Email & Network Access * Information for Faculty/Staff

E-mail

Two email servers (and consequently addresses) are used at the College:

• Exchange: This is the default mail address for faculty and staff. You can use Outlook Web Access for accessing Exchange email from off-campus. From any computer on the Internet, one can go to the Teachers College web page, rollover "My TC & Email", and click on "TC Exchange Email".  The Exchange account username and password is also your TC network login account.  Support for Exchange accounts is provided by the Helpdesk (x3300).
  
• Columbia Email (Cunix): This is the default email for students, although it is also available for all staff and faculty. From any computer on the Internet, one can go to the Teachers College web page, rollover "My TC & Email", and click on "CUB Mail". It is also accessible from the Columbia homepage.  Support for Cunix/CUB Mail is provided by Academic Computing (x3302).
  

Note on Cunix accounts: Most faculty at the College forward their Columbia email to their Exchange email account. This can be done on the Web here. You can also activate your Cunix account and create vacation messages there. The email and computing web site has information on how to use Columbia as an Internet Service Provider through telephone dial up as well.

University Network ID (UNI)

The username part of the Columbia email address is your University Network ID or UNI. (Ex: for gs56@columbia.edu, the UNI is gs56.) This ID and the password you create for it will provide access to a range of scholarly resources including MyTCPortal, ClassWeb and Blackboard, bibliographic searching on the library systems, and e-Reserves. Even if you don't use Cunix email, it is important to activate your Columbia account so that you will have a UNI to utilize these resources. See below for setting up your UNI.

Creating & Getting Help With an Account

• TC Network & Exchange Mail: To set up an account, please fill out this form. Please note that only full time staff and faculty are eligible for Exchange accounts.  If you need to reset your password, please call the CIS Helpdesk at x3300.
• Cunix/UNI:Activate your account (UNI/Columbia Cunix email) by clicking here. For help with password resets or Cunix email problems, call Academic Computing at x3302

Computer & Network Security

It is against Teachers College policy to attach devices to the TC network that put other computers and/or College information at risk. The Helpdesk is responsible for configuring and securing all College computers; that includes making sure that the antivirus software licensed by TC is installed and properly configured, that the Windows Update service is properly configured, and that dangerous or insecure software or services are not installed or running on the computer.

Use by faculty of personally owned computers is strongly discouraged. If you choose to use a personally owned computer at Teachers College, you are fully responsible for ensuring that all of these conditions have been met. If you are unable to resolve the problem, you may be required to reformat the hard drive and rebuild your system from scratch before reconnecting to the TC network. Information to help you secure your computer is featured on the Computing & Technology section of the TC website.

If a computer is determined to be compromised, the network port to which it is connected will be disabled, and will remain off until we can confirm that the situation has been corrected. When possible, the Helpdesk will contact the individual or office, but please note that it is not always possible to determine who is using a particular network port. The Helpdesk will work to resolve the problem as soon as possible if it is a TC computer. If a personally owned computer is compromised, the owner is responsible for resolving the problem.