🆕 Bills Coming Soon – Here’s What You Need to Know!

Bills for the fall semester will be posted to the student’s Self-Service account on July 1. Here is what you need to know in the meantime:

1. An email will be sent to the student’s OWU email only, containing details about the bill.
2. In order for parents/guardians/supporters to have access to the bill, students are able to add authorized users to their account by doing the following:
   1. Log in to your OWU Self-Service using your OWU email login credentials (enter your username without the @owu.edu)
   2. Click on the Finances tab, then click on Make a Payment. This should take you to the Nelnet site.
   3. On the navigation bar on the left side of the page, the student clicks My Profile
   4. Click Add in the Manage Payers section
   5. Authorized Party (AP) Information: Complete the First and Last Name fields.
   6. Students can check to “Include the Details” that make up my balance. This allows the authorized party to view the transaction details that make up the student’s balance.
   7. Authorized Party Authentication: The authorized party will receive an email invitation to create an online account. For security purposes, they will have to know the correct answer to this security question to gain access to create an online user account. The AP should contact the student if they don’t know the answer to this security question.
   8. Web Access: The student determines whether the authorized party can create an online account by entering their email address. Upon saving, an email will generate to the authorized party inviting them to create a user account.
3. Fall semester payments are due August 1.  If interested, you can enroll in a payment plan starting on July 1.

OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Office of Student Accounts
Contact: studentaccounts@owu.edu