Google Apps for Alumni
Beloit College offers (@alumni.beloit.edu) Google email addresses to all alumni. Alumni who are new to using Google mail or new alumni who are switching to an alumni Google account from their student Google account can use the following instructions to move data associated with their email account.
To obtain an @alumni.beloit.edu account, please complete the Alumni email account request form.
The preferred method for transferring Gmail and Google Drive content is to use Google Takeout.
Note
Accounts of students graduating in May will be closed starting September 1st.
Accounts of students graduating in December will be closed during the following May.
How can I transfer my email from one Google account to another Google account?
If Google Takeout doesn't work for you, check out these instructions for transferring mail between Google accounts.
What is my email address?
The email address will be username@alumni.beloit.edu. Your user name will be your last name followed by your first initial, middle initial, or a number if necessary to be unique.
Can I still use an email client with my Google Alumni account?
You can set up your client with an IMAP or POP connection. Basically IMAP is a two-way connection with the mail server and POP is a one way download of mail from the server.
Contacts
To export contacts from Google, follow these instructions.
Follow these instructions to import contacts to Google from a CSV (comma separated values) file.
Calendar
Information about backing up your calendar is available here.
Information about importing a calendar to Google is available here.
Drive (Docs and Spreadsheets)
Use Google Takeout to transfer Google Drive content OR install Google Drive to more easily download documents and files to your computer.
If you are looking for more information about Google Apps, please check out our Google How-To page.
If you have any additional questions, please contact LITS Support.