Office of the Registrar
Address Changes
For prompt delivery of registration materials, grade reports and billing information, please inform the Registrar's Office when your mailing address has been changed. You may also update your address on the Student Information System (SIS).
Dorm residents will automatically have a box number assigned by the Center for Residence Life.
Address changes made in the Registrar's Office, or on SIS update the addresses used by the Admissions, Alumni, Student Financial Services, Co-op and Placement, Financial Aid & Scholarships, and Student Employment offices.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU UPDATE YOUR HOME, LOCAL AND EMERGENCY ADDRESSES.
We want to make a very important request of all students. In the past few years, we have experienced a number of student related accidents and injuries that have required emergency notification to their families. In many cases, we have not been able to make timely notifications because the student did not have any information in the emergency contact field in the Student Information System (SIS) or the information that did exist was outdated. As a result, we had to find other less efficient, and sometimes very time-consuming, means of locating family members and/or appropriate emergency contacts. We trust you all share RIT's concern that if you were seriously injured or killed, you would want your family and/or emergency contact notified of the situation as soon as possible in a sensitive and caring manner. If we are to follow through with this wish, we need everyone's cooperation.
First, we need each of you to make sure that the emergency address field in the Student Information System (SIS) has the name and permanent address of the person(s) you want us to notify regarding any emergency/life-threatening situation in which you are involved. This needs to be someone that legally can make a medical decision on your behalf. In most cases, this would be your parents, guardians, or a spouse/partner.
Within the Student Information System (SIS) there are six address fields to choose from: 1) home; 2) next of kin; 3) 2nd emergency; 4) local (your RIT/Rochester address); 5) bill; 6) Second Home Address. Please make sure that the address field titled "2nd emergncy" contains the name and address of the person(s) you wish to have us notify in case of an emergency.
- Log into the Student Information System (SIS)
- Follow address information prompts
We cannot stress enough the importance of having this field contain the emergency notification information. None of us knows when or if such information might be needed, and we want to ensure that we have done everything possible to enable Institute officials to provide timely and appropriate notification in case of an emergency.