Setting Primary Email in Penn Directory

Many people now have multiple email addresses, but many software services at Penn rely on a "primary" address for identifying you.  For this reason, you will need to choose a primary address and and enter it in the Penn Directory.

Before You Start 

You will need one or more of the following before you can complete this task: 

  • A Pennkey account
  • A Design account

Students

In most cases, Weitzman School of Design students will want to set their Weitzman (@design.upenn.edu) email address as their Default address. However, here are some situations where that might be different:

  • Dual Degree students have two email addresses, one for each degree program. 
  • Students forwarding to a personal email address may wish to consider which address they prefer to list as a primary address in the Penn Directory.

Services that Use Penn Directory Listing

Keep in mind that the following services use the listing in the Penn Directory as their email address of record:

Set Your Default Listing

To make your Weitzman email address your default address, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Penn online directory: http://www.upenn.edu/directories/
  2. Click the Update directory listings link and log in with your Pennkey credentials.
  3. Click Manage Public Profile
  4. Edit the Email field to make Weitzman School of Design (@design.upenn.edu) your default address.

Questions?

Reach out to Weitzman IT Services via a Help Ticket or email us via ithelp@design.upenn.edu.