Enrollment Checklist and Instructions
Pre-Enrollment Checklist
If you are a new hire or experience a qualifying life event, make sure you do the following:
- Review this website, www.myhowardbenefits.com and your most recent Benefits Guide to understand the medical options available to determine what will be the best fit for you and your family.
- Review how your contribution rates impact your total cost of coverage.
- Think about how you’ve used healthcare services in the past year to help guide your benefit elections.
- Make sure to verify that your dependents are eligible for coverage.
- Consider using Howard University Hospital (Faculty Practice Plan) for your medical needs and save money by doing so.
- Check your Peoplesoft password to make sure it is still valid.
Enrollment Instructions
Logging in on-campus
- Open an internet browser
- Navigate to http://www2.howard.edu/ORhttp://peoplesoft.howard.edu/
- Select Faculty & Staff
- Click on the Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise icon
- Enter your PeopleSoft user ID and password (for assistance with PeopleSoft login information, contact the Help Desk at 202-806-2020)
- Click on Sign In
- On the left under Self Service, click on Benefits Enrollment to make your Open Enrollment elections
Logging in off-campus
- Open an internet browser
- Navigate to https://secure.howard.edu
- Read the Pre Sign-In Notification
- Click on Proceed
- Enter your network username and password to enter the HU secure access SSL VPN; the network username can be found on your email address (ex.,Username@howard.edu)
**Note: The network login information is separate from your PeopleSoft login information.**
- Click on Sign In
- Select the PeopleSoft link under the Web Bookmarks section
- Enter your PeopleSoft username and password to enter the PeopleSoft Guest Portal page
Download VPN Client –Pulse Secure
- Open an internet browse
- Navigate to https://secure.howard.edu
- Read the Pre Sign-In Notification
- Click on Proceed
- Enter your network username and password to enter the HU secure access SSL VPN; the network username can be found on your email address (ex.,Username@howard.edu)
** Note: The network login information is separate from your PeopleSoft login information. For assistance with login information, contact the Help Desk at 202-806-2020.**
- Click on Sign In
- Select the Download VPN Client –Pulse Secure link under the Files section
- Select the folder that matches your computer type
- Select the appropriate installation file and follow install prompts
- Open the instructions file on How to Configure Pulse Secure6.