Student e-mail can be found by clicking the "Mail" tab in myNU.

Niagara University offers a Web-based e-mail system for its students. Students are given an e-mail address using their student number. For example, if your student number is 56813, your e-mail address would be s0056813@mail.niagara.edu.

In addition to this e-mail address, students will be provided with an easier to remember alias. The alias will be your first initial and last name, and if needed, a number. John Doe’s e-mail alias would be jdoe@mail.niagara.edu, but the next John Doe would be jdoe1@mail.niagara.edu, and the next jdoe2@mail.niagara.edu. Your personal e-mail alias will be displayed within myNU.

Further information on the PurplePass authentication system can be found at http://www.niagara.edu/it/purplepass.

Forwarding

As a result of students redirecting their NU e-mail accounts to bad e-mail addresses, we are no longer supporting forwarding.

About The Use of E-mail

1. Overview

Niagara University considers e-mail to be an effective and official method of communication. E-mail offers many advantages such as timeliness, convenience, ease-of-use, and it is cost effective.

All Niagara University students will be given a Niagara University e-mail account. The Office of Information Technology is committed to supporting these accounts through effective system administration and friendly support. The goal is to ensure that faculty and staff can effectively communicate with all Niagara University students through their Niagara University e-mail address.

2. Guidelines
a. Niagara University Usage

Niagara University will use e-mail as an official method of communication. The University will e-mail students using their Niagara University supplied e-mail address. Students are responsible for the consequences of not checking their University e-mail regularly. Official Niagara University e-mails may be sent by faculty and staff.

b. Obtaining a Niagara University Student E-mail Account

All enrolled Niagara University students will be issued an e-mail account on our web-based student e-mail server, http://mail.niagara.edu. This e-mail account will be the official e-mail address the University will use for communication. If the student should have any problem with their e-mail account, there are a variety of support methods available including the Office of Information Technology Web site, brochures, and the student help desk in St. Vincent’s Hall.

c. Redirection

As a result of students redirecting their NU e-mail accounts to bad e-mail addresses, we are no longer supporting forwarding.

d. Faculty Guidelines and Course Related Usage


Niagara University instructors may set guidelines in the classroom defining how students use e-mail in their course. Many instructors will send e-mail to students using the Blackboard Learning System. By default, this system is pre-populated with the student’s University e-mail address. While the student can change the address, it is the student’s responsibility to make sure any other address is accurate and functional. Niagara University will only support the official student mail system.

e. Frequent Usage
a. Niagara University expects students to check their e-mail frequently and regularly. Some communications may be of importance only if they are received in a timely manner. Instructors will expect students to be attentive to their e-mail, as they can only have the assumption that the student receives their correspondences.

f. Appropriate and Acceptable Usage

All use of e-mail will be consistent with other University policies. The use of e-mail will be consistent with local, state, and federal law, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Communication through e-mail may be both formal and informal. Some examples of e-mail communication are events, account notices, class information, policy information, and registration information.

g. Creation/Purging

Niagara University Student E-mail accounts are generated and purged automatically based on enrollment status.  Students entering Niagara University will have an e-mail account created for them at CARE or when they register for classes.  Students will keep their account so long as they are enrolled in classes at Niagara.  Once a student graduates or leaves Niagara, the account is purged after the add/drop period expires during the fall semester.  This assures that the account status is related to records enrollment information and that the student was provided a suitable amount of time to enroll.   Once purged, accounts cannot be created again unless the student enrolls at Niagara. Niagara University does not maintain e-mail accounts for alumni.

If I have questions or problems, what can I do?
• Visit http://www.niagara.edu/it for online help.
• Visit the IT Help Desk, St. Vincent’s Hall room 108 with your student ID for assistance Monday-Friday.
• Call 286-7300.