New Student Account Information
A student's West Chester University Account serves 3 main purposes:
- Access to myWCU
- Access to E-Mail (Webmail)
- Access to log in to computers on campus
Before a new student can use their WCU account for any of the services listed above, they must first initialize their password.
To initialize your password, please follow these instructions:
- In your browser type http://webmail.wcupa.edu
- From this page, click on the link labeled “Change your Password / Passphrase.”
- Follow the directions for entering your username (usernames are the 1st letter of your first name and the 1st letter of your last name followed by your 6 digit WCU ID number). An example of this is: BE123456@wcupa.edu.
- If you have never logged into the system before, your “Old Password” is WCU-MMDDYY. In your old password, be sure to capitalize the WCU and recognize that the MMDDYY is a representation of your date of birth. An example of this would be: January 1st 1984 = WCU-010184.
- Enter a new password which meets the requirements listed on the page, then type that password again to confirm and click “Change Password / Passphrase.”
- You will be prompted that you have not configured the Self Service Online Password Reset Tool and will be asked to do so at this time. Setting up this tool involves setting up unique answers to questions that only you would know. After you have completed setting up your questions and answers, click “Submit.”
- Your new password is good for 90 days.
Special Notes:
WCU network account passwords expire every 90 days and need to be changed.
You may not have any parts of your name in your password.
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