Account Request

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All Aurora WordPress sites need to have the UConn Banner and have a domain with (.uconn.edu) to be compliant with the UConn Web Standards.
Requests with Non UConn domains(.org, .net, etc) will not be processed.
Your Aurora account will let you make a website from within your web browser. View our list of current, planned, and potential features, and check our Aurora Knowledge Base for more information about this service.

Anyone using this system must agree to go through the online Aurora WordPress Training.

Cost

Fully subsidized to those listed as eligible in the following section.

Eligibility

Available to all Schools, Colleges, Divisions, Departments, Centers, Institutes, Research Labs, Projects, individual Faculty or Graduate Students

Domain Name Guidelines

The University is working to improve our top-level domain structure and xxx.uconn.edu is reserved for Schools/Colleges, regional campuses, and interdisciplinary institutes and centers.

You can build off an existing domain that would be appropriate for your website. For example, xxx.yourdepartment.uconn.edu.

Note: All 3rd level domain requests, yourrequest.uconn.edu, will be sent to Communications for approval. Additionally, we would encourage you to avoid abbreviations in your domain name to enhance the Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

Other options:
xxx.center.uconn.edu
xxx.collaboration.uconn.edu
xxx.initiative.uconn.edu
xxx.institute.uconn.edu
xxx.lab.uconn.edu
xxx.office.uconn.edu
xxx.programs.uconn.edu
xxx.research.uconn.edu

Faculty, Graduate students and Researchers will use the official UConn email address as a reference. For instance, if your email is firstname.lastname@uconn.edu the website address will be firstname-lastname.scholar.uconn.edu

All Registered Student Organizations and Student Activities must be approved through Department of Student Activities
by filling out the Student Organization Website Form
Are you an Undergraduate Student?*
- No
- Yes
Undergraduate Students are not eligible for sites on Aurora, any forms received will not be processed.
Individual student websites should be hosted outside UConn.

Please have a full time employee request the account if it is for a department, lab or research. That person will be setup as an Administrator and can add you as a User.
Are you affiliated with the following?*

School of Business

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Neag School of Education

Math Department

UConn Health

No
Your request will be forwarded for approval to:

Stefanie Dion Jones

Email: stefanie.dion-jones@uconn.edu

Phone: 1 860 486 4777

You should receive an email with your account information within 1-3 business days after we receive the approval.
Your request will be forwarded for approval to:

Bri Diaz

Email: Brianna.diaz@uconn.edu

Phone: 1 860 486 4958

You should receive an email with your account information within 1-3 business days after we receive the approval.
Your request will be forwarded for approval to:

Bill Eyre

Email: bill.eyre@uconn.edu

Home Office Phone: (802)867-2463

You should receive an email with your account information within 1-3 business days after we receive the approval.
Your request will be forwarded for approval to:

Kevin Marinelli

Email: kevin.marinelli@uconn.edu

Phone: 1 860 486 2645

You should receive an email with your account information within 1-3 business days after we receive the approval.
Please contact:

Sheryl Rosen

Email: srosen@uchc.edu

Note: Please do NOT continue filling out this form. Sheryl will assist you with your website.

Contact Information
The contact person must be a faculty/staff person employed by the university. Students can not be the contact person for accounts on Aurora. Thank you.
Name*
First Last
Phone*

Official University Email*

firstname.lastname@uconn.edu
NetID*

School, College, or Division*

Are you the Primary Contact?*

Yes

No
Primary Contact Information
Name*
First Last

Phone*
Primary Contact's NetID*

Official University Email*

Website Information
Site Title*

The site title appears above the top navigation menu. This can be changed within customization.

You should receive an email with your account information within 1-3 business days.
Preferred Site Address (please enter in lowercase)*

All new accounts will be setup with draft prefix, for instance:

draft.sitename.uconn.edu

draft.yoursitename.dept.uconn.edu

draft.yoursitename.uh.uconn.edu (UConn Health)

When the site is ready to GO-LIVE, we will remove the word draft.
Comments:
Phone
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

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Cost

Eligibility

Domain Name Guidelines

Contact Information

Primary Contact Information

Website Information