Dear History Graduate Students, The faculty only found out this week that GMU's central administration decided to change the way all students, faculty, and staff access their Ptriotweb accounts, beginning this Sunday, December 6. Starting December 6th, instead of logging into Patriot Web with your G Number and six-digit PIN, you will log in using the same user name and password as you do to log in to your GMU email account. If you rarely use your GMU email account or have forgotten your username and password, please visit http://strongpassword.gmu.edu for more information and the link to obtain your credentials. Your username is the part of your GMU email address that precedes the "@gmu.edu." For example, my username is mholt. You will need your GMU email username and password to use Patriot Web Self Service functions such as registering or changing your registration for classes or obtaining your final grades. If you need further help after you visit < http://strongpassword.gmu.edu , please contact the ITU Support Center at 3-8870 for assistance. Don't ask me why GMU decided to do this a week before the end of the semester, but I wanted you to know about this before becoming very confused on Sunday should you try to check a wait-list or attempt to register for a class. Mack Holt -- ********************* Mack P. Holt Professor of History Director of Graduate Studies George Mason University Mail Stop 3G1 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 Direct office phone: (703)-993-1259 Fax: (703)-993-1251