Universal Wheaton ID and Official email address
For almost all electronic service hosted by the college you will use what is referred to as a Universal Wheaton ID to login.
Wheaton ID
Your Universal Wheaton ID is printed on the front of your Wheaton College ID card (the ID begins with a w and is followed by 8 numbers). For example, "w00004365". New students, faculty members, and staff members get their ID photos taken at Public Safety when they first arrive on campus. Current members of the Wheaton community already have new ID cards with their Universal Wheaton IDs printed on the front.
Email address
Everyone at Wheaton College has an email address created in the form of lastname_firstname@wheatoncollege.edu. This address is considered your offical college email address (for business cards, directories, etc.) If there is more than one person on campus with the same first and last names, you may be given a longer email address that is unique to you.
If you were a member of the Wheaton community before July 2003, you will still be able to receive email addressed to your existing email address. There is no need to order new business cards or letterhead. Your existing subscriptions to email lists will continue to arrive. Please remember when sending mail to new members of the community that their email addresses are of the form lastname_firstname@wheatoncollege.edu
Where do I use my Universal Wheaton ID?
You must use your Universal Wheaton ID when you log in to these electronic services.
- Wheaton College email (including Eudora, Webmail)
- WINDOW (Wheaton INformation Delivered Over the Web, used by students to register for classes and check term bills and financial aid, by faculty to post grades and advise students, by employees for payroll, benefits and finance information)
- Blackboard Courseware server
- FTP, or Windows/Macintosh central file sharing access (for instance, to access your dropbin, private, or public folders)
- Frontier web editor, for editing college web pages and calendars
- Faculty and Staff network login on Windows computers (if prompted for your "network password for Microsoft Networking" use your new Universal Wheaton ID and current password)
- FTP access to www.wheatoncollege.edu
- VPN (Virtual Private Networking. Faculty and staff use the VPN software from home to gain access to college network resources that are typically blocked to Internet users)
- NetReg (new computer registration for student computers in dorms)
- MeetingMaker (Calendaring software used for managing personal and shared calendars)
Banner users only
When logging in to Banner or FOCUS, use the username you were given when your account was set up -- this may or may not be your new Wheaton ID. If you have questions, contact Banner support at x3410.
Do I use a capital W or a lowercase w when logging in?
Type your Universal Wheaton ID with a lowercase w.
If you need help making these changes, contact the Support Center at x3900.