Setting up your myWSU account for the first time

New employees will need the following pieces of information:

  1. myWSU ID number.
  2. Your personal email address.

Use the following steps to set up your myWSU account:

  1. Go to http://mywsu.wichita.edu.
  2. Click "Manage your password".
  3. Instructions for managing your password can be found here: https://wichita.edu/sspr.

Rules for making passwords:

  • Passwords should be at least 12, and no more than 30 characters long.
  • Passwords may not contain spaces.
  • Passwords must begin with a letter, or a number.
  • They must must include at least three out of four of (1) uppercase (A - Z), (2) lowercase (a - z), (3) digits (0 - 9), and (4) special characters. The * character is not permitted.

  • DO NOT

    1. Do not use any part of your name, or myWSU ID in your password.
    2. Do not use more than two numbers/ letters in sequence (ex. 1234, abcd).
    3. Do not copy and paste the information. Please enter it manually.
  • You can never reuse a password you have used before in myWSU.