Once you graduate, the services provided by the Office of Information Technology change, but not everything goes away. You will always be a Yellow Jacket, but you’ll be a former student when you have not registered for two consecutive terms. After that, some — but not all — online resources will no longer be available to you.
What You Keep:
- PassPort (the Personal Account Self Service Portal): This site allows you to manage your Georgia Tech account, control your alias (EMFL), manage your hints, and change your password if needed.
- BuzzPort: Through BuzzPort, former students are able to maintain access to the Student Information System (OSCAR) to obtain transcripts, for example.
- T-Square: Former students continue to have partial access to Tech’s course management and collaboration system, T-Square.
What You Lose:
- LAWN (wireless network): The wireless network is unavailable to former students. For more information about LAWN, visit lawn.gatech.edu.
- Prism (2 GB cloud storage on Georgia Tech servers): If you have stored files on Prism, including any Prism public websites you’ve created, be sure to relocate any work you want to keep. The following links provide information about copying or downloading Prism files to your own resources: https://faq.oit.gatech.edu/node/84 (Windows) andhttps://faq.oit.gatech.edu/node/83 (Mac).
- MyGaTech (Zimbra email service): MyGaTech, which includes your email and storage on the mail servers, will expire once you become a former student. You will no longer be able to log in to my.gatech.edu or mail.gatech.edu. Any email you wish to keep should be saved or downloaded from MyGaTech to your own resource before your access expires.
What You Can Get:
- Library Resources: Alumni can access library print materials if they register through the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Even more access is available if you come to the library as a visitor; more on that here.
- CareerBuzz: You will be able to access this career services system for a fee once you become a former student.
- Jacket Community: This online alumni directory is provided by the Alumni Association.
- Lynda Online Training: Lynda, the online tutorial database open to the Tech community, will remain available to you for one full semester after you graduate.
- TechWorks: If you ever worked for Georgia Tech, your access to TechWorks will remain active for up to two years after your employee status changes to “former.”
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