PAWS abandons SSNs

Dear GCSU Community,

     With a strong commitment to protecting personal information within our campus community, Georgia College will convert from using the Social Security Number in our student information system (Banner and PAWS) to a unique, randomly generated identification number.  This change is being made in order to minimize the risk of identity theft, protect the privacy of our students, faculty and staff, and to comply with state and federal regulations.
     As of Jan. 22, all students, faculty, and staff will be assigned a new ID number for use in our student information system.  This will be the case even if a non social security number was previously used.
     During the transition period, the SSN can still be used to look up students in PAWS, however, we encourage everyone to begin using the Georgia College Identification Number (GCID) as soon as possible.  After the transition period, the SSN will not be available.
     In order to obtain the new GCID, students, faculty and staff should login to the MyCats site at mycats.gcsu.edu   or PAWS at http://paws.gcsu.edu   beginning January 22.  It is extremely important to retrieve this new GCID as early as possible because it will be used for registration as well as various service offices on campus.  
     More information on the SSN to GCID Conversion may be found at info.gcsu.edu/intranet/ oiit/studentid  or by contacting the Registrar’s Office at 478-445 6286 or by emailing registrar@gcsu.edu

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