Accented Names Now Available In Banner
Colgate’s student information system (Banner) now supports the use of accent marks (diacritics). If your name includes a diacritic mark you now have the opportunity to update the spelling of your name to include the appropriate accent(s). Employees may notify Human Resources and students may notify the Registrar’s Office to have the appropriate accented spelling of your name updated.
Names with diacritic marks will now appear properly in the online directory, in the portal, and in many other online locations. Please note that some entities, namely government and TIAA/CREF, do not handle diacritic marks at this time so accents will not appear in those online forms or interfaces.
If you run queries out of Banner and would like to report off the name(s) with diacritics, please contact the ITS Helpline and make this request. We can show you how to build reports using names with diacritics.
Managing Diacritic Names in Banner
How to change names to hold a diacritic mark (accent mark):
- On the Banner form you use to enter and update names (e.g. SPAIDEN, PPAIDEN), select the person and go to the next block.
- Select the Alternate Identification tab.
- Use name type DIAC
- Enter the name with the diacritic mark. For instructions on how to copy & paste a special character:
- Windows: Use the Character Map feature found in Windows.
- Macintosh: Use the alternate keys function
- Save the change.
Please Note: Preferred first names can contain a diacritic mark in the existing Preferred First Name field and do not need to be entered in this separate location.
