Identification Cards and NetIDs

NetID

The University uses an identification number known as the employee or "empl" ID. This number is used by all university departments to identify you.

Faculty also receive an electronic identification "user name" known as the NetID that enables you to access your email, view your class Blackboard sites, see your grades, and use online reference materials from the University libraries. Your NetID will be assigned after you are hired by SCS and NU Human Resources has received and processed your contract and hiring paperwork. You will receive an email from Lorraine Brown Thomas, who coordinates payroll at SCS, containing your Net ID and instructions on its activation and password setup. You then activate your NetID by accessing the NUIT website from any computer, at the page http://www.northwestern.edu/facstafflogin. When this process is complete, you may access NU network resources.

Faculty are given network access for the duration of the teaching assignment. To retain access, faculty must teach continuously for SCS.

You may check at any time to make sure your NetID is still active. Simply go to the NUIT website at http://www.it.northwestern.edu/netid/ and click on "Check NetID status." If your NetID is no longer active, this means your faculty appointment has expired and you must complete the HR process for new faculty (see System Access page).

WildCARD

The University's photo identification card is known as the WildCARD, which enables you to borrow books from the University libraries, to get discounts at local restaurants and stores, and to ride free University shuttle busses. You are eligible for the WildCARD when your new faculty paperwork has been processed. Please contact the WildCARD office before going to obtain your card to ensure that you have been entered into the University computer system. The WildCARD office on the Chicago campus is located in Abbott Hall. On the Evanston campus it is located in Norris Center Underground. Both offices have extended hours at the start of each term.