Getting Started: Checklist

1. Pick up your PennCard or send photo to Fels Student Services Coordinator to request one in order to access the Fels Building after 6:00pm on weeknights and anytime during the weekend as well as other buildings on campus.

2. Set up your PennKey so that you can access Penn systems including Blackboard which will be required for your first class.

3. Set up your SAS email account (recommended but not required).

4. Request a login for the Fels computers (recommended but not required). You will not be able to print from the Fels computers unless you request one.

5. Update the Fels Student Services Coordinator with address and email changes that may have occurred subsequent to completing the Fels application.

6. Login to Penn InTouch and:
Confirm that address and email are correct
View Schedule to confirm registration for the correct courses
Click on the Privacy Link; if you would like your grades mailed at the end of the semester you need to update the default setting

7. Sign up for the Fels student community listserv and receive emails from other students. Once you join, you can share information with full-time, executive and certificate students by entering fels_student_community in the ‘To’ line of your email. Emails sent to this group are sent by students, not staff. Messages require approval so you will not receive SPAM as a result of this list.
Visit http://mailman.ssc.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/fels_student_community

8. Sign up for the Graduate Student Listserv — one easy way to keep you connected to the Penn Community.

9. Login to the Penn Directory and update your preferences:
Go to http://www.upenn.edu/directories/
Click ‘update directory listings’
Login with your PennKey
Confirm that your Personal and Public settings are correct

10. Enjoy the Fels Institute of Government and the University of Pennsylvania!