Calvin Accounts

What services does my Calvin account provide access to?

The following are some of the resources and services your Calvin account gives you access to:

• Microsoft 365 apps
• Calvin email
• Printing
• eduroam wireless (including eduroam access at other institutions)
• Moodle
• Workday
• Calvin computer logins including lab, classroom, and public spaces
• Network file storage (for faculty, staff, and student workers)
• Other student or faculty/staff or admitted student resources

What are my username, netID, Calvin email, etc?

All active students, faculty, staff, and contingent workers have a "Calvin account" that includes a netID, a username, and a Calvin email address (note: admitted students will receive their Calvin netID and username early on during the application process, and then receive their Calvin email address after certain criteria are met; this is communicated via email from Admissions).

Example: Calvin staff employee "John Calvin"

• username: jc25
• netID: jc25@calvin.edu 
• email address: john.calvin@calvin.edu 

Example: Calvin student "Jane Doe"

• username: jd233
• netID: jd233@calvin.edu
• email address: jd233@calvin.edu

Your username is your initials and an assigned number. Your netID is your username@calvin.edu. Your email address is the same as your netID (students, emeriti with technology access) or your firstname.lastname@calvin.edu (faculty and staff).

What are the requirements for my Calvin passphrase?

When logging in to your Calvin account, you will use a passphrase. Secure passphrases are the key to ensuring the security and confidentiality of information. Your Calvin passphrase must meet the following requirements:

• current or previously used passphrases may never be reused
• must be 15-30 characters long
• must use characters from two or more of the following character sets:
  • Lowercase letters
  • Uppercase letters
  • Numbers
  • Symbols, Punctuation, or Spaces (some systems may not accept a passphrase with a comma)
• must include at least 4 different characters
• must not start or end with a space
• must not repeat the same character 3 times sequentially
• password expiration is enforced