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NUMBER: 16-7-3 APPROVED DATE: 05-29-1997

PURPOSE: To provide guidelines for an applicant, an enrolled student or non-enrolled student who requests to have a name changed on official college records.

  1. REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE
    Students must complete and sign a Student Name/Social Security Number Change Form (TTC Form #T4-1) at the Registrar's office.  Applicants must contact the Admissions office to make changes to the application.  Students and applicants must provide required documentation for a name change.
  2. REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
    Students must bring the completed Student Name/Social Security Number Change form and one of the following    
    official documents showing the correct name or changed name to the Registrar's office at Thornley Campus:
    • Divorce Decree
    • Adoption Documentation
    • Court Order
    • Driver's License
    • Social Security Card
    • Military ID (per federal law - Title 18, U.S. Code Part 1, Chapter 33, Section 701), photo copies of military IDs will not be made, but the student education record will be updated.
    • State Identification Card

      Note:  Marriage licenses are not acceptable.
  3. VERIFICATION AND RETENTION DOCUMENTS
    Registrar's office staff will verify and retain a copy of the official document with the completed Student Name/Social Security Number Change form.  The Registrar's office staff will amend the student's education record.
  4. PROCESSING CYCLE
    Name changes are processed on a weekly basis with the exception of during the first two weeks of the semester/term.

Updated: 03-31-2007

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