Official Student Email Policy
Email is the primary mechanism for official communication within Cedar Crest College. The College has the right to expect that such communications will be received and read in a timely fashion. Official email communications are intended only to meet the academic and administrative needs of the campus community.
Official College email accounts are activated upon students’ registration for classes at Cedar Crest College. Official email addresses will be considered directory information unless the students request otherwise. For directions on accessing your Cedar Crest account, follow the link to Novell GroupWise on the left column.
If students wish to have email redirected from the official Cedar Crest College address to another email address (e.g., @aol.com, @hotmail.com, etc.), they may do so, but at their own risk. The College will not be responsible for the handling of email by outside vendors. Having email redirected does not absolve a student from the responsibilities associated with official communication sent to his or her Cedar Crest College account. Instructions for redirecting email can be found here.
Students are expected to check their email on a frequent and consistent basis in order to stay current with College-related communications. Students have the responsibility to recognize that certain communications may be time-critical.
Users should exercise extreme caution in using email to communicate confidential or sensitive matters and should not assume that email is private and confidential. It is especially important that users are careful to send messages only to the intended recipient(s). Particular care should be taken when using the "reply" command during email correspondence.
Faculty will determine how electronic forms of communication (e.g., email) will be used in their classes and will specify their requirements in the course syllabus. This "Official Student Email Policy" will ensure that all students will be able to comply with email-based course requirements specified by faculty. Faculty can therefore make the assumption that students' official Cedar Crest College accounts are being accessed, and faculty can use email for their classes accordingly.