How name changes work

Geneseo allows all account holders to change their preferred display name across all of our services. 

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Changing your username is a very complex process. Please familiarize yourself with the following process. The entire process will take at least a week and possibly longer.

Steps

1. Make sure your paperwork with the appropriate office is complete.

2. Request a new account for your new name.

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1. 1. CIT will ensure your new account has the same

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1. 1. group memberships as your old account.

2. Once your new account is created, your account credentials will be shared with you and, if you are an employee, your TSP will be notified. Your TSP will set up a time to meet with you to help change all of your devices to use your new account. Students can complete these steps themselves or can visit the HelpDesk for assistance. Some of the things they will go over:

   1. Setting up an email forward from your old account to the new one.

   2. Moving your mail
      Resources: Exporting and Saving Geneseo Gmail and Google Drive Files

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1. 2. Moving your calendar
      Resources: Import events to Google Calendar 

   3. Moving

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1. 1. Microsoft OneDrive (this should cover most data on your computer)
      Resources: Transfer OneDrive using Mover

   2. Moving Google Drive

   3. Google groups

Other things to consider

External Mailing lists

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You will need to contact the owner of any recurring meetings you attend to invite your new account to those meetings and remove your old account

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Be sure to add your new account as admin to any wiki spaces that you are admin of. Also, any pages or spaces that wiki space owners have given access to your old account will need to be changed to allow your new account to access them.

Other services

Other departmental specific services such as EMS, Library ERES, etc.

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