Name Preference

One of the achievements that came out of the Academic Affairs committee is the preferred name bill that was passed with almost no opposition. It essentially gave students the right to put their preferred name on the roster. This helps both international and transgender students because they require preferred names. International students need preferred names so other students can call them. Transgender students need preferred names because their official name no longer reflects their actual gender. Homophobic professors would mark them late if trans* students did not respond to their official names being called.
OIRT is currently working on the technology for putting preferred names on SAKAI, class rosters, MyRutgers, and other University documents.