Advisee Distribution Lists

An Advisee distribution list contains the email address of an adviser and all assigned student advisees.

Who Can Use Advisee Distribution Lists?

The owning adviser can send messages to their Advisee list.

• To request permission to email a course distribution list contact the Registrar's Office.

Naming Conventions for Advisee Lists

Advisee distribution list names are in the following format:

• Undergrad advisee list (UGRD):
  • adv-[adviser last name], [adviser first name]-UGRD
• Graduate advisee list (GRAD):
  • adv-[adviser last name], [adviser first name]-GRAD

Examples

How To Email Advisee Lists

In Outlook Desktop

1. Create a new email in Outlook.
    
2. Click the To button to open the Select Names dialog box.  
    
   • In the Select Names Search box, begin typing the list name using the format in the above examples
     
     
     OR
      
   • Click the Address Book dropdown > All Groups > Advisees.
     
      
3. Select your Advisee list(s).
    
4. Click To > OK to address the email.
   
    

In Outlook for the Web

1. Open Outlook for the web in a browser.
    
2. Create a new email and click To.
    
3. Select Advisees in the contact list. Locate the desired Advisee list and click the to add it to the email as a recipient.
   
   

Availability & Accuracy

All distribution lists are automatically available in Microsoft Outlook. The lists are updated every half hour from data supplied by the Office of the Registrar.