Communication Expectations and Class Lists

In addition to office hours, which should be communicated to students at the start of the semester, many faculty use emails to interact with students during non-class or non-office hour times. Faculty should list only their George Mason email address on the course syllabus. As stated in earlier sections, you are required to use your George Mason email address for all communication with students, faculty, and staff. This is essential for adhering to FERPA compliance standards. George Mason does not publish your personal or professional email in our directories or listservs, so anyone seeking to reach you will only use your George Mason email address.  

All physical mail and packages addressed to you will be delivered to the Criminology, Law and Society main office (Enterprise Hall, Suite 354). The staff working at the reception desk will contact you via email (usually from cls1@gmu.edu) whenever there is any mail for you to pick up.

Your class list is available on Patriot Web and is considered the official class list once the Last Day to Drop for the semester has passed. You can use your class list to send communication to your entire class, for announcements, cancellations, or other information sharing. When emailing the entire class (using the class list or any other method), you must use the BCC format, because student emails are private information and must be treated as such per FERPA regulations. For instructions on viewing your class list, emailing students and exporting your class list to Excel, please visit Class Lists - Office of the University Registrar.