The Penn State Portal

The Penn State Portal is your personalized view of University and Internet resources. Similar to My Netscape or My Yahoo!, the Penn State Portal lets you collect all of your favorite content in one place. You decide what you want to see and how you want to see it by editing the customizable Web page channels and channel content.

Portal channels provide a means by which customizable Web page information is displayed. The Penn State Portal channels contain two essential parts: the title bar and the content. The Portal contains channels such as:

• Did you know- facts about Penn State
• My Calendar - personal calendar and University events
• My Collegian - your personalized view of The Digital Collegian
• My Friends - your friends' e-mail addresses
  
• Student Services - your interface to student systems
  
• Alerts - important messages from University services (not customizable)
• Penn State Access Account Storage Space (PASS) - snapshot of your total PASS usage and access to the PASS Explorer, a tool that lets you transfer files from your computer to your PASS
• My PSU News - Penn State student newswire information
• Web Cam(s) - different Web cams from various Penn State locations
  
• News, stocks, sports, weather, entertainment news and more!

Authentication and content retention are possible via your Penn State Access Account userid and password. Your personalized settings and data are stored in your PASS. More information about PASS is available on the Web at http://aset.its.psu.edu/ait/storagespace.html.

Gaining access to the Penn State Portal is pretty easy, provided that you meet the following criteria:

• you are a Penn State affiliate
• you have an active Access Account

We want to hear from you!
What do you think about the Penn State Portal? Please tell us! Your comments will help us to enhance and improve the usability, funtionality and features of the Portal.

Comments can be sent to portal-feedback@psu.edu or via the Portal Comments form. To access the form, first login to the Portal, then click the "Comments" link on the Portal header, located at the top of the page.