As we move into a new semester, a brief rundown of the various email lists available to Clarkson University employees and their uses.
The five e-mail “lists” below enable Clarkson University employees to share information with each other.
As a subscriber to these optional lists, you can receive messages based on your choice of the categories and in several of the lists, send messages to these subscribers on your own from your Clarkson e-mail account.
All employees are initially subscribed to all five lists. If a list doesn’t interest you, you can unsubscribe from it at any time by following the instructions at the bottom of each message or by clicking on the links below.
(Please note: The Marketing & External Relations office sends the official University announcements that employees need for their day-to-day responsibilities as a Clarkson employee. Policy statements, human resources information, updates from the President, emergency notices, etc., are sent via a separate list to which you are always subscribed.)
When sending to these lists, please select the “plain text” option in your e-mail message, as they do not support HTML (fancy fonts, boldface, etc.) or any attachments.
General Discussion
This list is for a general exchange of ideas among all subscribers. NOTE: In order to create dialogue, this is the only list in which your replies will be sent by default to all subscribers. Please keep threads on the same subject together so that people know your response is to the same topic. Finally, please, debate ideas and not people. We hope to rely on the faculty and staff community to self-monitor appropriate debate and dialogue with each other in a respectful, yet intellectually stimulating manner. Send a message to everyone in this group, at General_Discussion@lists.clarkson.edu.
Special Events
Examples include special events, open meetings, seminars, colloquiums, retirement receptions, speakers, surveys, clubs, etc. When posting to this list, please think about the who, what, when, where, how and why — i.e. what is the group name, where is the event to be held, what date (do day of the week and calendar date match?), and whom to contact for more information, if not the sender. Please keep events to those with a Clarkson affiliation (so please, no garage sales or want ads). Send a message to everyone in this group, at Special_Events@lists.clarkson.edu. Please reply only to the sender.
Milestone Announcements
For personal and professional “milestones” Examples include births, adoptions, engagement, weddings, bereavement, etc., as well as notes of congratulations for professional achievements such as invitations to speak at conferences, journal publication acceptances, and awards. Send a message to everyone in this group, at Milestone_Announcements@lists.clarkson.edu. Please reply only to the sender.
Athletic Events
Examples include game announcements, schedules, play-offs, special athletics events, etc. Send a message to everyone in this group, at Athletic_Events@lists.clarkson.edu. Please reply only to the sender.
Campus News Releases
Campus News Releases are sent out via the daily digest. We will post the same news sent to our media outlets and carry news of interest about the great things our employees and students are involved in every day. To generate publicity for your event, please use the publicity request form at http://www.clarkson.edu/publicity.
If you do not receive any messages from the lists or a list does not allow you to send to it, please contact the HelpDesk.
If you have questions about how to use the lists, please contact Marketing & External Relations at 315-268-4483.
Message Guidelines
Your list etiquette is appreciated by all your colleagues when you:
- Clearly state the topic of your e-mail in the subject line.
- Send your message to the most appropriate list and do not send the same message to several lists.
- Send messages like “thanks” or “me too” to individuals — not to the entire list.
- Debate ideas rather than make personal attacks on individuals sharing their views.
- Don’t use defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, language.
When posting to these lists, please remember that your message is going to all faculty and staff, and that all policies in our Operations Manual (acceptable use, harassment, etc.) still apply online.
This policy can be found online in Intranet at https://intranet.clarkson.edu/email-lists/.