NIU Passwords

Network password

Your initial network password is temporary. Change it to a permanent one at password.niu.edu.

Your network password expires every 130 days. Change or reset it at password.niu.edu.

It is used by students, faculty and staff to access NIU resources:

• E-mail for students and faculty/staff
• MyNIU
• Blackboard
• computer labs
• Novell servers and drives (for example, the H: drive)
• WebCRMA
• dialing in to NIU's Internet service from off campus
• FTP access to Novell user volumes

Workstation password

See your local LANadmin for your initial workstation password and instructions for changing it.

Voice Mail Password

Voice mail passwords do not expire.

• Residence Hall voice mail
• Faculty/Staff voice mail

• Building a Better Password