GMail Information Overview

Fordham University has partnered with Google to provide our students with access to the powerful communication and collaboration services available under Google Apps Education Edition, which is a suite of hosted communication and collaboration applications designed for institutions of higher education.

The first phase of this implementation will be the replacement of the Student Email System, Mirapoint, with GMail in the Fall 2010 semester. Eventually we hope to provide additional features, such as online document storage.

The only applications that will be available to Fordham students in Fall 2010 will be GMail (with Contacts) and Google Calendar.
As the University’s provider of these applications, Google guarantees an uptime of 99.9 percent, in a safe and secure environment. GMail will provide larger mailboxes and allow for larger attachments to be sent and received. Students will also benefit from the power of Google Search in e-mail, access to a shared calendaring system, and support for mobile devices.

All eligible students at Fordham University will be given an email address and an electronic mailbox in the Fordham University domain within Google Apps. Current students will continue to use their existing @fordham.edu email address. Students who graduate from Fordham will keep their Fordham email address and will be able to use their electronic mailbox for life.

Students will have the same email address in GMail.

Student email addresses will remain the same when we move to GMail.  Your email address will still be AccessITID@fordham.edu.

GMail makes headlines in student newspaper

The April 22 issue of The Observer features a front page article by Laura Chang on the replacement of student email.

Students meet to discuss GMail

On April 22, we met with student representatives on both the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses to answer their questions about the upcoming move to GMail. We also solicitied their ideas for a communications campaign to the student body prior to the end of the spring term.

GMail from Google Is Coming Soon!

The decision has been made to move student email from Mirapoint to Gmail. Under our current timetable the plan is to have everything in place before the beginning of the Fall 2010 semester. Our goal is to provide all students with information regarding their new Gmail accounts prior to the end of the Spring 2010 semester. This will provide ample time for any transitions that may need to be made. Many other Universities either have already moved to Gmail or are planning moves in the near future. One of the many advantages of Gmail is that it will provide you with over 7GB of email storage. We will be posting more details as they become available, so please continue to watch this space for future developments. If you have any questions or comments you may email Student Technology Services at sts@fordham.edu.