MyCWU

Help | Feedback

Campus Announcements

MyCWU Makeover: New Student Tab Launching Soon

(Ellensburg, Wash. – Feb. 26, 2015) MyCWU is already students’ guide to all things Central, but the program is about to become even easier for students to navigate. A new Student tab will go live on MyCWU beginning in March, and Information Services will be on hand to help students learn how to operate the new tab, which will allow students to enroll in classes, check financial aid and more all in one easy location. The Information Services staff will offer interactive kiosks in the SURC tabling area to show students the new feature, and allow them to try it out for themselves. A schedule of the SURC tabling dates is as follows:

Wednesday, March 4, 10 a.m. to noon
Friday, March 6, 1 to 3 p.m.
Tuesday, March 10, 10 a.m. to noon
Thursday, March 12, 1 to 3 p.m.

Students are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to learn the ins and outs of this new MyCWU feature, and discover how the Student tab will help make students’ lives at Central easier.

For more information, please contact Information Services at 509-963-2924 or helpdesk@cwu.edu.

This event is sponsored by Information Services. Persons of disability may make arrangements for reasonable accommodation by calling 509-963-2924 or by emailing DS@cwu.edu.

Central Washington University is a master’s degree-granting institution with approximately 10,000 students and 1500 faculty and staff. More than 160 undergraduate and master’s degrees are offered. Founded in 1891, the Ellensburg campus is located in the heart of Washington State, nestled between the Cascade Mountains and the Columbia River. Since 1975, CWU has served the needs of place-bound students at six university centers throughout the state. Central Washington University is an AA/EEO/Title IX Institution.

CWU Top Stories

CWU Saxophone Professor Reaches Classical HeightsWhen CWU alum and music professor Adam Pelandini was ten years old, he put his hands on a saxophone for the first time. “After assembling it,” he admits with embarrassment, “I paraded up and down the driveway of my family’s home on

CWU women in playoffs for first time in 12 yearsSo it wasn't the preferred route that Central Washington took to the GNAC women's basketball tournament.Then again, the Wildcats are there. And even if they're the No. 6 seed, and as such will oppose perennial power and cross-mountain rival Western

CWU Freshman Win Sounders Broadcast Competition"They are raving in Seattle!"Drew Wallen exclaimed this to his broadcast partner Payton Berens as thousands of Sounders fans erupted after an Obafemi Martins shot flew past Chivas USA keeper Dan Kennedy into the back of the net.Wallen and Berens,

Campus FYI

Monday Movie Madness: Into the Woods

Fed Up Central Follow-Up: Wrapping Up the Sugar-Free Challenge

CWU Service Desk Expanding to Provide Evening Hours in Library ARC

CWU Education Career Fair THURSDAY

Drug Wars: Incarceration and Racial Justice with Kris Nyrop

By signing in to MyCWU, all users are accepting the conditions and acknowledging the information reported below:

CWU Alcohol & Drug Policy

CWU students, faculty, and staff will be held accountable to the Alcohol & Drug Policy for behaviors both on and off campus. Please read the CWU AOD policy.

CWU Financial Obligation Statement

Registering for classes or receiving services for which payment is required will create a CWU account and constitutes a contractual financial obligation according to the rules and regulations of the State of Washington. The student or other CWU account holder agrees to pay for all charges incurred at Central Washington University including but not limited to Tuition and Fees, Housing and Dining Charges, University Store Purchases, Day Care Charges, Financial Aid Over-Awards, and other miscellaneous charges or fines for services received at the Recreation Center, the Medical and Counseling Center, the Library, Parking, special events, or any other CWU service offering. It is the student's or account holder responsibility to ensure that his/her account is kept current and that payments are made by the published due dates to avoid additional charges. Charges that are not paid by the due dates may be assessed late fees and/or interest charges and all university services may be suspended. Furthermore, the student or account holder agrees to the following:

I understand the University or its representative will make reasonable attempts to collect past due charges by letter, phone, email, or any other reasonable method including text messages as required by the State of Washington.
I understand I will receive an email notification when my billing statement is available to view online or a monthly statement if I am not an enrolled student. I understand my account information can only be released to me. Statements are located online through MyCWU account. Failure to pay after reasonable attempts have been made may result in the suspension of university services.
I understand if I have an unpaid balance to the University and do not make satisfactory payment arrangements, my account may be placed with an external collection agency and will be subject to an additional collection fee up to 40% of the original debt as allowed by the state of Washington. In addition, if the account goes to litigation, my account may be assessed attorney and legal fees up to 40% of the original debt. This may negatively impact my credit rating on a national level as a result of being reported to all three credit bureau’s (Equifax, TransUnion, Experian).

Meningococcal Meningitis Vaccine

Meningococcal Meningitis is the leading cause of life threatening meningitis in young adults in the U.S. It strikes about 3,000 people each year with 300 deaths. College students account for about 125 cases and 15 deaths.The infection is spread by air droplets similar to the flu virus and has flu-like symptoms initially. Symptoms can progress rapidly and lead to shock or death in hours.

The risk for young adults ages 18-23 is 1.5/1,000,000. College students are not at higher risk than non-students except for freshmen, particularly those living in residence halls (4.6/100,000).

The vaccine is safe and available through your own doctor or the Student Health and Counseling Center at CWU.Side effects are uncommon and usually mild.The vaccine will cause immunity in about 90% of the individuals, but it is ineffective against one serotype of meningoccus, which causes about 30% of the cases.The vaccination lasts three to five years and costs approximately $70.

Mass immunization has not been recommended because of the incidence of meningoccus disease is low. However, the American College Health Association recommends that parents and students, especially freshmen and other residence hall students who want to reduce their risk of disease, consider the benefit of vaccination.Students who have had a splenectomy or who are immunodeficient should consider vaccination.

If you have questions, feel free to contact Student Health Center at 963-1881.

Washington State Voter Registation

Washington State Law, RCW 29A.16.040 requires all public institutions of higher education to actively prompt students to register to vote as a part of the enrollment process. If you would like to register to vote, please visit the Washington Elections & Voting web page.