ITS Technology Policies
Alumni Email Policy
- SVSU alumni are granted access to an SVSU email account via Vmail, https://vmail.svsu.edu, indefinitely.
- Alumni who graduated in or after December of 2002, retain access to the SVSU email account that was established for them during their time as a student at SVSU. Also, alumni who graduated prior to December of 2002 and who have been granted access to an SVSU email account during or after Fall of 2002, similarly retain email access.
- Alumni who graduated prior to December of 2002 and who have not been granted access to an SVSU email account during or after Fall of 2002, need to contact the Alumni Relations Office to have their previous SVSU email account re-activated or a new one created.
- In addition to degree attaining students, College of Education certification graduates are considered as alumni. For purposes of this policy the following apply to these certification graduates:
- Only certification students who graduated after June 30, 2000 are eligible.
- Certification students who graduated after 2003 retain access to the SVSU email account that was established for them during their time as a student at SVSU. Also, certification students who graduated prior to 2004 and who have been granted access to an SVSU email account after Winter of 2004, similarly retain email access.
- Certification students who graduated prior to 2004 and who have not been granted access to an SVSU email account after Winter 2004, need to contact the Alumni Relations Office to have their previous SVSU email account re-activated or a new one created.
- Alumni email accounts are subject to the following:
- The email account will have a space limit of 15MB. If the account is utilizing more than 15MB of space at the time this limit is imposed, the account will be unable to receive new email until the alumni reduces the space utilized to below 15MB.
- Messages with attachments will have a size limit of 5MB.
- New email messages unopened for 90 days will be deleted by the University, without notification to the user. Opened/stored email messages will not be deleted.
- Prior to accessing their SVSU email account for the first time or in the event of a forgotten email account password, alumni need to reset their password by accessing the Alumni Password Change screen at https://www.svsu.edu/alumnichangepassword/.
- Alumni will need to enter their Vmail username, birth date and last four digits of their social security number to reset their Vmail password.
Note – Alumni who also qualify for an SVSU email account as a student according to the Student Technology Access Policy, http://www.svsu.edu/its/policies/studenttechaccesspolicy.html, cannot use the Alumni Password Change screen. They instead are directed to use the Student Password Change screen at https://www.svsu.edu/changepassword/.
Information regarding usage of the Vmail email system is available here.
Information regarding how to forward your Vmail email to another email account is available here.
Alumni email addresses will not be available in the online student directory lookup, unless the alumni also qualifies for an SVSU email account as a student according to the Student Technology Access Policy, http://www.svsu.edu/its/policies/studenttechaccesspolicy.html.
Alumni who want to change their login ID due to marriage, etc., need to contact the Registrar's Office, registrar@svsu.edu . Alumni will be required to provide (faxing allowed) appropriate ID verification information. The ID change will be processed during the next time frame between semesters (between Fall & Winter, Winter & Spring, or Summer & Fall). Exceptions to this processing time frame will be handled on a case by case basis. The ITS Support Center will contact the student upon completion of the change.
All requests for information regarding alumni email accounts will be directed to the Alumni Relations Office, alumni@svsu.edu, 989-964-4196.