Student Center Self Service:Emergency Contact Information

Student Center Self Service: Emergency Contact Information

Hobart and William Smith Colleges is required by law to have on file up-to-date information for each of our students. You will not be able to view your course schedule or other personal information in PeopleSoft until you have entered or updated this information.

When you click on Student Center in PeopleSoft, you will see the following screen:

Student Data Verification

You will need to click on each of the four links and update or verify the information shown. Most are self-explanatory. After each set, return to the Student Center until you have completed all the verifications.

To get you started, instructions for completing your emergency contact information are provided below.

To complete your emergency contact information:

  1. Log in to PeopleSoft Portal at http://hwsportal.hws.edu

    Use the username and password you’ve been using for the Orientation web site (these are your HWS network credentials).
    Portal login
  2. On the portal page, click Campus Solutions
    Portal CS
  3. On the home page menu, go to Main Menu > Self Service > Student Center

    This will show you a lot of your information at a glance.
    Self Service
  4. Before you can continue, you will have to add or verify your emergency contacts; click View/Update Emergency Contacts
    Review Contacts
  5. To add a contact, click Add An Emergency Contact
    Add Emergency Contact
  6. Under Emergency Contact Detail, enter your emergency contact:
    • Emergency Contact’s Name
    • Relationship to you
    Contact Name
  7. Enter the contact’s address
    • If your emergency contact’s address is the same as yours, check the box Same Address as Individual, then select the address type from the dropdown menu
      Address Same
    • If not, click Edit Address
      Address Different
  8. Enter the contact’s phone number
    • If your emergency contact’s phone number is the same as yours, check Same Phone as Individual and select the phone type from the dropdown menu
      Phone Same
    • If not, enter the phone number
      Phone Different
  9. At the bottom of the page, click Save
    Save
  10. On the main Emergency Contact page, review your existing emergency contacts:
    • Remove unwanted contacts by clicking the trash can icon on the row for that entry
    • Update contacts by clicking the pencil icon on the row for that entry; click Save on the edit page and OK on the confirmation page to return to the contacts list
    Review Contacts
  11. On the main Emergency Contact page, make sure one contact is checked as the Primary Contact
  12. After the updates are complete, check the verification box
  13. At the bottom of the page, click Save
  14. Confirm the successful save by clicking OK
    Confirm Save