How to share your pronouns with the MHC community, plus answers to frequently asked questions.
Overview
Mount Holyoke College is committed to affirming the self-determination and expression of all members of the campus community across College communications, documents and systems. Inviting the sharing of personal pronouns is a practice grounded in the College’s commitment to the equitable inclusion of trans and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) people and to addressing MHC systems that have excluded and marginalized students, faculty, staff and alums on the basis of gender identity and/or expression. For more, read MHC's Pronoun Policy.
In this article:
How to update your pronouns
Please note that changes made in my.mtholyoke and/or Workday may take up to 24 hours to take effect across other College systems.
MHC student instructions
- Log into my.mtholyoke
- Use the Self Service menus to navigate to your myProfile page
- Choose Edit Personal Identity
- Choose your pronouns from the drop down list
- Choose Save
Faculty/staff instructions
On the web
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Select your Worker Profile icon in the top right corner of the screen, then select the View Profile button
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In the blue menu that opens on the left, select the button labeled Personal
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On the Personal Information tab, select the Edit button
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Scroll down to the Pronoun card and select the pencil icon to make changes
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Select your pronouns from the drop down menu
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Use the Submit button to save your changes
In the Workday app
- Open the Workday app and log in
- Select your Worker Profile icon in the bottom right corner
- Select the pencil icon to the right of your name
- Select Change My Personal Information
- Scroll down to the Pronoun card and select the pencil icon to make changes
- Use the Submit button to save your changes
Alum instructions
- Log into the DASH portal. If you haven't already, first claim your MHC Account for DASH.
- Go to "My Profile".
- Select the pencil icon in the Biographical Information section to edit your pronouns.
- Choose the best option for you from the list.
- Use the checkbox to indicate whether you'd like your pronouns to appear in the Alum Directory
- Save.
Frequently asked questions
Mount Holyoke College is committed to affirming the self-determination and expression of all members of the campus community across College communications, documents and systems. Inviting the sharing of personal pronouns is a practice grounded in the College’s commitment to the equitable inclusion of trans and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) people and to addressing MHC systems that have excluded and marginalized students, faculty, staff and alums on the basis of gender identity and/or expression. Collecting pronouns is an effort to operationalize Mount Holyoke’s commitment to affirming people's self-determined identities and overtly acknowledge that displaying a person’s pronouns is a vital means of accurately identifying them.
For more information on why sharing pronouns is important to our community as we live into our values as a gender-diverse women's college, please check out the following resource:
Resources on personal pronouns.
The list of pronouns was determined through close consultation with trans and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) campus constituencies as well as other interested committees and groups. We offer pronoun sets (i.e., They/Them/Theirs) and combinations of pronoun sets (i.e., She/They and They/She) and are continuously seeking feedback and recommendations. Please contact diversity@mtholyoke.edu with your insights and input.
List of Pronouns to choose from:
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All Pronouns
Any Pronouns
Ask me about my Pronouns
Name Only/No Pronouns
Fae/Faer/Faers
Fae/Faer & He/Him
Fae/He
Fae/Faer & She/Her
Fae/She
Fae/Faer & They/Them
Fae/They
Fae/Faer & Ze/Hir
Fae/Faer & Ze/Zir
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He/Him/His
He/Him & Fae/Faer
He/Fae
He/Him & She/Her
He/She
He/Him & They/Them
He/They
He/Him & Ze/Hir
He/Him & Ze/Zir
She/Her/Hers
She/Her & Fae/Faer
She/Fae
She/Her & They/Them
She/They
She/Her & He/Him
She/He
She/Her & Ze/Hir
She/Her & Ze/Zir
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They/Them/Theirs
They/Them & Fae/Faer
They/Fae
They/Them & She/Her
They/She
They/Them & He/Him
They/He
They/Them & Ze/Hir
They/Them & Ze/Zir
Ze/Hir/Hirs
Ze/Hir & Fae/Faer
Ze/Hir & He/Him
Ze/Hir & She/Her
Ze/Hir & They/Them
Ze/Zir/Zirs
Ze/Zir & Fae/Faer
Ze/Zir & He/Him
Ze/Zir & She/Her
Ze/Zir & They/Them
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What if my pronouns aren’t on the list?
