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You now have the ability to obtain a Student ID card with your preferred (common) name! 

1. Update your preferred name in SIS by clicking the pencil icon next to your name in the About Me tab. (Please note: preferred names can only be printed on Student ID cards if they contain alpha characters only.) Updating your preferred name in SIS will also update your name on class and grade rosters.
2. If you are replacing an old Student ID card, contact Public Safety about your request for an updated Student ID card. (Incoming students requesting their first Tufts ID card do not need to contact Public Safety, but will have their preferred name appear on their ID card automatically.) 

There are a limited number of replacement IDs available at no charge for current students, and incoming students will never be charged for this service! Learn more about updating your name on your Student ID card.

As a reminder, you can also have your name updated for general communications at Tufts. (Your diploma records will remain as your legal name and, as of now, your Tufts User Name will not change).

• Contact the Registrar to update your name in the WhitePages directory.
• Submit a request to it@tufts.edu to update your email alias and address, and any other Tufts services you may use.
• Contact Mary Daley or Susan Keathing in Health Services to have your preferred name updated in Medicat.
• Update your name information in Tufts Alert emergency notification system
• Update your name information in WebEx conferencing tool

Review Tufts' Preferred Name Policy

Now there’s a better way to stay in the know! Tufts has partnered with Raftr, a new social network, to help students form deeper connections with classmates and campus events:

• Raftr is organized around your interests. Any user can create a public or private “raft” for a team, club, organization, interest, or friend group.
• It works in real time. Find out what’s happening right now on campus, and connect with others instantaneously.
• It’s free. There’s no fee to join or use Raftr.
• It’s fun. Raftr will connect you with other Tufts students in a new way that’s fast-paced, intuitive, and refreshingly thoughtful.

Join Raftr today to enjoy newsfeeds, chat rooms, and current events:

• Download the app (Apple or Android), or visit raftr.com/college/Tufts
• Create a "college" account with your Tufts email address
• Explore rafts, and build rafts of your own!

Deadline Extended to October 26, 2018!

Travel abroad this summer? Submit your photos to the the 2nd annual Global Perspectives Photo Contest! Tufts undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit up to 3 photos that capture the contest’s global themes:

• One Health
• Reclaiming the Human
• Climate, Food, and Water
• Secure and Equitable Society
• Living Technology

Photos should have been taken when students were studying, working, interning, or conducting research abroad or, in the case of the last theme, should represent global perspectives on Tufts’ campuses in Boston, Grafton, or Medford during the last year. Submissions are now due October 26. Winning photos will be displayed on the Global Tufts website and in a rotating exhibit on the Medford, Grafton, and Boston campuses!

Learn More and Submit Your Photos!

2017 Food and Water 1st place (tie). Alex Cherry, A&S Undergraduate. Purpose of Travel: Study Location: Assisi, Italy