A department e-mail account is created for each faculty member upon his
employment. E-mail is the primary means of written communication in the
department and college. Each faculty member is responsible for reading and
responding to his department e-mail in a timely manner. A faculty member may
choose to assign that responsibility to his secretary, but he is still held
accountable for the information distributed. E-mail is considered a public
record and as such, users are reminded to follow the appropriate laws and
regulations.