diff --git a/initdb_from_csv.py b/initdb_from_csv.py
index 7194a86..2f5396a 100755
--- a/initdb_from_csv.py
+++ b/initdb_from_csv.py
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ from optparse import OptionParser
 from hashlib import sha256
 import os.path
 import sys
+import string
+import re
+
+# SIIUE names have alien strings like "(TE)" and are sometimes capitalized
+def fixname(s):
+    return string.capwords(re.sub('\(.*\)', '', s).strip())
+
 
 # --------- Parse command line options -----------
 parser = OptionParser('usage: %prog [options] inputfile.csv')
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ with open(args[0], encoding='iso-8859-1') as csvfile:   # SIIUE format
     next(csvreader)  # ignore header
 
     c.executemany('INSERT INTO students VALUES (?,?,?)',
-                  [(row[0], row[1], password) for row in csvreader])
+                  [(row[0], fixname(row[1]), password) for row in csvreader])
     c.execute('INSERT INTO students VALUES ("0", "Professor", "")')
     conn.commit()   # commit DB changes
     c.close()       # close DB cursor
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