My CommonwealthU
Links and information on systems and applications for students, faculty, and staff of Commonwealth University.
CU Experience
CU Experience provides a single-entry point for accessing CU systems most used by faculty, staff and students including Banner Self-Service, Argos, CU Succeed, and Brightspace.
Academic & Support Quick Links
Academic Calendar Academic Catalog Accommodate Banner (Student Self-Service) Banner (Faculty Self-Service) Banner (Staff / App-Nav) Brightspace Commencement Course Search Crosswalks CU Succeed Degree Maps Degree Works General Education Library Registrar
Employment Quick Links
Employee Self-Service (ESS/E-Time) Faculty & Staff Directory Human Resources HRConnect Performance Management Employee Portal
Technology Quick Links
University Resources
Accommodations are available to any enrolled Commonwealth University student having a documented disability. Documentation is required, must satisfy the documentation guidelines, and is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Commonwealth University is committed to providing equitable access to educational experiences, campus facilities, and university related opportunities for all students.
Accommodate for First-Time Users Accommodate for Returning Users
Notice: Students are responsible for contacting University Disability Services to discuss what is necessary for eligibility. Documents can then be submitted through Accommodate.
Banner's reporting and query tool.
The Strategic Communications and Marketing team manages the forms below to assist website users with any requests for marketing and web needs. Please choose which form you need and follow the instructions from your selected form.
Banner (OneSIS) is Commonwealth University's Student Information System, where students register for courses, check and accept financial aid, check and pay bills, view grades, and apply for graduation when you are a senior.
Banner (Student Self-Service) Banner (Faculty Self-Service) Banner (Staff / App-Nav)
Banner Training Materials are available via Brightspace to familiarize yourself with our student Information system.
- Banner replaces the following legacy applications:
- MyHaven (Jenzebar)
- MyHusky (PeopleSoft)
- MyMansfield Self-Service (Colleague)
An innovative way to prepare for an upcoming interview. This online system combines training and practice to help improve your interview technique and build your confidence. Looking for interview feedback? Send your completed interview recordings to your career coach directly from the system!
Students on all three campuses will be able to order books online and will be delivered to Lock Haven and Mansfield for pick up during the first few weeks.
Commonwealth University Bookstore
For spirit wear and other merchandise, visit the campus stores at Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, Mansfield.
Commonwealth University's online class portal. Access course-selected materials such as books and other publisher content that may be selected for use in your course.
We encourage you to view our Brightspace introduction video to familiarize yourself with the application.
- Brightspace replaces the following legacy applications:
- BOLT
- D2L
Graduation and commencement are often used interchangeably, but there's a subtle difference. Graduation is the official act of completing your degree - meeting all the requirements. Commencement, however, is the celebratory ceremony honoring graduates' achievements. It's like the victory lap after crossing the finish line.
Learn more about what to expect at your Commonwealth University Commencement.
Coursedog is an academic operations platform. The all-in-one platform is used to support student-centric scheduling, building efficient curriculum processes, creating online catalogs and handbooks, and digitizing forms and workflows.
CU Experience is the new portal - gateway - for accessing Banner at Commonwealth University. CU Experience provides a single-entry point for accessing most CU systems used by students including DegreeWorks, Student Self-Service, CU Succeed, and Brightspace.
CU Succeed is Commonwealth University’s student success platform that makes communication easier between students and faculty/staff/advisors, and others in your "success network". It also provides easy access resources such as tutoring, counseling, and academic & career coaching right at our students’ fingertips. Students can also "raise your hand" in the system to ask a question if you're not sure where to start looking for answers.
- CU Succeed replaces the following legacy applications:
- Husky Success
- Starfish
Access reports and dashboards when you need them, and on the device that works best for you.
Commonwealth University has organized reporting into "operational" versus "official" reporting, which are described below and include some key links:
Operational Reporting — These are reports generated from the live student information system to help support day-to-day operations. They may include current student lists, course enrollments, list of those who have applied to graduate, etc. Operational reporting is handled by the Registrar’s Office and IT/Administrative Applications and includes reports from Banner or Argos. Requests for new reports can be sent to registrar@commonwealthu.edu.
Official Reporting — This is data that Institutional Research captures as of official reporting dates that should be used to reporting to accreditors and other "official" reports shared with outside entities. Institutional Research has published a series of dashboards to give access to these data (see links below). Requests for new dashboards or new tabs can be sent to jabplana@commonwealthu.edu.
- University Official Data — Official data as reported to IPEDS and the state system including enrollment, retention, graduation rates, HR, etc.
- Program Official Data — Official program data for Program Review and external accreditors include program enrollment, completions, retention, graduation rates, etc.
CU's easy-to-follow audit and advisement tool providing the ability to help students track how they are progressing on their academic program, and provide “what if” information for students seeking to change majors.
View our DegreeWorks User Guide to learn how to use the application.
Notice: Students enrolled prior to Fall 2023 can complete their program requirements through the teach-out plans and resources provided below and through their advisor.
Provides faculty, staff and students with information related to their employment with Commonwealth University and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
Through the use of 5 assessments (work interests, leisure interests, personality, values, and skills), this career, major and education planning system helps you learn more about yourself and potential career matches. Explore majors & occupations and make informed career decisions. This intuitive resource can help you plan for and achieve career success. First-time access code: explore
Build your career with career expos and road trips, professional development and networking events, resume and LinkedIn labs, and more. When you're ready, find an internship or your dream job. Make an appointment with your career coach who will help you figure it all out.
