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Common questions regarding your accounts (WatIAM, email) when your status changes at the University
I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT, CAN I KEEP MY EMAIL ACCOUNT WHEN I GRADUATE?
Yes, graduate students can keep their Connect email account upon graduating from the University.
CAN I KEEP MY EMAIL ACCOUNT WHEN I RETIRE?
You can with permission from your manager in your department. Please note that some departments do not allow you to keep our email account when you retire.
I AM RETIRING, BUT INTEND TO STAY WITH THE UNIVERSITY AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OR ON A CASUAL BASIS. CAN I KEEP MY ACCESS?
This would be up to your faculty/department to decide.
I AM A VISITING FACULTY MEMBER, CAN I KEEP MY EMAIL ACCOUNT WHEN I LEAVE?
Not if you are no longer affiliated with the University, but this would be up to your faculty/department.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FILES ON MY N-DRIVE OR IN OFFICE 365 APPLICATIONS WHEN I RETIRE OR LEAVE THE UNIVERSITY?
Your N: drive is deleted. Your faculty/department will give you directions on where to move work-related documents that are still needed.
For information on access to O365 email and applications after leaving the University, please see Access to Microsoft 365 email and applications by audience.
WHO DO I CONTACT WHEN MY PERSONAL INFORMATION CHANGES? (DEPARTMENT, NAME, ETC.).
Contact Human Resources or the person in your faculty/department who is responsible for requesting these changes. See also Changing your WatIAM username.
CAN I CHANGE MY WATIAM USERNAME WHILE WORKING AT THE UNIVERSITY?
You can change your WatIAM username if you have a legal name change (e.g. marital status) or your username implies a questionable meaning. See Changing your WatIAM username.
