Policies

Campus Email Policy

Hendrix College, Communications and Marketing
Policy # 05125
Effective: Friday, October 25, 2024
Purpose

This policy provides guidance for access and appropriate use of primary campus email lists for Hendrix employees. It is intended to ensure that campus email lists deliver necessary official institutional information, reduce unsolicited and irrelevant emails, reinforce network cybersecurity by reducing confusion between official email messages and phishing attempts or cyberattacks, support academic and student life, and promote the safety and well-being of the campus community.  

Additional Authority
Scope

This Policy applies to all faculty, staff, students, any third parties contracted by the College, and any other individual or group authorized to access or send College email. 

Responsible Party

This policy is administered by Communications and Technology Services, in consultation with the Senior Leadership Team.

1. Statement

  1. Students, employees, and other community members will be assigned to email lists on campus based on their role at the College. 
  2. Inclusion in a list by a user outside of a role assignment must be requested by the appropriate vice president to Technology Services.
  3. Each person will receive emails to any email list they belong to. However, email messages sent out will be from approved senders. 
  4. Messages sent to campus email lists should contain necessary official institutional information including:
    1. Messages that directly relate to carrying out the business of the College.
    2. Messages that share time-sensitive changes in College policy.
    3. Messages of interest to a vast number of recipients, such as emergency notifications
    4. Messages that inform community members of an announcement or event related to their specific role within the College.
  5. Messages that do not meet the standard of urgency and/or critical College information should be sent by means other than primary campus email lists.
  6. Messages sent to primary campus email lists should be consistent with the Hendrix College Statement of Purpose, policies in the employee and student handbooks, the College’s Acceptable Use of Technology Policy, the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Statement on Diversity, Title IX and any other regulatory requirements.
  7. Requests for additions, removals, or changes in authorization of specific users to send messages to campus email lists should be approved by the Vice President responsible for the area requesting access and sent to the Technology Services HelpDesk.

2. Maintenance

Authorization to email primary lists shall be reviewed annually by each vice president for the staff for whom they are responsible. 

3. Compliance

Violations may result in revoked access to primary campus email lists and other relevant disciplinary processes as appropriate or needed.

Revisions

Date Change
8/30/2024