In order to enter campus buildings, students, faculty, and staff must have a valid SVA ID card. If you do not have an SVA ID card or need a replacement, please complete this form and you may pick up your card at the Registrar’s Office when it’s ready. If you have trouble accessing the form, log in to MyID and select the SVA ID Card Request Form tile.

Please note that there is a $20 fee to receive a replacement ID card.

Enrollment verification letters are provided to students free of charge. 

Requests to change a legal name must be accompanied by appropriate documentation (such as a court order, marriage license, federal/state ID, etc.). Students may submit a Legal Name Change Form with the Registrar. Faculty and staff members may contact Human Resources to change their legal name.

Any student, staff, or faculty member may officially declare a chosen name to be used where possible across campus.

Chosen names will be reflected wherever possible, such as on the following SVA records:

• Grade rosters
• Attendance rosters
• SVA ID cards
• Mid-term evaluations
• SVA email display name*

A legal name may be required for some records, including student transcripts, financial aid documents and student invoices, payroll records and tax documentation. Note that official correspondence from the College may use a person's legal name.

Individuals may complete a Chosen/Preferred Name Declaration Form with the Registrar. Current students, alumni, staff, and faculty members may update their chosen names (as well as other personal identity details) in their MyServices User Profile.

Changes to a chosen or preferred name will be made in the College’s main database system within 24 hours, but it may take additional time for the name to be reflected in other systems across campus.

* To change the name that displays when you send emails from your SVA account, follow these instructions. Note that SVA usernames cannot be customized. See the SVA IT username policy for more details.

Current students, alumni, faculty, and staff members may declare their pronouns and gender identity by accessing their MyServices User Profile and selecting the “Edit Personal Identity” button.

An individual’s pronouns will display prominently on faculty members′ class and attendance rosters.

To protect individual privacy, gender identity declarations are not displayed on class rosters, nor are they disclosed to any third party without the express written consent of the individual.