Penn State Access Account Signature Stations

Faculty and Staff: If you are an employee, apply for your Penn State Access Account by completing and submitting a paper form to the ITS Computer Accounts Office, 101 Computer Building, University Park. Forms are available from the ITS Computer Accounts Office, or you can fill out the Access Account application form. After three business days you can obtain your userid and password by taking your Penn State ID card to any of the Penn State Access Account signature stations listed below. If you have problems using the Penn State Access Account signature station, please contact computer support staff at the location of the signature station (if applicable), the ITS Computer Accounts Office, one of the ITS consulting locations at University Park, or consulting locations at other campuses.

Signature Station Locations: Signature Stations are located at the following locations (listed by campus):

• University Park:

  • 103 Boucke Building
  • 101 Computer Building
  • 215 Computer Building
  • 6 Findlay Commons
  • W113 Pattee Library
  • 201 Pollock Library
  • 112 Shields Building Lobby area (2 Kiosks)
  • 107 Waring Commons
  • 108 Warnock Commons
  • 2 Willard Building

  Note: Penn State Access Account signature stations are available during regular lab hours. A campus map and hours for each of these locations can be obtained at http://clc.its.psu.edu/labs on the Web.

• Abington:

  • G04 Lares Building
  • Library, 1st floor
  • Scheduling office, 121 Sutherland Building
  • 335 Woodland Building

• Altoona:

  • Computer Center, 2nd Floor CLRC (2 stations)
  • 159 CLRC
  • Contact: PSU Altoona Help Desk at 814-949-5363. Information is also available on the Penn State Altoona Information Technology web site at http://www.aa.psu.edu/it.

• Beaver:

  • Registrar's Office, 118 Administration Building
  • 104 Laboratory Classroom Building
  • Note: During FTCAP, the signature station in Room 104 Laboratory Classroom Building is in the Library Seminar Room in the Library Building.

• Behrend:

  • Computer Center, 135 Hammermill
  • Reed Union Building, upstairs
  • Registrar's Office, 12 Erie
  • Contact: bditHELP@psu.edu.

• Berks:

  • 143 Luerssen Building
  • Gallery of Information Commons at the Thun Library
  • Note: Signature stations are available during regular Lab hours. Hours can be found at http://www.bk.psu.edu/it/.

• Delaware:

  • Campus Library, 201 Vairo
  • Note: Signature stations are available during regular Lab hours. Hours can be found at http://www.de.psu.edu/library/hours_phone/.

• Dickinson:

  • Room 017 Computer Lab.

• DuBois:

  • Main Student Computer Lab, 101 Swift Building
  • Help Desk, 105 Swift Building

• Fayette:

  • Room 107 Eberly Building (2 signature stations)

• DuBois:

  • Main Student Computer Lab, 101 Swift Building
  • Help Desk, 105 Swift Building

• Great Valley:

  • Computer Center, Main Building, Lower Level
  • Contact: Penn State Great Valley Help Desk, 610-648-3230, or send e-mail to helpdesk@gv.psu.edu

• Harrisburg:

  • IIT Help Desk - Basement Olmsted Building (2 stations)
  • Town Square Olmsted Building (1 station)
  • Library (1 station)

  Note: Please contact the Harrisburg computer support staff regarding hours of availability.

• Hazleton:

  • Library Building, Lower Level (Computer Lab)
  • Graham Building, Room 101
  • Butler Building, Room 204 (Computer Lab)
  • Additional Info:
    1. 2 Stations are available in the Library Computer Lab location
    2. Computer Center staff are available to help with the Signature station in the Library Lab location.
    3. In general, anyone needing help should contact the HN Help Desk, located in the Library Computer Lab at 570-450-3456 or via e-mail at hn-helpdesk@lists.psu.edu.

• Hershey:

  • Harrell Library

• Lehigh Valley:

  • Open Access Lab (Main Lab) and Room A126 in the Academic Building.

• McKeesport:

  • Registrar's Office, 102 Frable
  • Computer Center, 3 Crawford
  • Note: During high registration, from FTCAP to approximately one week into the fall semester, both signature stations are in the Registrar's Office.

• Mont Alto:

  • 102 General Studies
  • Multipurpose Building (during FTCAP only)

• New Kensington:

  • Computer Center in the Blissell Building Basement.

• Schuylkill:

  • Front of the lab at Help Desk Station in the Cotler Computer Center in the Classroom Building.

• Shenango Valley:

  • Student Union, 1st floor Sharon Hall.
  • Registrar's Office, 201 Sharon Hall

• Wilkes-Barre:

  • Registrar's Office, 110 Hayfield House
  • Advising Center, 304 Hayfield House
  • Technology Center Atrium, Technology Center Top Floor Lobby
  • ITS Help Desk, 7 Science Center
  • Open Computer Lab, 2 Science Center
  • Additional Information: For assistance with the signature stations please contact:
    • Caroline Chronowski at 570-675-9153 or cxs22@psu.edu
    • ITS Help Desk staff, 7 Science Center, at 570-675-9120 or wbitsupport@psu.edu
    • Brian Katyl at 570-675-9120 or bxk204@psu.edu

• Worthington-Scranton:

  • 115 Dawson
  • Information Technology Support staff are available to help you with the signature station and ID cards. Anyone needing help should contact the Worthington Scranton IT Support staff in Dawson 116, or call the IT Support Center at 570-963-2551, see the lab attendant on duty, or or send e-mail to wsitsupport@psu.edu.

• York:

  • 106 IST Building

Penn State Access Account signature stations are available at most of the remaining Penn State campus locations. Please contact the computer support staff at that campus location or the ITS Computer Accounts Office for additional information. Any corrections to this information should be sent to the ITS Computer Accounts Office.

Your Responsibilities: You are expected to exercise responsible, ethical behavior when using the University's computers, information, networks, or resources. To receive an Access Account, you must agree to abide by local, state, and federal laws, and University policies and guidelines.

Change your password as soon as your account is active. For more information see the Web page on user IDs and passwords.