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Each student, faculty, and staff member is assigned a username. This username is usually the first 6 letters of your last name followed by the first initial of your first name and the first initial of your middle name. However, the best way to find a username is by using the Campus Directory (also known as People Search). Your username is simply your Whitman email address without the @whitman.edu.
Password
When you first activate your account, your initial, randomly-assigned Whitman password will be shown to you. Make sure you note it carefully because using the "back" button on your browser will not show the password again once you navigate away from that page.
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Changing your Password
Once you receive your randomly generated password, we strongly suggest that you change it to something you can remember. For information on creating a secure password, see our password creation guide.
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