The most common way for you to receive communications is through your UWM Email Address. Your Academic Advisor, instructors, and departments such as Financial Aid will expect you to use your UWM Email Address and to check it often.

If you have trouble logging in to your UWM Email Address or if you can’t access a computer on campus, call the Help Desk at (414) 229-4040 or toll free at (877) 381-3459.
If you don’t know your Campus ID number, use the Campus ID Finder.

To edit your PAWS Mailing Address, follow these steps:

1. Log in to PAWS
2. Under the yellow Personal Information header, click in the drop down menu and select Addresses, then click the yellow arrow button
3. You can edit the current Mailing Address, or you can ADD A NEW ADDRESS
4. For a new address, fill in the new information and select an effective date
5. You can categorize multiple addresses as Mailing, Home, Business and Billing

If you live in a campus residence, your Campus address will appear automatically and you won’t be able to edit it.

In addition to your physical address, you can update phone numbers, non-UWM email addresses, and emergency contacts. Just log in to PAWS and select one of the drop down options under the yellow Personal Information header.

In addition to a completed Student Record Data Change Form, specific documentation is required to request a name change. Documentation of the new legal name may be:

1. Any document from List A
2. OR a document from List B and List C

Acceptable forms of documentation as proof of the name change are original, certified copy, or clear and legible photocopy of:

List A (Acceptable Photo ID Proof of Name Change)

• State issued ID or Driver’s License (Must be a REAL ID compliant products (marked with a

  Ø) in accordance with the federal REAL ID Act of 2005

• Valid/unexpired Passport or other federal ID
• Military issued ID* (In-Person requests only)
• Federal agency (CIA, OPM, FBI, etc.) or Law enforcement ID* (In-Person requests only)

List B (Photo ID which requires additional proof of name change)

• Driver’s License or State issued ID (not a REAL ID)
• UWM PantherID

List C (Documentation of Name Change, additional photo ID needed)

• Marriage Certificate
• Record of Divorce
• Naturalization papers
• Court papers documenting name change
• Social Security cards are NOT acceptable documentation for proof of name change.

In-Person: The Registrar’s Office staff will make a photocopy of the documentation and/or ID for your student record.

Fax, Mail, or Email: Any submitted photocopy of the documentation/ID must be clean and legible, without deterioration in print quality.

Please note that if you are also an active or recent UWM employee, including a teaching assistant or student worker, you will need to update your name with UWM Human Resources in order for the change to take effect in PAWS.

International students who have a change to their Social Security number can also complete the Student Record Data Change Form in person at the Registrar’s Office. Just bring the new Social Security card.

You may also access the Student Record Data Change Form online and email the completed form to Regoff@uwm.edu or submit it via fax to 414-229-6940. Supporting documentation may be required based on the type of change requested.  Please contact the Registrar’s Office with any questions.

If you need to add or correct your date of birth, you must complete a Student Record Data Change Form.  In addition to the completed form, additional documentation is required:

1. State issued ID or Driver’s License (Must be a REAL ID compliant products (marked with a star) in accordance with the federal REAL ID Act of 2005

OR

1. Valid/unexpired Passport or other federal ID Military issued ID* (In-Person requests only) Federal agency (CIA, OPM, FBI, etc.) or Law enforcement ID* (In-Person requests only)

If you don’t have one of the documents above, you can provide a Driver’s License or State issued ID (that is not a REAL ID) or UWM PantherID AND a birth certificate instead.

We accept original documents, certified copies, or clear and legible photocopies, without deterioration in print quality. These can be submitted in person at the Registrar’s Office in Mellencamp 274, by mail, or via email to regoff@uwm.edu.

In addition to a completed Student Record Data Change Form, specific documentation is required.

1. Any form of photo ID from the list below
   AND
2. Your social security card

Acceptable Photo ID – must be valid/unexpired

• UW Milwaukee student ID
• State issued ID or Driver’s License
• Passport or other federal ID
• Military issued ID* (In-Person requests only)
• Federal agency (CIA, OPM, FBI, etc.) or Law enforcement ID* (In-Person requests only)

In-Person: The Registrar’s Office staff will make a photocopy of the documentation and/or ID for your student record.

Fax, Mail, or Email: Any submitted photocopy of the documentation/ID must be clean and legible, without deterioration in print quality.

Please contact the Registrar’s Office with any questions.

As long as the use of the preferred first and/or middle name is not for the purpose of misrepresentation, it will appear instead of the legal name in select university systems and documents except where the use of the legal name is required by university business or legal need.

The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee recognizes that students may choose to identify themselves within the university community with a gender that differs from the Male/Female designation that appears on government documents and is on record with UWM for aggregate federal/state reporting purposes.

Student gender identity information will be protected under FERPA and will not be used to discriminate in any manner. The gender identity information is intended to help inform support services, resources, and activities.  Submitting this information is voluntary and does not update the male/female designation on the academic record.  Please see the FAQ section below for more information.