Universal and Guest Accounts

Existing Accounts – Change Password

To reset your Universal Username password, to change your Banner password, or to change your Web4U PIN, go to the WWU Passwords page.

New Student Accounts

All students receive an Universal Account. This account will be used for accessing:

• MyWestern– Student Web Portal (Email, Blackboard, File Storage and Web Hosting)
• Computer Labs
• Wireless Network

You can activate your Universal Account at Universal Account Activation

Note: Students are required to read their MyWestern e–mail messages regularly because official university correspondence will be delivered to their MyWestern mailboxes.

New Faculty/Staff Accounts

If you are a new employee and need computer accounts, please Activate Your Universal Account.

If you are a new employee experiencing problems activating (and have submitted all your paperwork into Human Resources),

or you are a current employee needing additional accounts,

or you are a student employee needing accounts for employment,

.... then please fill out the Account Application form.

Account Deletion

Per Washington State law, computer accounts can only by made available to current students, faculty, staff, and emeritus faculty.

• Students – To provide students time to follow-up with email correspondence with prospective employers, forward any email they want to keep to another email account, and to save files from their U: drives, Universal Accounts are retained for a one quarter period after a student is unenrolled from classes. For example, if a student is registered for classes during Spring quarter but doesn't register for Summer or Fall quarter, his or her account will be removed during Fall quarter of that year.
• Faculty and Staff – Faculty and staff Universal Accounts are purged upon termination of employment unless special arrangements have been made to extend the accounts.

Guest Accounts

Current faculty and staff can now sponsor guest accounts (with distinct usernames and passwords) for off-campus visitors that require network access. You will be prompted for your Universal username and password in order to verify your sponsorship information as the first step in creating a guest account.

These guest accounts provide both wired and wireless access. The checkout period is up until midnight of the day the account is created.

Reminder: Western computer accounts are university resources and are only to be used for valid academic and administrative purposes.