Commonwealth University's Office of Human Resources utilizes HRConnect, a human resource management system that provides a broad range of applications, services, and information to HR offices, employees, and managers.
CU's academic faculty management software used for faculty evaluations, promotions, tenure and sabbaticals.
Search and apply for student employment positions at Commonwealth University.
Online access to the campus libraries, including research assistance, as you work on your assignments for courses.
Access to thousands of expert-led courses taught by industry experts, and instructional videos designed to improve skills in a wide range of business, technical, and creative topics. Content can be watched and replayed on your own schedule. Earn certificates when you complete courses and use project files and quizzes to practice while you learn.
- LinkedIn Learning replaces the following legacy applications:
- Lynda
Used for any work that Facilities need to perform (i.e, moving furniture, repairs, plumbing issues, electrical issues)
If you need assistance from the Division of Strategic Communications and Marketing, please use our request form below. We also make our marketing toolkit available to the Commonwealth University community which provides access to useful resources, assets, and links for all campuses.
The My Mediasite Portal is a comprehensive video platform available to all users to record and/or upload media content. It is integrated with Zoom and Brightspace.
Check your email in Outlook, created and save documents in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and download Office 365 to your personal computer.
With MyHousing Self-Service, you'll have access to sign your online housing agreement, answer personal information questions, request roommates, select a dining plan and, if eligible, choose your housing assignment for the next academic year during the housing selection process.
MyHousing at Bloomsburg MyHousing at Lock Haven MyHousing at Mansfield
Nuventive Solutions Premier (formerly Tracdat or Nuventive Improve) is the newest planning and assessment platform used by academic programs. The Program Assessment Review – Nuventive User Guide provides guidance on using Nuventive to meet reporting expectations, and more information is available on the Program Review web page.
Commonwealth University has appointed Parchment as the designated agent for processing and sending official transcripts on behalf of the University. For information on how to order a transcript, visit Commonwealth University's Official Transcript page.
Most student research or grants activity requires partnership with a faculty mentor. If you have ideas or questions but do not yet have a faculty mentor please contact the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and we can assist you.
- Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) — Support, resources, and guidance for grants research, scholarship, and creative activities.
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) — Studies involving human subjects require review and approval by the IRB before work can begin.
- IRBManager — Portal Internal system used to submit human subject studies for IRB review.
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) — Oversees all non-human animal research conducted on campus.
- Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) — Those planning to conduct human subjects research must complete either the Biomedical Research Investigators or Social and Behavioral Research Investigators course before submitting a study to the IRB. Those planning to conduct research with animals must complete the Working with the IACUC Course before submitting a protocol to the IACUC.
- Commonwealth University Grants — ORSP administers internal funding opportunities and competitions through the InfoReady system for students and faculty to support their research, scholarly, and creative activities. This includes the URSCA program listed below and Graduate Student Travel and Research Grants.
- Grants awarded by any entity (private, state, or federal) outside of Commonwealth U — ORSP collaborates with the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute (IUP RI) to support the application process and post-award services for all external grants. Submit the required Notice of Intent form on IUP RI’s website as soon as an external funding opportunity has been identified. IUP RI’s team of grant specialists will then assist with proposal and budget development, securing approvals, and final submission to the funding agency.
- Undergraduate Research — CU’s Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity (URSCA) program provides selected students with paid summer employment on their research projects under faculty mentorship. Students may also have opportunities to attend research conferences and symposia in their disciplines as well as present results of their research at the annual COPLAC Northeast Regional Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity Conference.
Reserve campus spaces for events and meetings.
Bloomsburg Reservations Lock Haven Reservations Mansfield Reservations*
*On campus or VPN connection required to access the reservation system
University ERP system for HR functions, accounting functions, and fixed assets accounting.
SAP can be found on employee computers by clicking the magnifying glass icon in the Windows task bar and searching for SAP.
Slate helps with the college admissions process by connecting students, schools, and colleges.
Commonwealth University's Testing Centers provide national, graduate, professional certification and licensure, proctored exams and university assessments to students and regional examinees in a professional, secure and accessible environment.
- Adobe Creative Cloud — Adobe's suite of productivity tools including Acrobat and Photoshop
- Avaya SoftPhone — Remote virtual office phone
- DUO Two-Factor Authentication — Two-factor authentication protects your account from unauthorized use
- Email Setup — Android devices | iOS devices
- Follow-Me Printing — Print on any follow-me printer on campus
- Google Workspace — Google's productivity suite (mainly used by the College of Education)
- Microsoft Teams — Campus team real-time chat and collaboration tool
- Password Reset — Self-service for account password issues
- Printing Services — Information and resources for printing materials to meet the needs of university academic and administrative offices
- Technology Help Desk — Request assistance and/or browse our knowledge base
- Virtual Desktops (VDI) — Allows you to remotely "borrow" a lab computer
- Virtual Private Network (VPN) — Essential tool allowing faculty and staff access to resources like Banner while off-campus
- VMware Horizon — Connect to your desktop and applications (Lock Haven Campus)
- Wolfram Mathematica — Explore mathematical concepts, analyze data, and develop applications
Students, faculty and staff can create and host class meetings, hold group meeting sessions, attend department or project meetings and participate in University webinars with Zoom, the web conferencing solution at Commonwealth University.
