Academic Technologies
Student Computing Accounts  

Barnard computing accounts for students

When she matriculates, a new Barnard student receives an account on our "eclipse" server.  A letter with information about the new account is mailed to her in early June.  This account provides:
* A Barnard email account
* Access to the various features of eBear.
* Storage space on the server:  eclipse.barnard.columbia.edu

New Barnard students can activate their Barnard email accounts at this URL:  http://www.barnard.edu/resnet/newstu.html

Barnard students are expected to use their Barnard email accounts on campus. The eclipse server (i.e. the Barnard student e-mail server) has a virus filter to protect your workstation from most problems. 

Students use the same user name and password to log into webmail and eBear.   If you have a problem logging into eBear, see http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/at/eBearPage.htm

All Barnard students have extended Columbia accounts so they can use the Columbia student computing labs and print on campus. This account also provides "authorization" to use most on-line resources available on the Barnard/Columbia Library System. Barnard students have the same print quota as Columbia undergraduates. 

In addition, this account (called a UNI) authorizes access into CourseWorks, the online course management system. 

Barnard students must activate their UNI accounts online at: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/accounts/create/.

After graduation

Barnard student email and eBear accounts expire according to this chart:

• February graduates:  accounts expire on June 15

• May graduates:  accounts expire the following January 15

• October graduates:  accounts expire the following June 15

For more information about this transition and how to set up Alumnae Email Forwarding, see the Resnet site,  http://www.barnard.edu/resnet/emailgraduate.html.  For other Alumnae computing services, see http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/at/Alumnae.html

After you leave Columbia, your Columbia account will go through several status changes before finally expiring.  See http://www.columbia.edu/acis/faq/236.html for details.