REMINDERS:
- Check your UIC.edu email frequently. Directions are here.
- College of Nursing only emails students’ UIC.edu addresses (not illinois.edu or uis.edu).
- Only email UIC administrators, faculty, and staff from you edu e-mail address.
- Check your UIC.edu e-mail frequently during the semester and weekly over winter/summer break.You might miss mandatory compliance reminders, clinical placement information/requirements, and/or other time-sensitive information if you don’t check email frequently.
Create an email signature with your contact information and UIN to allow College of Nursing administrators, faculty, and staff to quickly identify and assist you.
Directions: Gmail and Outlook
Example:
First Name and Last Name
He/Him, She/Her, or They/Them
UIN
Program – Campus
UIC.edu email address
Create rules to filter and organize your UIC.edu email into labels or folders:
Directions: Gmail Filters and Labels, Outlook Filters, and Outlook Folders
Suggestions for label or folder names:
Filter hsadilek@uic.edu to Compliance
Filter both announce@uic.edu and OFFICIAL_STUDENT@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU to UIC
Graduate students: Filter CON-GRAD@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU to CON-GRAD
BSN students: Filter CON-UNDERGRAD@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU to CON-BSN
TIPS:
- Respond to your email within a timely manner, typically in 1-3 business days.
- Include clear and concise information in your email’s subject line.
- Keep your email professional.Addressing the recipient as you would within a professional setting.
Do not respond like you are texting.
- Timing is everything.Do not send a follow-up email without allowing 2-3 business days to pass from the time you sent an email. A good tip is to send your emails earlier, especially during registration, so that you’re not in need of an immediate response.
Need further assistance with your UIC.edu email? Ask UIC Technology Solutions here.
