Information Technology Services
Student Accounts
SAU students who have finalized their registration will have an account automatically created between 4:00 and 4:30 pm, the day before classes begin. Accounts will continue to be created daily (around the same time) during late registration until the eleventh class day.
Format of the student account will be the first letter of the first name, the middle initial (if the student has a middle name), the last name, and four random numbers with no spaces. For example, the account for John David Student will be JDSTUDENT4321. Once the username is generated, it, along with the password becomes the user’s identification to the campus network and systems, including email and Blackboard.
Changes to the username, once created, are difficult to propagate to the appropriate systems and may result in confusion of a student’s identification which could cause loss of information for the student. To eliminate this situation, all usernames, once created, shall never be changed as long as the individual is a student. However, in cases when a name change causes the necessity to change a student’s username, once the change has been processed by the Registrar’s Office, the new username will be activated for the following semester.
