What else do I need to know?
Definitons
Official University Communications: may be addressed from an administrative unit or official of the University to a group or a single student, and contain information that students must have in order to conduct business with the University and for which they will be held accountable.
University (̽̽) Email Address: is an email account within the uvm.edu domain but not including departmentally-operated subdomains.
General
Newly admitted students may receive communications from admissions and/or Orientation on private email addresses until such time that new students, prior to enrolling in classes, are issued their ̽̽ email address/account.
̽̽ Faculty and Staff are expected to use students’ uvm.edu email addresses for official ̽̽ communication.
University Use of Email
̽̽’s email network and associated ̽̽ email addresses are the primary and official mechanism by which the University delivers official communications to all students and admitted applicants.
Administrative offices may supplement official electronic University communications with notification in hard copy as they see fit.
Faculty members may determine how email or other forms of electronic communication will be used in their classes, but faculty must specify in their course syllabus, what is required of their students.
The University expects that students and admitted applicants will receive and read, in a timely fashion, all official University communications sent to their official University email address.
If a full inbox or the unmonitored use of a “spam” filter causes official University communications to be undeliverable, those communications will be considered delivered, and no further action will be required of the University. Students and admitted applicants will be held responsible for knowing the content of those communications. The University assumes no responsibility for any official University communications not received or read by students.
The Director of Admissions is the resource for enrolled applicants under this UOP. The Dean of Students is the resource for registered students under this UOP.
Activation of Student Email Accounts
All full-time and part-time students registered at ̽̽, as well as enrolled applicants, are assigned a University email address. It is the responsibility of every eligible student to activate their own ̽̽ email account. Account activation automatically establishes the student’s email address in the ̽̽.edu domain in University records. Official University communications are sent to this email address.
Students who choose to have their ̽̽ email address forwarded to a private, unofficial email address (e.g. Hotmail.com, yahoo.com, gmail.com, etc.) that is outside the University network address (uvm.edu) do so at their own risk. The University is not responsible for any difficulties that may occur in the proper or timely transmission or access to email forwarded to any non-̽̽ email address.
Is there education available?
Training will be provided on an as-needed basis as determined by the Approval Authority or the Responsible Official.