Procedure

When a student registers for classes, they will have a PurplePass account automatically created for them prior to the start of the semester they are registered for.

  • Incoming freshmen will have accounts automatically created for them prior to the summer orientation sessions.
  • PurplePass accounts will be purged when a student is no longer registered for classes.
  • There is a two semester grace period before the account is purged which allows a student to re-enroll without losing their account.
  • Once the add-drop period has passed for the third semester without enrollment, the account will be purged.
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Activate PurplePass

Activating your PurplePass is easy!
Just need your username and date of birth.

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All Niagara University students will have a PurplePass automatically generated for them. You don’t have to go anywhere for it.

Your username is s + your 7 digit student number. For example, if your student number is 106848, your username would be s0106848.

New PurplePass accounts use a randomly generated password.  To retrieve the initial password, you need to activate your account.

Assuming that you’ve provided us with security question responses and a personal non-NU email address, you can reset your PurplePass account online.  If you have not provided this information (you should, and you can right in myNU), you must visit the IT help desk with valid photo ID.

You can change your PurplePass password by using the “Change Password” link in the upper right hand corner of myNU.

If you are having account trouble:

In addition to these major systems, individual areas of the Niagara University Website utilize the PurplePass. Just look for the PurplePass logo!