MSU Red Cedar Message Board

It seems that you are the one bent out of shape.

Here you go.

This was originally posted by Keep MSU Alumni E-mail on Facebook:

To complain, please contact:
Scott Westerman, Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations: wsw@msu.edu, 517-432-1690
David Gift, Vice Provost for Libraries and IT Services: gift@msu.edu, 517-353-0722
Kent Cassella, university spokesman: KENT.CASSELLA@UR.MSU.EDU
Lou Anna K. Simon: PRESMAIL@MSU.EDU, 517-355-6560
Kim Wilcox, Provost: kwilcox@msu.edu, 517-355-1524
June Pierce Youatt: Provosts Office, youatt@msu.edu, 517-432-1075
Theodore H. Curry II: Provosts Office, THCURRY@MSU.EDU, 517-353-5300
MSU Board of Trustees: http://trustees.msu.edu/about/

Well I guess I better start transitioning now. Can't be using my msu email address as the corresponding author on any publications (you know, so people can correspond after my msu address is axed). Any suggestions for a professional sounding address that will show my affiliation with the university?

I'm thinking something like gogreen_spartyscienceyay_5438@hotmail.com That will look good right under the funding acknowledgments, won't it?

Yeah, good idea. I'm going to see what the MSU grad school has to say. It's really a bad situation for students whose career and university are tired together, particularly researching students. it's going to sound pretty presumptuous when I send out a change-of-email note to the "big names" in the field that I've had the opportunity to meet/work with, but it would be worse to miss out on an opportunity in the future because I was out of contact.

and?

Are you trying to change your username or the email address associated to your account? You can change the email address, but I think all user name changes have to go through Trevor. Click on "My Account" in the upper right. Within the Settings screen there should be 5 items in the sub-menu: Profile, Plans, Password, Signature, Message Settings. Click on "Plans" and you should be able to update your email address in there.

It would make a lot more sense if it was under Profile instead of Plans.

wow so i can get the following. But I cant just get them to forward my current address. I hate msu sometimes.

msuspartans.com
Free email package includes:

Generous 1 GB storage
Advanced Web 2.0 email Web Mail Interface
Personal calendar and address book
Inbox folders and message filing just like Outlook
No reading of email for ad targeting
Spam and virus filtering
Service options include registered email and online storage
25MB file attachments

and more!

I can't think of one reason why this makes sense, but allowing the same sort of access in my current account is impossible.

Are you sure it's already deactivated? They extended the original deadline until August 31.

Anyone figure out a way to reenroll and then cancel? I'm thinking of some type of lifetime learning route.

so the athletic department can figure out how to offer free or cheap email, but MSU's IT department can't? Seriously?

So I haven't checked out this thread since June....They said they were going to look at other options at that time, but haven't heard anything since.....

So that means they are going to do jack shit huh? Lazy fucks.

and not to happy with the alumni association, they should have done more. Wont be getting my new email.

Looks like I am going to have to try and remember everything I have linked to my msu.edu email in the next few days.