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Âé¶¹´«Ã½Account Management and Changes

You must activate your Âé¶¹´«Ã½account before you can use your Âé¶¹´«Ã½Email (Note: This was called an Âé¶¹´«Ã½Email Account previous to September 2004). After your Âé¶¹´«Ã½account is activated, your email address is your Âé¶¹´«Ã½username with @hawaii.edu (e.g. the username “johns” would have the email address johns@hawaii.edu). Your Âé¶¹´«Ã½email account is used for important campus information and should be checked periodically.

For specific instructions on activating or managing your Âé¶¹´«Ã½Account, like reseting your password or changing your account's security questions, please select your role at the University:

Note: Departmental Âé¶¹´«Ã½Usernames that are used on behalf of departments, are handled separately from individual accounts. To manage or request a Departmental Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username, please visit www.hawaii.edu/its/id.

Changes to Your Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username

Âé¶¹´«Ã½usernames are based on your legal name or chosen name as it appears on official Âé¶¹´«Ã½records. Active faculty, staff, or students can request a username change under the following circumstances:

  • There is a misspelling in your name which also appears in your Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username
  • Your legal name or chosen name has changed and your Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username no longer reflects your legal or chosen name

Note: Your legal name or chosen name must be changed/updated at the appropriate Âé¶¹´«Ã½office before requesting the username change. If your name has not yet been updated in official Âé¶¹´«Ã½records, ITS will not process the username change request.

  • Students: Please check with your campus' Admissions and Records office for proper procedures and documentation to make a name change on your student records.
  • Faculty & Staff: Please check with your personnel officer to make a name change in PeopleSoft.

If one of these situations apply to you, contact the ITS Help Desk with your request to change your Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username. You will be asked to verify your identity and provide a legitimate reason for the username change (e.g., marriage, divorce, legal name change, chosen name change, etc.).

For more information on UH's Chosen Name Policy, please visit /policy/?action=viewPolicy&policySection=ep&policyChapter=7&policyNumber=302.

Instructions for Requesting a Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username Change

By Phone

Please call the ITS Help Desk at (808) 956-8883 or toll-free from neighbor islands (800) 558-2669 and inquire about changing your username.

By Email

Email the ITS Help Desk at help@hawaii.edu and inquire about changing your username.

After you have made the request to change your Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username, ITS will email you to confirm the request for a Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username change. Once you have received this confirmation email, you must send a reply back to ITS. This reply will confirm that you want to change your Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username. After ITS has received the reply from you, your Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username will be changed to the new Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username and the account should be available in one to two business days. Your password is moved to your new account. It does not change.

You may also request that mail sent to your old email address be delivered to your new email address. This gives you time to notify correspondents of the change in your Âé¶¹´«Ã½Username and unsubscribe from mailing lists. If you request this option, the following will occur:

  • The old account is disabled and made inaccessible by ITS.
  • ITS moves all files associated with the old account over to the new account.
  • The old account is configured by ITS such that email to the old account automatically goes to the new account for up to 30-days.

Note: you will be responsible for notifying your contacts of your email address change.

This article is part of the Âé¶¹´«Ã½Account Information article.
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Created: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 3:51pm
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