Press Releases
Posted on Monday, May 04, 2009 - General News
New Email Accounts Mandatory for WSU Vancouver Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
5/4/2009
CONTACT:
- Office of Information and technology Helpdesk, 509-335-4357, helpdesk@wsu.edu
- Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9602, news@vancouver.wsu.edu
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Washington State University Information Technology in partnership with Microsoft, is implementing a new email system for all students that will provide free lifetime email account services, available on Monday, May 4 for all WSU Vancouver students. Signing up for the new Microsoft Outlook Live email system is FREE and required.
Beginning on Monday, May 4, students will need to log on to the My WSU page to get their new account name and temporary password. Account names will be firstname.lastname@email.wsu.edu . Appropriate provisions will be made for students with the same names.
Once activated, the email account can be accessed via a web browser by visiting http://www.email.wsu.edu.
Effective May 18, WSU email communication sent to students will no longer be forwarded or sent to students non-WSU email accounts (i.e. Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo email accounts). WSU email communication to students will be sent only to new student WSU email accounts.
For questions or concerns, please contact Information Technology Services the helpdesk in Pullman at 509-335-HELP (4357) or via email at helpdesk@wsu.edu . Clearly identify that you are a Vancouver campus student.
For more information or a look at the new benefits see, http://email.wsu.edu/outlooklive.html
WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-Tran bus service. We offer 16 bachelor's degrees, 10 master's degrees, one doctorate degree and more than 36 fields of study. Visit us on the Web at http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu.
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