Commencement: Expiration of Mills Computing Accounts 

Whether you graduate in January 2008 or May 2008, student-related services will remain available through Commencement to facilitate Commencement-related and personal communications; afterwards you will have e-mail and dial-in privileges for six months as a guest of the college. Moreover, the Portal will continue to be open to you. If you are planning to return to Mills in a new program in the fall, student-related services will start again in time for the next semester.

Vacation Messages

If you would like to notify those individuals and groups that send you messages that you have a new address, we offer a ‘vacation’ message service that sends courtesy reminders to those that send you a message. It can be found by logging onto the Portal and then clicking on the Email Vacation Message Form.

Email Forwarding

If you would like to start reading your Mills mail at another account for the duration of your Mills account's existence, visit the Portal.  In the "About You" section, click on the "External email address."  Add your new email address, if it is not already present, and mark it as preferred.

Preserving Data

If you wish to preserve information from campus file servers (i.e. MyFiles) onto diskettes, memory sticks, or CDs using Mills computing facilities, you need to do so before the student computing labs are closed. Labs are closed on the same day and time that traditional residence halls are closed for graduating students (Wednesday, December 19, 12:00 pm and Sunday, May 18, 12:00 pm).

Alumnae Email

Mills College offers Alumnae email service to its graduates: https://alumnae.mills.edu/ This service provides continuity to Mills graduates and allows them to retain a connection to the College for years to come.

Students should note that their current Mills email accounts will remain active for 30 days after graduation. After that period, their accounts will expire. During this grace period students can elect to migrate their current Mills email to the new service. However, graduates will still be able to sign up for the Alumnae email service https://alumnae.mills.edu/ at any time.

For additional information about the campus computing policies, please see the following page:

http://www.mills.edu/student_services/technology/computing_agreement.php#resources

Further Questions?

If you have any further questions, please consult our A-to-Z of Technology Services page or write us at helpdesk@mills.edu.