Changing or restricting your directory information: Students/Alumni - TB2676

Overview

MSU publishes contact information online (name, address, phone number, and e-mail address) for people and groups affiliated with MSU who also own an MSU NetID. Each Fall, MSU also distributes a printed Faculty, Staff, and Retirees Directory (as of Fall 2004, MSU no longer prints a student directory.)

There are two main online directories, both of which are directly accessible through the links below, and indirectly accessible in a People Search from the MSU home page:

• The MSU People Directory includes current students, faculty, and staff. A search lists name, campus and home phone number, campus and home mailing address, email address, and student major and class level or faculty/staff department and job title information, unless this information is restricted.
• The Faculty/Staff/Retiree Address Search lists name, email address, campus and home mailing address, campus and home phone number, department name, and job title information. Only home address and telephone information can be restricted for faculty/staff.

This document will give instructions on updating and/or restricting the display of all or part of your directory information.

Restricting Your Directory Listing

Students may wish to restrict all or part of the directory information from release to any third party. Any such restrictions will affect the People Search function from the MSU home page and other online directory searches at MSU. To submit the form requesting restriction of directory information in person, students should go to the Registrar's Office, 150 Hannah Administration Building. You will need to show official photographic identification. A printable copy of the form can be found at here (Adobe Acrobat or Apple Preview required). Currently enrolled MSU students can also update directory restrictions online.

MSU's procedures conform to the Family Education Right to Privacy Act (FERPA).

Updating Your Directory Information (current students)

Students may update their directory information (name, telephone number, paper address) through the Office of the Registrar. This can also be done online through the Change of Address Request Form.

If your name has been legally changed (e.g. due to marriage or divorce) you will need to show a government-issued ID (driver license, Social Security card, passport, etc.) with the new name at the Office of the Registrar, 150 Administration Building.

Changes will be reflected in the online People directory within approximately 24 hours after the Office of the Registrar processes the form.

Updating Your Directory Information (alumni)

The MSU Alumni Association maintains a database of alumni who wish to publish contact information on the Web. Alumni may submit a new entry or update their existing entry by filling in the form available on the MSU Alumni Association webpage.