Wildcat Finder

Wildcat Finder is a proprietary web application that provides multiple search options to identify individuals affiliated with the University in various capacities, including faculty, staff, students, contractors, and affiliates. It delivers a quick and easy method for discovering the following information about persons affiliated with Northwestern University: 

• First and Last Name 

• NetID 

• Email Address 

• University Phone Number 

• Role 

• Group 

• School / Department 

• Direct Manager 

• 2nd Level Manager 

• Employee or Student ID 

• Office Location 

• Affiliation 

• Activity Status

Wildcat Finder is accessible by navigating to https://wildcatfinder.northwestern.edu. An active VPN connection is required.

Access may be requested by submitting a request through the Service Catalog.

Usage

Individual query: 

Search by NetID, Email Address, Employee ID, or by Name (Last and/or First) 

Bulk query: 

Upload a plain text (.txt) file or a comma separated values (.csv) file containing a list of exact search terms (NetIDs, Email Addresses, or EmplDs) of the same type in the following format, or as delimited by ", " or ",\n" instead of just ",". 
 
example: "term_1,term_2,term_3,term_4"
 
Search queries will be executed for each term in the file and results automatically downloaded to a .csv file to your local machine. 

Note: only .txt and .csv file types are supported.