Policy To Manage Mass E-mails To Students

Published: May 6th, 2009

Category: Memos

Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President for Student Affairs

The University of Florida has developed the following policy to manage the number of mass e-mails sent to all enrolled students. This protocol establishes an approval process for mass e-mails and is designed to encourage the use of other ways to communicate with students electronically.

The Office of the Vice President for University Relations has been charged with ensuring that mass e-mails sent to all students are approved under the guidelines indicated below.

Use the following steps to help determine if a mass e-mail to students is the appropriate method to deliver a message:

  1. Determine the urgency of the message.
    1. Does it pertain to the health of students?
    2. Does it pertain to student safety?
    3. Is it an emergency?
    4. Does the appropriate vice president specifically request a mass student e-mail?
    5. Does it pertain to university services or programs that affect students in a broad cross section of colleges?
  2. If none of the above applies, determine if the content of the e-mail could instead be sent through one of the following options to reach the intended audience.
    1. Department listserv
    2. College listserv
    3. Graduate School listserv
    4. The weekly Gator Times electronic newsletter
  3. If you have determined that a mass student e-mail is the appropriate mechanism, please obtain approval from your supervisor, unit head/department chair, dean or director and your vice president. Once you have the above approvals please complete the request form at http://www.urel.ufl.edu/massEmail/emailApprovalForm.html (see note below) A designated person in the Vice President for University Relations Office will process your request and contact you if s/he has questions.

NOTE: The form will require applicants to verify they obtained the appropriate approval, a check off box for the date or time for the email to be sent, place for the message, subject of the email, sender of the email, and the contact information for the person making the request.

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