Web and E-mail

Your Campus ID is your digital identity at Georgia State and is part of your official Georgia State student email address.  You can look up your Campus ID in the online Campus Directory, or check for it on the back of your PantherCard.  You must activate your Campus ID by going to the Campus ID site and selecting 5 personal security questions and answers, and setting your initial password. 

NOTE: Mandatory Password Reset Requirement

Per Georgia State policy, you will need to reset your Campus ID password every 120 days. To do so, please visit the Campus ID site and follow the instructions for resetting your password.

If you encounter any problems managing your Campus ID online, contact the IS&T Help Center by phone at 404-413-HELP (4357) or by email at help@gsu.edu

E-mail for Students

PantherMail access is available upon admission and remains yours as long as you’re eligible to register for classes. Activate your new PantherMail account, and log in using Campus ID and password.

• Log in to PantherMail online at panthermail.gsu.edu
• Getting started with the new PantherMail system
• Read the University FAQ for PantherMail

PantherMail works best with Internet Explorer. For Macintosh users, the Firefox browser is recommended. Many of the PantherMail features will not work in Safari. You can also use another e-mail client or connect with a mobile phone to access your e-mail.

E-mail for Faculty and Staff

As of July 5, 2011, faculty and staff will use Microsoft Office 365 (Outlook 2010, Outlook 2011) for e-mail. Learn more about the migration, or sign in now »

Need help? Try Outlook: Positive, a video tutorial series created by University IS&T. If you don't find what you are looking for, contact the University Help Desk at help@gsu.edu or 404-413-HELP (4357).

Sign in to Outlook Web Access »

PAWS is Georgia State University's portal, designed to give students, faculty, and staff personalized access to wide-ranging campus resources in a single location. PAWS gives easy access for everyone to Georgia State news and information.

       Log on to PAWS 

Students are allowed 50MB of personal storage space on the campus network.  To access this storage space, it will appear as your H: Drive when you log in to any campus computer and select My Computer.  This lockerbox includes your student Website. You can also access your network lockerbox from off campus with a Web browser with your Campus ID.

     Log in to your Student Network Lockerbox at https://elocker.student.gsu.edu/

Need more storage space? Students also have access to 25GB of online storage and collaboration space through their PantherMail accounts with Windows Live SkyDrive.  See how to create a shared folder in SkyDrive.

Faculty and staff can access files stored on their personal network drive with any Web browser using the eStorage system. 

      Log in to eStorage at https://estorage.gsu.edu/

     View a tutorial about using eStorage to access your files

Georgia State University's wireless network, "CatChat," provides students with network connectivity throughout the campus. Georgia State is also part of the city-wide "FastPass" wireless initiative. For more information, maps of wireless access locations on campus, and general help with CatChat, please visit the university wireless support site: http://www.gsu.edu/ist/wireless.

If you are new to wireless networking, read the wireless networking primer. The wireless access points (hotspots) on campus have an SSID of "CatChat" and have no WEP or other security (instructions on how to secure your connection). Once the wireless link is established, students will need to log in with your campus ID and password. 

       Read the Wireless Networking Primer

       Ensure Privacy while using Wi-Fi

       Visit the GSU Wireless Networking site

       Information about the VPN client for 64-bit Windows computers