To increase security and privacy of personal information for students and employees, the university directory will transition from being publicly available to requiring a university login on Nov. 1.

Keeping the directory behind a login helps protect sensitive details like names, job titles, and contact information. The change helps prevent unwanted email from external senders and cyberattacks because public directories are often scraped by bots or bad actors to retrieve email addresses for spam, phishing, or other malicious activity.

Additionally, limiting access to only those directly affiliated with the university gives individuals more control over how and when they represent themselves externally. Faculty, staff, and students can manage what information is publicly available about them through professional platforms, departmental websites, or personal pages.

The directory search will still be found at the same location, through the search on the university homepage. Campus users will simply need to authenticate with their HawkID to find colleagues, instructors, or classmates within the university.

Departments and colleges are encouraged to maintain web pages with faculty or staff contact information where needed. This allows individual employees to remain publicly visible in a context that provides more accurate and relevant information than a basic directory listing. External contacts can still connect through departmental websites, official program pages, or departmental contact forms available online.

At the same time, the university will retire the campus office directory, which was based on a printed resource and is no longer updated. That information can now be found on departmental websites and through the A-Z search.

Questions on about accessing the directory can be directed to the Information Technology Services Help Desk.