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University introduces online campus newsletter
Robin Phelps
Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: News
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For many students, checking Murray State webmail used to involve deleting several unwanted campus-wide e-mails, but with the University's new online newsletter, students no longer have to purge cumbersome messages.
"This new communication vehicle is the result of a challenge for our campus community to develop a way to share timely information about upcoming events, achievements and activities at (Murray State) in a concise way - eliminating the sometimes multiple daily 'all user announcements that fill our e-mail inboxes,' University President Randy Dunn said in the inaugural campus edition of the Roundabout Murray e-newsletter.
Before Oct. 11, Rebecca Watts, deputy to the President, said students received e-mails about student and faculty recognitions, events and changes in procedure.
"Within the different administrative areas the vice presidents used to send all-campus e-mails and they were able to forward them onto information systems," Watts said.
The problem, Watts said, was that students were so bombarded with campus-wide e-mails that they disregarded them.
"We know that people delete them automatically," Watts said. And we've gotten a lot of complaints from people. So in September a proposal was made to combine all of those (emails) into one transportation vehicle. We're trying to make a more timely relevant, organized manner of informing students."
Students logging into webmail can breath a sigh of relief knowing their inboxes haven't accumulated 10 messages within the past day. They can rest assured that a campus-wide e-mail will be sent regarding serious matters or during critical situations.
"The all-campus e-mail still exists and will only be used for emergency," Watts said.
Barkley Carr, senior from Paducah, Ky. said the idea of a campus e-newsletter is one he advocates, though he said he said he did not oppose the campus-wide e-mails.
"Personally, I don't have a problem with it, but it's like junk mail since it's not directed toward me." Carr said.
"This new communication vehicle is the result of a challenge for our campus community to develop a way to share timely information about upcoming events, achievements and activities at (Murray State) in a concise way - eliminating the sometimes multiple daily 'all user announcements that fill our e-mail inboxes,' University President Randy Dunn said in the inaugural campus edition of the Roundabout Murray e-newsletter.
Before Oct. 11, Rebecca Watts, deputy to the President, said students received e-mails about student and faculty recognitions, events and changes in procedure.
"Within the different administrative areas the vice presidents used to send all-campus e-mails and they were able to forward them onto information systems," Watts said.
The problem, Watts said, was that students were so bombarded with campus-wide e-mails that they disregarded them.
"We know that people delete them automatically," Watts said. And we've gotten a lot of complaints from people. So in September a proposal was made to combine all of those (emails) into one transportation vehicle. We're trying to make a more timely relevant, organized manner of informing students."
Students logging into webmail can breath a sigh of relief knowing their inboxes haven't accumulated 10 messages within the past day. They can rest assured that a campus-wide e-mail will be sent regarding serious matters or during critical situations.
"The all-campus e-mail still exists and will only be used for emergency," Watts said.
Barkley Carr, senior from Paducah, Ky. said the idea of a campus e-newsletter is one he advocates, though he said he said he did not oppose the campus-wide e-mails.
"Personally, I don't have a problem with it, but it's like junk mail since it's not directed toward me." Carr said.
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