Belonging Resources and Support

UPDATE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN WORKDAY 

• Visit MyStevens > Workday > Change your personal information

  • View Workday Tutorials

  • You can change your “preferred name”, “gender identity” and “pronouns” without submitting any documentation

  • You can change your legal name and gender by submitting official court and/or official identification documents

• This will trigger updates to: MyStevens, RMS, Canvas, DuckSuccess, Handshake, Ducklink, Outlook Global Address List, and how your name appears in email  

LEGAL NAME AND/OR GENDER CHANGES 

If you have completed the process of legally changing your name and/or gender, it is important to ensure that this information is filed with Stevens. Upload all legal name and/or gender change documentation of the change to Workday in Personal Information

TAXES, STATEMENTS, REFUND CHECKS AND MEDICAL INFO

Tax documents, billing statements and refund checks will be issued under your legal name. If you receive documents in your chosen/preferred name, contact the Office of Student Accounts to have them reissued. If you have Stevens health insurance, your legal name and gender will be shared with the insurance company and you will receive tax document 1095-B (health coverage) within your legal name. If you have any questions about health insurance coverage, please contact Health Services or your provider directly.

MEET WITH THE OFFICE OF STUDENT CULTURE AND BELONGING 

• Receive support and guidance 

• Discuss housing options 

• Connect with campus organizations and other students to help you find community on campus, if desired 

• If mid-semester, work with you to discover the appropriate way to alert your faculty of this change 

• Learn more about resources/services in the local area 

IMPORTANT TO NOTE 

• Nelnet, the payment platform for Workday displays your legal name and parents and guardians can only access this platform if you give them access.

• Bills, statements and balance notifications sent through mail will reflect your legal name. 

• At commencement, you may have your chosen name announced as you walk across the stage.

• Currently, diplomas, and transcripts (official and unofficial) must have a legal name printed on them.

Please note: This is not a perfect process. On occasion, you may receive communication with the incorrect name. If that happens, please reach out to the Director of Student Culture and Belonging for assistance. 

CONTACTS 

• Registrar - [email protected]

• Student Life - [email protected] 

• Office of Student Accounts - [email protected]

• Office of Student Culture and Belonging - [email protected]

• Office of Financial Aid - [email protected] 

UPDATE PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN CANVAS

NAME, GENDER IDENTITY & PRONOUNS CHANGES IN HANDSHAKE (CAREER SITE)

Stevens Institute of Technology prides itself on supporting all our students. Flexible Housing allows residents to create roommate groups and be assigned to rooms/suites, regardless of sex. Students applying for Stevens’ housing may identify roommates and suitemates of any sex if all residents of the apartment agree to the assignment. Students selecting a Flexible Housing room/suite must fill all beds in the room/suite they are selecting. In rooms and suites where the entire space is not filled through the housing selection process, the Office of Residential and Dining Services will revert those spaces to traditional spaces and assign students accordingly.

Students desiring a Flexible Housing assignment must first gain eligibility for Stevens housing by completing all requirements set forth by the Office of Residential and Dining Services – this includes applying and paying the housing application fee by the deadline. This housing option is available to all students in Stevens’ housing.

Students selecting Flexible Housing rooms/suites acknowledge that the living commitment is for one full year (fall and spring semester).

Students who change their mind about Flexible Housing can submit a request to change their room or suite, with the understanding that the ability to accommodate requests for such changes is contingent upon space availability and timing of the submitted request. If any student leaves the Flexible Housing assignment for any reason, the students remaining in the assignment will be given one full week to fill the vacant space with a student of their choosing. After one week, if the space is not filled by the students remaining in the assignment, the Office of Residential and Dining Services may revert the entire room or suite back to a traditional space and may fill the vacancy accordingly. This process of reverting to a traditional space may involve asking students living in the assignment to move to a new space; the involved students are expected to comply with this request.

It is the decision of the student, and not the institution, to communicate with parents, family members, and/or guardians about the decision to live in Flexible Housing.

Single Stall Restrooms are available in many buildings on the Stevens Institute of Technology campus. The University intends to expand Single Stall Restrooms to include all campus buildings in the future.  New buildings and buildings that undergo significant renovations will have a Single Stall Restroom when space allows.  See the most up-to-date map of Single Stall Restroom locations on campus, as well as the locations of single-stall lockable restrooms.

Single Stall Restrooms

Name and Pronoun Usage 

As this course includes group work and in-class discussion, it is vitally important for us to create an educational environment of inclusion and mutual respect. This includes the ability for all students to have their chosen gender pronoun(s) and chosen name affirmed. If the class roster does not align with your name and/or pronouns, please inform the instructor of the necessary changes. 

Inclusion Statement

Stevens Institute of Technology believes that diversity and inclusiveness are essential to excellence in academic discourse and innovation. In this class, the perspective of people of all races, ethnicities, gender expressions and gender identities, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and nationalities will be respected and viewed as a resource and benefit throughout the semester. Suggestions to further diversify class materials and assignments are encouraged. If any course meetings conflict with your religious events, please do not hesitate to reach out to your instructor to make alternative arrangements. You are expected to treat your instructor and all other participants in the course with courtesy and respect. Disrespectful conduct and harassing statements will not be tolerated and may result in disciplinary actions.