu)
• Other Tufts Services (listed at bottom of Preferred Name Change) such as: Box, eList, Zoom, Tufts Emergency Alert

To update an employee's name in Salesforce, contact Taylor Corey or Samantha Hansbrough. 

Students may set their preferred names via SIS. HOWEVER - Former students now employed at Tufts who had a preferred name set in SIS will need to set a preferred name in eServe, otherwise the Directory will be overwritten with their legal name.

This does not change the requirement to have the Legal Name reflected in PeopleSoft HR for W2 purposes, etc. See also Personal Data Change (Legal Name) for making an official name change in systems such as PeopleSoft HR. 
If a sensitive gender identification issue arises, contact Siobhan Ramos directly (rather than through SF) for gender/preferred name updates. These are most often raised by OEO, but you may discover this during onboarding. When in doubt, please use "they/them" pronouns when speaking about the employee.

More information is available on AccessTufts: Preferred Pronoun Information Available for Faculty and Advisors