Change your Address, Phone Number, or Preferred Name

These directions are for changing your Home or Local Address, or Preferred Name on record with Valparaiso University. Home Address, for students, is your address of record for tax and other legal purposes, most often your parents'/family home address. This also applies for international students. A Local Address is where you reside while attending classes at Valparaiso University. If you live in a residence hall, your local address will reflect this location and will be maintained by Residence Life. If you live off-campus, please update your local address anytime it changes.

Step-by-step guide to updating your address and phone number

• Log into DataVU Self-Service at datavu1.valpo.edu

• Select ‘User Profile’ from either your username menu in the top right-hand corner, or under User Options in the left-hand menu.

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Change your preferred name or preferred pronouns

• Click Edit Personal Identity, a pop-up will appear with Identity Details

• You may enter a Preferred First Name

  • This will create a new alias for your email with the new preferred name (allow processing time, it will not be immediate)

• You may select your Preferred Pronouns from the drop-down selections

Change your Local or Home Address

• Under Addresses, click +Add New Address

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• If you are entering an address outside of the US or Canada, please check the box at the top

• Enter the address details for the NEW address you wish to add

• Select whether the address is a Local Academic Address, or a Permanent Home Address (see the descriptions at the top to help decide)

• Click Add Address

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• The new address you have entered will now appear in addition to the existing address.

• Addresses are reviewed, and status is updated by either Human Resources (for staff/faculty) or Office of the Registrar (for students). After update, the old address will no long appear, and the new address you’ve entered will show as either your Home or Local address.