If you’d like to offer recommendations of pronouns to add, please contact diversity@mtholyoke.edu. Recommendations will be reviewed by the DEI Office.
Central Systems of Record
| System |
What is this? |
Will this system display the pronouns I enter centrally? |
Can I edit my own pronouns directly in this system? |
Notes |
| my.mtholyoke / Colleague |
Student Information System. Used by the Registrar’s Office, Disability Services, Faculty course rosters, the Provost’s Office, Professional Staff on Call (PSOC), etc |
Yes, updated immediately if changed in my.mtholyoke (studnets) or nightly if changed in Workday (faculty/staff) |
Yes |
Students can provide their pronouns in my.mtholyoke Self Service. Changes here will propagate to other systems that take pronouns. Syncs with Workday nightly. |
| Workday |
Employee Information and Finance System. Used by HR and Finance. |
Yes, updated immediately if changed in Workday or nightly if changed in my.mtholyoke |
Yes |
Faculty and staff can share their pronouns in Workday. Changes here will propagate to other systems that take chosen names.
Syncs with my.mtholyoke nightly. |
| OneCard IDs / OneCard web portal |
Campus ID cards and the system of record for OneCards. |
No |
N/A |
Pronouns are not printed on OneCards, as they may change. Pronoun buttons and stickers are available from the DEI Office if desired. These can be put on your OneCard, lanyard, or worn to help share your pronouns visibly in person. |
| DASH (Donor and Alum Services Hub) |
The system of record for alum information, used by the Alum Association and College Relations. |
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Yes |
Alums can choose if they'd like the pronouns they enter in their DASH profile to appear in the Alum Directory or not. |
Communication and Collaboration systems
| System |
What is this? |
Will this system display the pronouns I enter centrally? |
Can I edit my own pronouns directly in this system? |
Notes |
| Google |
Google apps for Email, Drive, Calendar, etc
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Yes, changes may take 4-24 hours to appear. |
No |
Hover over your name (or another MHC person’s), select “open detailed view” and you’ll see pronouns if entered (alongside other info) in a side panel that opens. Alternately, go to Google contacts, look up the person in question and select them to see details including their pronouns. |
| Microsoft |
Office 365 apps |
No |
N/A |
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| Kaltura |
Video storage and captioning platform |
No |
N/A |
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| Zoom |
Video-conferencing |
No |
Yes |
If you enter your pronouns directly in Zoom and elect to share them, your pronouns will display next to your name in meetings. In Zoom’s Team Chat, hover over a user’s profile picture to view their pronouns if shared. Changes made here won’t sync back to other systems.
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Teaching and Learning systems
| System |
What is this? |
Will this system display the pronouns I enter centrally? |
Can I edit my own pronouns directly in this system? |
Notes |
| MHC Moodle |
MHC's learning management system |
Yes |
No |
Instructors can see their students’ pronouns in the Participants list next to student names. All users can view their own pronouns on their personal profile page. Students do not see their peers’ pronouns anywhere. |
| Five College Moodle / Canvas / Learning Management Systems (LMS) |
Learning management systems at the other schools in the Five College Consortium |
No |
N/A |
If you take a class at one of the other Five Colleges as an MHC student, work with their Registrar’s Office to see about sharing your pronouns in their systems. |
| MHC Transcripts |
Academic course transcripts |
No |
N/A |
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| Pathways |
MHC's student success and advising platform |
Yes, for students only. Updated on a nightly basis. |
No |
Pronouns display with student’s names at the top of the student’s advising folder but not next to student’s name on rosters. |
| ViaTRM |
MHC's study and travel abroad portal |
Yes, for students only. Updated within 1-2 hours after being changed in my.mtholyoke. |
No |
Pronouns are displayed in student profiles |
Student Life systems
| System |
What is this? |
Will this system display the pronouns I enter centrally? |
Can I edit my own pronouns directly in this system? |
Notes |
| Embark |
Student involvement and student organization platform |
No |
Yes |
Students can view each other’s pronouns in the Directory. If a student chooses to display pronouns, they are visible under their name. Embark Admins can see pronouns on the back end.
