Registration

• Review semester schedule for courses offered.
• Registration forms should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than December 15, 2010.
• Check academic requirements for courses needed.
• Download and complete registration form () and print/fax form directly to Registrar (202.541.5285).
  Check your email for confirmation of registration.

Registrar, Deacon Bartholomew Merella (202.541.5264 or merella@wtu.edu)

Blackboard Information

• All courses use the Blackboard Learning Management System.
  View this online Blackboard demonstration and access the Blackboard trial site.
• Username and password are provided in your "welcome letter."
• Blackboard course sites open two (2) weeks prior to start of the semester and provide the syllabus under "Course Information."
• View software and computer requirements for Blackboard.

Technology Office (202.541.5249).

Orientation

• An online orientation is provided before the semester begins; contact Laura Glasgow (202.541.5219 or glasgow@wtu.edu). .
• View orientation and schedule information.
  

Academic Advisement

• Each degree and certificate student is assigned a faculty member for academic advising.
  Advisor contact information will be sent by email before the semester begins.
• View advising instructions.
• New Student Mentor, Dr. Pat Parachini (202.541.5269 or parachini@wtu.edu).

 

Financial Aid

• Review aid options.
• Download and complete application form (); fax form directly to Financial Aid Office (202.541.5285).
  Check postal or email for notice of award decision.
• Awards are not posted to students' accounts until August or thereafter based upon registration.

Financial Aid Director, Deacon Bartholomew Merella (202.541.5264 or merella@wtu.edu).

Tuition and Bill Payments

• Tuition/other first appear in the August, January or June monthly statements.
• Monthly account statements are normally sent out by email; secondarily by postal mail.
• Make full payment immediately upon receipt of statement, no advance payment is needed. Pay by: credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express) using on-line method or phone (202.541.5237); check or money order by mail; credit card, check, money order or cash in person; include statement with mail or in-person payments.
• Late payment penalty imposed monthly (1-1/2% of outstanding balance).

Business Office, (202.541.5237).

Library

• As an online student, you may access the library’s online resources and library catalog.
• Key library services/facts: contains over 130,000 volumes, periodicals, and several online resources (including ATLA / ATLAS Religion Database, Catholic Periodical and Literature Index, Proquest); additional services include an extensive collection of theological reference sources in the Chris and Dolores Degheri Reading Room, computers and printers, and Wi-Fi access; access to Carmelite materials is available at nearby Whitefriars Hall and access to over 1 million volumes of theological sources is available through the Washington Theological Consortium (WTC).

Director of the Library, Alexander Moyer (202.541.5208 or amoyer@wtu.edu).

Other Important Links
Student's Right to Educational Privacy.
Student Life.
Student Senate.

• Academic Calendar.
  Academic Policies.
  Graduate Certificate Requirements
  Transcripts ()
• Student FAQs

For any further information please contact the Academic Dean’s Office, 202.541.5219.