Tag: pronouns

Work group shares recommendations on aligning systems with campus guidelines on using legal sex, gender

A work group consisting of members of the Office of Admissions and Recruitment, the Office of the Registrar, the Graduate School, and the Division of Information Technology has drafted its recommendations on how to align the many campus tools that use student data with updated institutional guidelines on legal sex and gender.

Preferred Name becomes more inclusive

UW–Madison Preferred Name was implemented in 2013 to allow campus users to indicate a preferred first name, with options to suppress legal name in some systems. The 2013 policy also allowed a user to change legal middle name display to middle initial only.  UW–Madison Preferred Name was implemented in 2013 to allow campus users to …