Student Accounts | Student Employee Accounts
Students currently enrolled at Towson University are entitled to computing accounts.
These computing accounts provide you with the following:
- e-mail (on the Tiger UNIX server)
- Web page (on the Tiger UNIX server)
- free dial-up Internet access (through the Remote Access Server, or RAS)
- individual network file storage space (through a UNIX shell account)
- access to Towson Online Services (personal and academic information system)
- Computer Science and Computer Information Systems students receive access to the Triton UNIX server for programming purposes
You should receive information on activating your account once you have confirmed enrollment and paid your tuition. If you do not receive this information, please contact Student Computing Services.
Please refer to the links to the left for more information about accounts and e-mail.
Policy
Students are expected to abide by the University Guidelines for Responsible Computing when using their TU computing account.
More About E-mail
Student e-mail is stored on the "Tiger" UNIX server where student computing accounts are also stored.
OpenWebmail is the default e-mail application used by students to read and send e-mail. It is entirely Web-based, so it can be accessed from any location and any computer.
Your Towson University e-mail address will be the default e-mail address used by Towson faculty and staff for contacting you. However, OpenWebmail allows you to configure forwarding to alternate addresses and set "away" messages.
It is also possible for students to configure IMAP or POP e-mail applications, such as Microsoft Outlook Express or Netscape Mail, to use their Tiger account. To access your Tiger e-mail using another e-mail application, you can download the setup guide:
Students also have a default quota on the e-mail system, so it is important to manage e-mail messages and attachments carefully.
Training sessions for using OpenWebmail/e-mail are available through OTS Training.
Student employees currently employed at Towson University can receive additional computing access to facilitate interaction with faculty and staff.
Student employees receive all of the benefits of regular student computing accounts, plus student employee supervisors can request any of the following for student staff:
- e-mail and shared calendaring on Microsoft Exchange Server)
- access to a limited area of a departmental shared network file storage space ("O" drive)
- access to specific group Web areas (for Web sites with a group of administrators)
It's important for student employees to understand that if they receive an Exchange e-mail account, new e-mail will be delivered to two locations and it may be necessary to set up forwarding.
Student employees are expected to abide by the University Guidelines for Responsible Computing.
Student employees should contact their supervisor if they feel they need any of the above access. Supervisors can contact the OTS Help Center to request the access.
Microsoft Outlook is the default e-mail application used on campus by student employees to manage e-mail, shared calendars and public folders.
Student employees using Windows computers are encouraged to use Microsoft Outlook when on campus, and either Citrix or Outlook Web Access when off campus. On-campus computers should have Outlook already configured. When OTS sets up a new computer, Outlook is configured to automatically connect to our Microsoft Exchange Server.
Student employees receive the same default quota on the e-mail system as faculty and staff, so it is important to manage e-mail messages and attachments carefully.
It is also important for student employees to understand that e-mail could potentially be delivered to either their Tiger or their Exchange mailboxes. It is possible to forward Tiger e-mail to the Exchange e-mail address using OpenWebmail's forwarding preferences. Student employees would forward all incoming Tiger e-mail to username@exchange.towson.edu where username is the username of the student employee.
Training sessions for using Outlook's many features are available through OTS Training.
