Recent Graduate Handshake Access

Graduates from PennWest University as well as legacy California, Clarion, and Edinboro Universities of PA who graduated 2019- past academic year can complete this form to:

  • Update the email on your Handshake account to your personal email.
  • Gain access to Handshake if you don’t know the email address associated with your Handshake account

Recent alumni from the past 150 days can update their email address following these directions.

Alumni who graduated prior to September 2019 can set-up and request a new Handshake account here.

Name (as a student)(Required)
Please use your full legal name that was used when you were a student.
Current Name (if different than when you were a student)
Enter your current name if it is different than when you were a student.
Please enter your personal email address not your university email. This is the new email address you will use to log into Handshake.
Please enter your personal email address not your university email. This is the new email address you will use to log into Handshake.
Please include your student ID number if known to help us match your records