Student e-mail accounts are being migrated to a new e-mail environment, which will change the format of student e-mail addresses. The format under the current system is {username@towson.edu}; the new format will be {username@students.towson.edu}.
On January 13, 2009 student e-mail addresses in PeopleSoft and Blackboard will be updated to the new e-mail format. E-mails sent to students at their current address will be forwarded to their new address through May 26, 2009.
Additional information about the impact of this e-mail format change for faculty and staff is available on the Webmail Powered by Google FAQ site, {http://www.towson.edu/adminfinance/ots/trainingdoc/shr35webmailgoogleFAQ.asp}, or at {http://www.towson.edu/adminfinance/ots/trainingdoc/facultystaffprojectinfo.pdf}.
OTS has scheduled two information sessions for faculty and staff:
? November 5, 2008 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in Cook 512 — Info session for administrators of applications and databases that use student e-mail addresses.
? November 10, 2008 from 10 to 10:50 a.m. in Cook 512 — Info session for faculty about the migration and the new student e-mail environment.
Please send a RSVP to {chaddaway@towson.edu} if you plan to attend either of the above sessions. Feel free to include in your RSVP questions that were not addressed in this post or the linked document above.
