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You can only request changes to your own personal information. Changes will be reflected in People Finder within 24 hours and in the next available UMass Amherst print directory.
University employees: Updating your directory information does not update your Human Resources record. Regardless of whether you have been a UMass student or not, you must visit the Human Resources Employee Service Center (325 Whitmore) to change your name for payroll, health insurance, state retirement and other HR services or to update your work address in the HR system. Look at your paycheck to confirm that Human Resources has the correct work address on file for you.
- Name
- Learn more about updating your name information from the SPIRE Support pages.
Select Help for Instructors, Staff or Students and then My Personal Information.
- Current and former students must contact their most recent Registrar's Office. Bring or mail the change request form (available in these offices) or a signed letter requesting the change.
- Undergraduate Registrar's Office: 213 Whitmore
- Graduate Registrar's Office: 532 Goodell
- Continuing Education Records & Registration Office: 100 Venture Way, Suite 201, Hadley, MA
- Financial aid applicants: If you change your name with the University, make sure your FAFSA information also reflects this change. For assistance, visit the Office of Financial Aid, 255 Whitmore.
- University employees must send an email, from a UMail (OIT-maintained) or departmental email account, to directory@oit.umass.edu, with their old and new names, and their Campus ID (found on your paycheck) or NetID (OIT Account user name). University employees who are, or have been, UMass Amherst students must follow the procedure for students above.
- Other members of the University community, who are not students or University employees, but are affiliated with the University in a formal capacity (e.g., Visiting Scholar, ROTC Staff, Religious Center Staff) must send an email, from a UMail (OIT-maintained) or departmental email account, to directory@oit.umass.edu with their old and new names and their NetID (OIT Account user name).
- Current and former students must contact their most recent Registrar's Office. Bring or mail the change request form (available in these offices) or a signed letter requesting the change.
- Address and phone numbers
- Learn more about updating your addresses and telephone numbers in SPIRE from the SPIRE Support pages. Select Help for Instructors, Staff or Students and then My Personal Information.
- Learn more about updating your non-UMass or departmental email addresses in SPIRE from the SPIRE Support pages.
Select Help for Instructors, Staff or Students and then My Personal Information.
- To change your UMail address (your OIT-maintained email address), fill out an Online Help Request.
- Please Note:
- Students, faculty and staff can publish their UMail or departmental email address. Only retired employees and off-campus but related entities (e.g., Mass Ventures) have the option of listing a non-UMass email address.
- Your UMail address will be listed in People Finder and the print directory unless you use SPIRE to select another email as your "Preferred" email address, or you request that your email address be kept private. Employees cannot request privacy for their University email address.
- As a student, your UMail address remains your official email address for University communications, even if you choose to publish a departmental email address in University directories.
- To change your UMail address (your OIT-maintained email address), fill out an Online Help Request.
- Department and job title
- Learn more about updating your job title and department information from the SPIRE Support pages.
Select Help for Instructors, Staff or Students and then My Personal Information.
- To change or correct your job title and department name for People Finder and the UMass print directory, your supervisor should use a UMail or departmental email address to send your name, your NetID or Campus ID (found on your paycheck), and your new job title and department information to directory@oit.umass.edu.
- To make typographical corrections or update your department name only, send an email yourself to directory@oit.umass.edu. Use a UMail or departmental email and include your NetID or Campus ID (found on your paycheck) and the corrections or updated department name information.
- To change or correct your job title and department name for People Finder and the UMass print directory, your supervisor should use a UMail or departmental email address to send your name, your NetID or Campus ID (found on your paycheck), and your new job title and department information to directory@oit.umass.edu.
- Major
- Students should contact their most recent Registrar's Office (see the instructions for Names above).
- Withhold your directory information
- Current and former students must submit a change request
form (available in the offices listed below) or a signed letter requesting that your
information remain private, to the appropriate office:
- Undergraduate students: Dean of Students Office, 227 Whitmore
- Graduate students: Graduate Registrar's Office, 532 Goodell
- Continuing & Professional Education students: Continuing & Professional Education Records & Registration Office, 100 Venture Way, Suite 201, Hadley, MA
- University employees should contact Human Resources (325 Whitmore). As a University employee, you can only withhold your home address and home telephone number from the printed UMass directory. Home information does not appear in People Finder. Your work address, work telephone number, and University email address must be available in both People Finder and the printed UMass Amherst directory.
Last revised September 25, 2008.
The People Finder is brought to you by the Office of Information Technologies (OIT). Questions? Problems? Fill out an online help request or call the OIT Help Desk at 413-545-9400.