July 2009 Degree Candidate Reception

Updated July 21, 2009

ITS information updated

Guilford students completing their degree requirements in July are invited to a reception in their honor Friday, July 24, at 6 p.m. in the Community Center. (Click on the "Directions to the Community Center" link to the right for a campus map. The Communiity Center is indicated by letter Y.)

The purpose of this program is to provide a time when faculty and staff can acknowledge students who will successfully complete their degree requirements in July.  It is not intended to replicate the May graduation ceremony.  July graduates are eligible and encouraged to attend graduation in May 2010. 

There is a brief program during which a college official will provide words of congratulations, and the degree candidates will be acknowledged by name and brought together for a group picture. Diplomas are not handed out at this time. Instead, they are mailed to July graduates after final review of grades for the term is complete.

Family of degree candidates are certainly welcome attend the reception. While there is no limit to the number of guests, we ask you to remember that this is a reception and not a full graduation ceremony. Attire for this event is business casual.  Light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

If you have additional questions, feel free to contact Bill Woodward by email (bwoodwar@guilford.edu) or by phone at (336) 316-2353.

Important information from ITS about your email and other accounts:
From Teresa Sanford
Director, User Services
Information Technology & Services

You may be wondering what you need to do about your accounts and e-mail at Guilford upon graduation from Guilford. We hope to answer your questions in the statements below and provide a timeline for convenience:

How long can I log into the computers? Your login account at Guilford will be active and accessible until September 1, 2009. You will have access to the labs for login and share space, but not to printing. You are responsible for following the Network Acceptable Use Policy while accounts are open to you. If you have setup remote access to Guilford via VPN and Citrix, then you will have access to your share space without coming to the labs. Make sure you either burn a CD to take files with you, or setup the VPN connection to simply drag and drop files from your sharespace to your personal computer.

How long do I get to keep my current student e-mail account? Your Notes or Google accounts will remain active until September 1, 2009, from the web. In the meantime, you will want to create another e-mail account (hotmail, roadrunner, gmail, etc.) and then POP your mail to that account. After you have created your new e-mail account and setup POP, you will continue to receive messages sent to Guilford in your outside account until the account is removed.

Do we get alumni e-mail accounts? You can stay connected to Guilford College by maintaining an Alumni E-mail for Life account @alumni.guilford.edu. You will be able to sign up for these accounts NOW. You will need an outside e-mail account (gmail, hotmail, roadrunner, etc.) to use as your forwarding address (if you already set one up for POP, then use that one). Then, just register on-line via https://www.guilford.edu/secure/alumni/emailforlife.cfm, to create your accountname@alumni.guilford.edu. Your account name can be anything you want it to be, but choose it wisely. Give this address to friends, family, etc. All e-mail to you alumni account will be automatically forwarded to you at your preferred location. You can change that e-mail forwarding information at any time, by revisiting the website. If you are continuing at Guilford, or are employed by Guilford, you can not use your Guilford e-mail account as your forwarding address.

Wait, I am coming back for a second major, or taking another class! If you are enrolling at Guilford this Summer to complete a second major, take another class as a CCE student, or are not graduating and are continuing at Guilford, please send a message to Teresa Sanford at tsanford@guilford.edu so your mail file, login and share space won't be removed on the designated day. If you enroll and then cancel or withdraw, your accounts are removed at the time of notification to ITS.

If you have any questions, e-mail its@guilford.edu or phone the Help Desk at (336) 316-2115. If you have questions regarding Alumni E-mail for Life, e-mail alumni@guilford.edu