Managing personal information in CAESAR

Changing your display name in CAESAR (students)

1. Navigate to NU Validate and sign in with your NetID and password.
2. Click the “Edit Online Directory Information” tile on the homepage of NUValidate. 
3. Find the Name fields, make the appropriate updates, then click “Submit” at the bottom of the screen to save.

* Please note that the time for name updates to show will vary by system, and may take up to a few days to appear everywhere.

Adding or changing your pronouns in CAESAR (students)

1. Navigate to NU Validate and sign in with your NetID and password.
2. Click the “Edit Online Directory Information” tile on the homepage of NUValidate. 
3. Find the Pronouns single-select list, select the appropriate pronouns, then click “Submit” at the bottom of the screen to save.

* Please note that the time for pronoun updates to show will vary by system, and may take up to a few days to appear everywhere.

Manage addresses

1. Navigate to CAESAR and sign in with your NetID and password
2. On the CAESAR Student Homepage, click on the Profile tile

3. Click on Addresses in the left-hand menu

4. Add or edit your addresses:
   • To add a new address type (current, permanent, billing, etc.), click the plus icon 
   • To edit an address you have already specified, click into the address you would like to edit or change.
5. Once you have added or edited the address, click the Save button.

Manage phone numbers

1. Navigate to CAESAR and sign in with your NetID and password
2. On the CAESAR Student Homepage, click on the Profile tile

2. Click on Contact Details in the left-hand menu

2. Add or edit your phone numbers:
   • To add a new phone type, click the plus icon 
   • To edit a phone number, click into phone type, make your changes, and select Save
3. Designate at least one phone number as your Emergency Notification number by checking the appropriate checkbox
4. Specify your primary contact number to be used for official University business by selecting the Preferred checkbox

Manage emergency contacts

Your emergency contact is the person who will be contacted first upon event of a personal emergency. In order to avoid an emergency info hold, you need to have at least one emergency contact identified in CAESAR.

1. Navigate to CAESAR and sign in with your NetID and password
2. On the CAESAR Student Homepage, click on the Profile tile

3. Click on Emergency Contacts in the left-hand menu

4. Add or edit your emergency contact:
   • To add a new emergency contact, click the plus icon 
   • To edit an emergency contact, click into emergency contact, make your changes, and select Save 
5. Be sure to designate one emergency contact as preferred

Manage your missing person contact

In the event that you go missing, the designated individual under the Missing Person Contact will be contacted first.

1. Navigate to CAESAR and sign in with your NetID and password
2. On the CAESAR Student Homepage, click on the Profile tile

3. Click on Missing Person Contact in the left-hand menu

3. Enter the last and first names of your missing person contact
4. Select the appropriate missing person contact's relationship to you in the drop down menu.
5. Enter the phone number of the contact in the listed format.
6. Click Save.

Edit email address information

• CAESAR pulls the published email address, not the student email address, from the Online Directory. There is no way to change the email address used in CAESAR, unless you change the published email address in the Online Directory.
• An employee with both an Exchange and @u email address cannot set their @u as their CAESAR email address, since their @northwestern.edu is published in the Online Directory.
• A student (primary affiliation: student) cannot set their @northwestern.edu as the CAESAR address, since their @u will be published in the Online Directory.