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.