Changes to pronouns in Embark won't sync back to other systems.
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| Maxient |
Honor Code and Community Standards procedures, Safety Net Fund applications, Religious Accommodation applications, etc |
Yes, updated overnight if changed in my.mtholyoke |
No |
Pronouns are visible to administrative staff who use Maxient in the demographic information section of a student’s profile. |
| My Health Connection Portal / Point and Click |
Student portal for MHC Health Services. The back end of the student portal used by Health Services staff is called Point and Click. |
Yes, updated overnight if changed in my.mtholyoke |
Yes |
Students have the ability to enter and edit pronouns. A student’s My Health Connection Portal profile is directly tied to their Point and Click electronic medical record and changes made in the portal will update immediately in Point and Click.
Pronouns display under the students name in each section of the electronic record (Schedule, Medical Chart, Registration Page, Billing) however pronouns only print on the internal rooming slip and not on any external records or referrals, etc.
Changes to pronouns made here won't sync back to other systems.
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| Residence |
Residential Life system for managing housing |
No |
N/A |
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| Titanium |
Counseling Services system |
No |
Yes |
Pronouns display next to name on all pages/screens used internally by Counseling Service staff. Pronouns do not display on any printed records or referrals.
Students have the option to enter/update pronouns when they complete online forms at their first visit of each academic year. Between first visits, they can request a change in pronouns at any time by talking with their clinician or Counseling Service administrative staff.
Changes made here won’t sync back to other systems.
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| MHC Vector Solutions |
Compliance training modules for Orientation and Community Standards |
No |
N/A |
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Student Financial Services (SFS) systems
| System |
What is this? |
Will this system display the pronouns I enter centrally? |
Can I edit my own pronouns directly in this system? |
Notes |
| Financial Aid Online |
Online portal for managing student financial aid |
No |
N/A |
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| TouchNet Tuition statements and emails |
Tuition statements and email communications sent by the SFS Bill Pay system |
No |
N/A |
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Other administrative systems
| System |
What is this? |
Will this system display the pronouns I enter centrally? |
Can I edit my own pronouns directly in this system? |
Notes |
| EMS |
Event management system and space reservations |
No |
N/A |
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| AskLITS portal |
The LITS ticketing system (this website) |
Yes, updated overnight if changed in my.mtholyoke or Workday |
No |
Visible to LITS support staff and to individual users viewing their own profile page in the AskLITS portal. |
| InterLibrary Loan (ILL) |
The system for borrowing outside the Five College libraries |
No |
N/A |
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| Mail Services system |
The system that Mail Services looks at when students go to pick up their mail and packages |
No |
N/A |
When someone comes in to get their mail and taps their OneCard only their chosen name, last name and box number display on the screen. Staff call out the box number for fulfilling mail requests. |
At this point, we are not able to automatically interface pronouns you share in MHC systems with Five College systems. If you take a class at one of the other Five Colleges, you can work with their Registrar’s Office to see about adding your pronouns to their systems.
We strive to make College systems display users’ pronouns and have implemented them in as many places as we’ve been able to so far. Please understand in some instances, the College may not be able to change a system’s behavior.
There are limited circumstances where this is possible.
If you enter your pronouns using the instructions at the top of this article, they will go to all the systems that have been integrated to receive pronouns from that system (see "Where will my pronouns display?" above). There are technical limitations which currently prevent us from displaying centrally-entered pronouns in some of the systems we've integrated to receive pronouns, but not in others.
However, not all of of the systems that can display pronouns are integrated to receive the ones you share centrally. This means they can have different values from what you enter centrally.
For example, a student could share one set of pronouns from the College's list as their centrally-entered pronouns in my.mtholyoke (which will will feed Google, Moodle, and other systems that are integrated to receive centrally-entered pronouns). The same student could share different pronouns with the Counseling Center (to go into their system Titanium) and enter completely different pronouns in Zoom.
No, you are not required to share your pronouns.