If you are a new student who has never logged into University email using @mail.saintpeters.edu:

• You are not affected by this change, however at this time less than 1% of students fall into this category. If you are unsure if this includes you, please contact the service desk below.

If you are a current student:

1. You’ll need to reset your password using ReACT after this date in order to access your new account.
2. Any files hosted on your Google Drive, your Calendar, any mails you want to keep, in addition to contacts, Youtube videos, and much more, will need to be exported. Many of these items can be re-imported into your new account. Please see "Students - How to use Google Takeout to Export Data."
3. Please note that past emails cannot be migrated to your new account - we encourage you to set up forwarding “Students - How to Forward Emails to New Google Account” during the transition period, and use Students - How to use Google Takeout to Export Data to archive emails you’d like to keep.
4. Any file or folder that is “Shared with you” in Google Drive will not be exported unless you make a copy prior to using Google Takeout or request to share it with your new account “Students – How to Re-Share Google Drive After the Transition”.

Between August 25 and September 30, 2016, there will be a grace period during which both your @mail.saintpeters.edu and @saintpeters.edu accounts are available and accessible - it is highly recommended that, during that time, you follow the steps for migrating content over, start saving content to your @saintpeters.edu Google drive (and stop using the @mail.saintpeters.edu one) and set up forwarding.  Forwarding should link to Students - How to Forward Emails to New Google Account.

PLEASE NOTE - After September 30, 2016, your @mail.saintpeters.edu account will close permanently and any files, emails, contacts, or documents you have not migrated over will be deleted.

If you are an alum:

• You will be affected by this change in the same way as current students however, in most cases, you will need to contact the service desk to reset your password between August 25th and September 30th if you wish to retain any data from your old account.

• If you have not already done so, you can restrict Calendar free/busy information to employees or other groups by following the instructions in How to share your Google Calendar.

• Starting August 25th, any communication sent directly to students or to personal contact groups containing students should be sent to their @saintpeters.edu email address. Please remember that when emailing those who have both employee and student accounts to distinguish between the type of information sent to each account and ensure you have selected the appropriate email address.

• f you need to retain access to any file or folder that is “Shared with you” in Google Drive make a copy or see Employees – How to Re-Share Google Drive & Google Calendar with Students After the Transition.

• Re-share any calendars with the student @saintpeters.edu accounts and/or request access to the new student account’s calendar.

• If you have not already done so, you can restrict Calendar free/busy information to employees or other groups by following the instructions in How to share your Google Calendar.

• Starting August 25th, any communication sent directly to students or to personal contact groups containing students should be sent to their @saintpeters.edu email address. Please remember that when emailing those who have both employee and student accounts to distinguish between the type of information sent to each account and ensure you have selected the appropriate email address.

• f you need to retain access to any file or folder that is “Shared with you” in Google Drive make a copy or see Employees – How to Re-Share Google Drive & Google Calendar with Students After the Transition.

• Re-share any calendars with the student @saintpeters.edu accounts and/or request access to the new student account’s calendar.