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Questions & Answers about K-State's People Directory

Searching the People Directory

What's the easiest way to find a person in the People Directory?
Type in only the last name of the person you want to find. Then press the Enter key or click on the Search button. The search will return exact matches as well as possible matches.
I can't find the person I want. Why not?
There may be several reasons:
  • You may be searching for someone by a nickname instead of their given name. This may cause a response of "Your people search returned no results" since the database contains preferred first and last names.

  • The person may not be in the database. Either he/she is not at K-State, has recently left K-State, or is in the process of coming to K-State. (Also, some people confuse K-State with the University of Kansas.)

  • The person may be a K-Stater who has an unlisted e-mail address. A student may choose to remove their information from public view in the People Directory by contacting the Registrar's Office per FERPA requirements. An employee (faculty/staff member) is generally required to have a public entry.

  • You may be searching incorrectly.
    1. For security purposes, you cannot search by first name only.
    2. If you use the Lastname, Firstname format, a comma must be included between the two parts of the name. (A space before or after the coma is optional.)
    3. When searching for a hyphenated last name, type the entire hyphenated last name with no spaces. Example: Taylor-Caldwell

How do I search by address, curriculum, department, title, etc.?
You can't. For security purposes, the directory search has been limited to only searching by name and K-State eID.
Why doesn't a webpage show up for someone?
The person may not have a webpage. Any K-State student or employee may have a personal webpage. Some choose not to have one.
How often is information updated in the People Directory?
E-mail address changes will show up in the People Directory within minutes.

Student and employee information is usually updated within minutes of the change.

Student data — name, addresses, home phone, curriculum, class, etc. — is handled by the Registrar's Office.

Employee data is handled by the Division of Human Resources, after receiving the information from the designated unit's personnel officer.

Links to personal webpages are updated automatically. When directory details are requested, the server checks to see if there is a webpage and if so, displays it.