www.work.psu.edu
www.work.psu.edu is Penn State's one-stop information "kiosk" that reports information of importance to you!
Login to https://www.work.psu.edu using your Penn State Access Account user ID and password (the "thumb print" screen). Your Penn State personal contact information along with a host of other information related to your use of information technology at Penn State is reported to you.
Your Penn State Access Account Storage Space (PASS)
As soon as you obtain your Penn State Access Account, Information Technology Services allocates 500 MB of online storage for you. This is storage space that you can access from any computer connected to the internet (more about that later).
Allocation Quota
You may use this online storage space for any number of things that support your education endeavors at Penn State, such as backing up important files or creating websites or blogs associated with the courses you are taking.
You can also increase the amount of storage space available to you. Simply use the pull-down menu and select the amount that meets your needs. You can use up to 10 GB free of charge. Do it now!
Changing Your Password
Information Technology Services requires that you change the password for your Penn State Access Account once a year. This service provides you with a visual count down. Don't let it expire, because it's a pain to get it reinstated!
Official Directory Information
The middle of the page displays your Penn State contact information. Read through it and check to make sure it is correct. Find the contact for your college if you see anything that needs to be changed. This is the information that is used by Penn State about you.
Other Directory Information
The lower middle section of the page displays other information about you. There are two things to consider when looking at in this section
1) When you click the "Add/Change Other Directory Information" button, all of your directory information is displayed. You can change the information in the open text boxes. The shaded information can only be changed by your College's Human Resource contact.
Look for the field titled "URL." If you have activated your Penn State Web Space, this link is added automatically and links to the root directory of the www folder in your PASS space. You can change this to any other URL you would like, such as a personal website.
2) E-mail Forwarding: You are now the proud owner of a Penn State e-mail address. If you already have an active e-mail address you want to keep using, you can have all your Penn State mail forwarded to that address so that you don't have to check both accounts for new e-mail. To do this, click the "Change your e-mail forwarding address" link and have all your new Penn State e-mail forwarded to your regular account. In this way, when an official e-mail is sent to your Penn State Account, it is forwarded automatically and will appear with all your other e-mail in your account. Please don't forget to do this. You don't want to miss important information!
Alerts
Finally, in the upper right hand corner in red is the Alerts section. If you have a good connection at home but are having trouble accessing any of the Penn State services, this is the place to check. If there is a problem, it will be listed here.