Log on to CUA Computer Accounts

All students have THREE (3) accounts at CUA

1. The first account is your Cardinal Station account, for use exclusively at cardinalstation.cua.edu.
2. The second is your Cardinal Mail account, for use exclusively in Cardinal Mail.
3. The third is your network logon account that is used is for everything else: lab computers, Blackboard, home.cua.edu, and more.

Faculty and staff have two accounts: Cardinal Station and CUA network logon. (Cardinal Mail is exclusively for students.)

Your Cardinal Station Account

Cardinal Station is the CUA web portal that allows you to perform student enrollment management self-service activities: register for classes, check your grades, change your contact information, and a wide range of other activities related to your academic records at the University. You can access Cardinal Station using Internet Explorer from nearly anywhere in the world where you have a public Internet connection.

For new students, your Cardinal Station User ID and password were sent to you via postal mail when you applied to the University.

Your student Cardinal Station User ID is typically the first four letters of your last name followed by four or five numbers.

If you forget your password or have difficulty logging on to Cardinal Station, please contact the Information Center.

Your Cardinal Mail Account

Cardinal Mail is CUA's implementation of Google Apps Education Edition for students.

Cardinal Mail offers students large amounts of storage, and provides the popular Google Gmail web mail interface. Google Docs, calendaring and contacts are also available through Cardinal Mail.

Cardinal Mail is being deployed in phases. Phase 2, the transition phase, began on June 3, 2009. In this phase, Cardinal Mail becomes the primary e-mail system for students. All new e-mail to you as a student is sent to your @cardinalmail.cua.edu Cardinal Mail account. A detailed Cardinal Mail FAQ is available.

(For those students who have an older CUA Webmail account, you can still log onto this account at mail.cua.edu as usual during Phase 2, using your CUA network logon account username and password. This gives you time to transfer your old messages to your new Cardinal Mail account.)

For new students, your Cardinal Mail account is created when you matriculate.

To use Cardinal Mail for the first time, you will need to learn your initial, one-time temporary Cardinal Mail password. This information can be found in Cardinal Station. Please log onto Cardinal Station, and navigate as follows: Student Self-Service > Student Center > Personal Information > CUA Logon Accounts.

If you have previously logged onto Cardinal Mail, but have now forgotten your password and cannot log on, you can use the CUA Cardinal Mail Password Reset web site to change it.

Your Network Logon Account

Your CUA network logon account allows you to log onto any machine in the student labs, access to Blackboard, to home.cua.edu, to free antivirus software, to the ResNet network registration system in your residence hall and other services.

For new students, your CUA network logon account is created when you matriculate.  Your network logon username and first time, temporary password can be found by logging onto Cardinal Station, and navigating as follows: Student Self-Service > Student Center > Personal Information > CUA Logon Accounts.

Your student CUA Network account username is composed of two digits plus your last name (or part of your last name, depending on length and conflicts with similarly named people!). Your password must be changed at least every 180 days, and should be hard to guess. To change your password, log on to home.cua.edu and navigate to the "Change Password" link. You can change your password by this means even if it has passed its 180 day age limit.

If you forget your password, or have difficulty accessing your network account, please follow the instructions here to reset it yourself.

Security Information for Distance Education

Please note the special security information for Distance Education on our Catholic University Distance Education Statement.