Email Lists

Bates offers faculty the ability to communicate via email with varying groups of students. Faculty can use the email system to communicate with:

Major Email Lists

Major e-mail lists allow instructors and students to communicate via an interactive email list.

How do I send a message to a majors list?

Address the message to the listname (i.e. psyc@lists.bates.edu). The message will be sent to the faculty members teaching a course in that department/program and all the students who have declared their major in that department/major.

Who may send a message to a major list?

The faculty in that department/program, all students who have officially declared their major in the department/program, and any individuals who have been added to the list by request of the chair (i.e. lab assistants).

How do I get on or off a major list?

These lists are generated nightly from information in the Registrar’s database. If you are not on the list of your major, you have not properly declared your intention to major in that department/program. If you are on a list of a major you are no longer intending to pursue, you have not properly dropped that major from your record. Major declaration forms are available at the Registrar and Student Financial Services office in Libbey Forum. Once your major declaration form has been processed, your name will be added to or deleted from the list by the next day. Please direct questions regarding the adding or deleting of staff names on the list to the IT Service Desk.

Department/Program Abbreviations

A complete description of department /program courses is available from each academic course. On this page choose an academic department/program. Scroll down each page to see the abbreviation letters, course number, and section.

Minor Email Lists

Minor e-mail lists allow instructors and students to communicate via an interactive email list.

How do I send a message to the minor list?

Address the message to the listname (i.e. math2@lists.bates.edu). The message will be sent to the faculty member(s) teaching in the department/program and all the students having declared a minor in the department/program.

Who may send a message to a minor list?

The faculty member(s) teaching in the department/program and all the students having declared a minor in the department/program, and any individuals who have been added to the list by request of the department/program chair or an advisor (i.e. area coordinators).

How do I get on or off a minor list?

These lists are generated nightly from information in the student database. If you are not on the list of a department/program, you have not properly declared your minor. If you are on a list of department/program you are no longer interested in, you need to send a message to the Office of the Registrar  requesting that you be removed as a minor in that department/program. Please direct additions to these lists for staff members or peer writing associates, as well as questions, to the IT Service Desk.

Advisor Email Lists

Advisor e-mail lists allow instructors and advisees to communicate via an interactive email list.

Address an email message to each of the following:

The username inserted is the faculty members username.

How does a student get on or off my advisee list?

These lists are generated nightly from information in the Banner database. If one of your advisees is not on your list, the student is not properly coded in the Banner database. The student needs to submit a change of advisor form to the Registrar’s office in Libbey Forum. Once this form has been processed, the student’s name will be added to the list by the next day.