University E-mail Notifications To Students

Reason:

At Northwestern University, there is an increasing need for electronic communication with students. The university intends to establish e-mail as a communication mechanism with students. Implementation of this policy will ensure that e-mail can be used as an official means of communication with students.

Policy:

E-mail is a valid mechanism for official communication with students at Northwestern University. The university has the right to send official communications to students by e-mail. The university has the right to expect that students will receive e-mail and will read e-mail in a timely fashion.

Implementation:

At the university all students will be assigned an official university e-mail address. All official university communications will be sent to this official university e-mail address. This official university e-mail address will be maintained in the official university e-mail directory for each student.

Forwarding of e-mail:

The university will provide a convenient mechanism so that a student may have e-mail forwarded from the official university e-mail address to another e-mail address of the student's choice. Students who choose to have e-mail forwarded to another e-mail address do so at their own risk. The university is not responsible for e-mail forwarded to any other e-mail address. A student's failure to receive or read in a timely manner official university communications sent to the student's official e-mail address does not absolve the student from knowing and complying with the content of the official communication.

Course-related use of e-mail:

Faculty may assume that a student's official university e-mail is a valid mechanism for communicating with a student, and faculty may use e-mail for communicating with students registered in their classes. This policy will ensure that all students will be able to comply with course requirements communicated to them by e-mail from their course instructors.