Changing your name and personal information

To change your name or make corrections to your date of birth or social security number, please complete and return the Personal Data Change (PDC) form. 

Please provide a clean/legible copy of one of the following documents:  

1. Current Driver’s License (showing your new last name)
2. Current Passport (showing your new last name)
3. Marriage Decree
4. Divorce Decree
5. Court Order
6. Certificate of U.S. Citizenship

 
IF YOU ARE RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID, WE ALSO NEED A COPY OF BOTH SIDES OF YOUR SIGNED SOCIAL SECURITY CARD.

Use the PDC form to correct or add your date of birth.  The documentation needed is a current passport, driver’s license, or birth certificate.

Use the PDC form to correct or add your social security number as well.  Please provide a copy of both sides of your SIGNED social security card.

Options to Provide PDC Form and Documentation:

1. Bring your documentation along with your completed PDC Form to the Campus Hub or the Registration and Academic Records window.  Either place can make copies of your documents.
2. Use MoveItSecurely which is accessible to anyone with a Star ID and password: https://securefileshare.minnstate.edu/
3. Send your copies via regular US mail to: Registration and Academic Records; Minnesota State University, Mankato; 132 Wigley Administration Center, Mankato, MN 56001.
4. Email your forms to Registration and Academic Records at https://onestop.mnsu.edu/app/registrar. Please select Name Changes from the Topic menu and use the Attach Documents to upload your forms. 

D2L and MavCard Info:
Once your name is changed, it will filter to the D2L and MavCard systems within a few days.  If you want a new MavCard, please contact the MavCard office directly at mavcardoffice@mnsu.edu.

Email Info:
Registration and Academic Records has no access to change your campus email address. If you want your email address changed to match your legal name, please submit a ticket to IT Solutions and request that they update your email address. Inform ITS your name has been changed in the student records system.  

Name on Diploma:
If you are graduating soon, please contact the graduation staff at graduation@mnsu.edu to make sure your name is printed properly on your diploma.