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Student Center - Updating Your Contact Information
An overview and step-by-step guide to updating your contact information: email addresses, phone numbers and addresses.
Overview:
- Add/Edit Email Addresses
- Add/Edit Phone Numbers
- Add/Edit Addresses
- Updating your legal name, gender, or date of birth
- Updating your preferred name
Add/Edit Email Addresses: Step-by-Step
- Login to MyUW.
- Click on the Student Center tile, then the Profile tile.
- From the menu on the left, select Contact Details.
- To add an email address, click on the + sign under Email.
To edit an email address, click on the > sign.
- Select an address type, enter the email address and click Save.
Email address types:
- Campus: All official university communications will be sent to this email address. It will always be set as the preferred email for current students, and it cannot be changed or deleted.
This will be the only address that shows up in the campus directory. - Home: You can set the Home email address to anything you would like.
It can be set as preferred if you do not have a wisc.edu address (e.g. an applicant). If you acquire a wisc.edu account, that address will automatically be set to preferred. - Other: Intended for use by applicants only. You can set the Other email address to anything you would like.
It can be set as preferred if you do not have a wisc.edu address (e.g. an applicant). If you acquire a wisc.edu account, that address will automatically be set to preferred.
Add/Edit Phone Numbers: Step-by-Step
- Login to MyUW.
- Click on the Student Center tile, then the Profile tile.
- From the menu on the left, select Contact Details.
- To add phone number address, click on the + sign under Phone.
To edit a phone number, click on the > sign.
- Select a phone type, enter information in all relevant boxes and click Save.
Add/Edit Addresses: Step-by-Step
- Login to MyUW.
- Click on the Student Center tile, then the Profile tile.
- From the menu on the left, select Addresses.
- To add an address, select an address type and click on the + sign under the relevant type.
To edit an address in a category where an address already exists, click on the > sign under the relevant type.
If this type of address has never been added, click the Add Address button under the relevant type.
- Enter information in all relevant boxes and click Save.
Note: When entering a new address, the 'From' field must be populated with today's date (f you are currently living at that address, even if you have lived at this address before today) or a future date (if the address you're entering will be where you live in an upcoming term).
Diploma mailing:
Diplomas will be mailed to your Home address unless a Diploma address has been added.
International students are required to add a Diploma address for diploma mailing.
International students are required to add a Diploma address for diploma mailing.
Tips for diploma addresses:
- If you don't reside in this address, enter the recipient's name as part of the address (e.g. "C/O Bucky Badger").
- Try not to exceed 35 characters per line or 70 characters overall. Use abbreviations when possible to prevent the address from being too long.
- Use Address lines 1 and 2, refrain from using lines 3 and 4 if possible (not applicable to all addresses).
- International addresses- diploma mailings will not be trackable and once shipped, can take up to 60 days to arrive.
If you anticipate needing your diploma more urgently, we encourage you to enter a domestic address of a friend or acquaintance in the US who can then forward you the diploma using an expedited, trackable service of your choosing. For this option, please enter the recipient's name as part of the address (e.g. "C/O Bucky Badger").