Student Computing

E-mail Access

All officially registered students are assigned a free e-mail/Internet account. Students can use the email account for life if an EOU graduate. 

• The account becomes disabled after 2 years of nonuse.  A request to re-activate the account can be sent to helpdesk@eou.edu once registered again for classes or graduating from EOU.
• Faculty and staff may expect that students will read messages sent to their official e-mail address in a timely fashion.  (See New Policy )

Find Your E-mail Address

Your e-mail address is created automatically after you register for a class and the account will become active within 48 hours. You will not receive separate notification of the address.  You can find your EOU

e-mail address in the personal information section of your Webster account. - www.ous.edu/webster.  If your name has changed and you would like a new e-mail address, send your student id#, name and current EOU e-mail address to the Help Desk before the term begins and after you have changed it with the Registrar's Office.

Find Your Username and Server Name

The username (or login or account) is the first part of your e-mail address -

(username)@eou.edu
i.e., if your email address is smithbb@eou.edu then the username is smithbb

Find Your e-mail password

The default password since Fall 2003 is your birthdate written as yymmdd   

i.e. if birthdate is August 20, 1984 then you type in  840820

If that is not working contact the Help Desk with your student id# to get it reset.

Use Your e-mail Anywhere in the World

Accessing your email account - Google Mail

Further questions?

Have more questions? Want to know more about Google Apps? Try our Google Apps support site: Google Apps Support

USE OF E-MAIL FOR OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
WITH STUDENTS

E-mail is one of the official forms of communication at Eastern Oregon University. This policy assures that each student has an EOU e-mail account, outlines student responsibilities, and affirms expectations for communication between faculty and students for educational purposes and between the University and students for university business purposes.

Major Points of the Policy:

• EOU's Information Technology Department automatically assigns each student an official University e-mail address when the student is officially registered. This e-mail address remains active throughout the student's academic career.
  
• Beginning in September 2003, student e-mail addresses can be found in the student's webster acount at http://webster.eou.edu/.
  
• All uses of e-mail for official communication should be consistent with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
  
• Uses of non-EOU e-mail addresses for communication with students regarding University business or educational matters are no longer acceptable. Faculty and staff may expect that students will read messages sent to their official e-mail addresses in a timely fashion.
  
• Students are expected to check their official e-mail accounts regularly in order to receive University communications in a timely manner. EOU student access e-mail accounts are readily accessible through a variety of methods from anywhere in the world, including web-based interfaces.
  
• Requests to substitute non-EOU e-mail addresses for purposes of official communication will not be honored.
  
• Students should report any problems with e-mail accounts or access to e-mail to EOU's Information Technology Department's Help Desk.

Visit in person with your student ID at Ackerman Hall, Room 209 on the south side of the building facing Zabel Hall or call the Help Desk at 541-962-3111 or send an e-mail with your name and student id number to helpdesk@eou.edu .