Faculty or Staff display name change on Pomona College information systems
The instructions below will show Pomona College faculty or staff how to change their display name (Portal, Sakai, Email, etc.).
NOTE:
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If you have a pending Legal Name change request, you will not be able to change your display name till Human Resources has processed (or canceled) the Legal Name change request.
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For student name change information,please click here.
To Start:
- If you are on campus, do not use Claremont-Guest wireless. Use Pomona wireless, or Eduroam wireless as a backup.
- Open a new incognito window (Google Chrome) or new private window (Safari, Firefox or Edge).
- Visit https://www.myworkday.com/theclaremontcolleges .
- At that 'Central Authentication Service' page, switch the institution to Pomona College and click the " LOGIN " button.
- You should then be taken to a Microsoft login page (with Stover Walk in the background). Authenticate there with your Pomona College username and password.
- Click on 'Menu' in the upper left corner.

- Click on 'Personal Information'.

- Click on 'Preferred Name.

- Enter the details of your name as you would like to see it displayed using the appropriate fields (First Name, Last Name, Prefix, etc.).
Click 'Submit'.
NOTE: If you would like to set you display name to be the same as your legal name, check the option of 'Use Legal Name As Preferred Name'.

- If the changes are successfully received, you will see 'You have submitted'.
NOTE: You can click the 'View Details' link to review the submitted changes.