What are department email groups?
All employees are assigned to groups based on their division, department, or college. The primary usage of these groups is to send email communications.
Changes coming to groups in summer 2023
Human Resources and IT Solutions are working together to prepare for the implementation of NextGen and Workday. As a part of this, over the summer you may notice changes* with email groups, including new group names and a new structure. We’ll communicate with areas across campus as we transition to the new groups. Old groups may still be visible, but be aware that data stopped updating as of April 19, 2023 and old groups will be fully retired by the end of summer 2023.
*Note: these changes will not affect custom groups that have been set up for committees or other reasons outside of a defined department group.
Below is an example of what the new email groups look like. New group names begin with the prefix "MNSU-org-".
Group membership and permissions
Department email group membership is based on the department organizational charts maintained by HR. Group memberships use a top down, hierarchical approach.
Below is an example of a department email group hierarchy and permissions.
How it works:
- MNSU-org-ITSolutions sends email to all employees that report anywhere under the IT Solutions Division.
- MNSU-org-Department sends email to all employees that report anywhere under that Department.
- MNSU-org-SubDepartment sends email to employees ONLY in that Sub-Department.
Note that permissions to email the group are restricted to the members of the group and the leaders of those departments, divisions, or colleges. In the above example, someone in the Computer Store would only be able to email IT Solutions, IT Solutions Delivery, and Computer Store, unless an exception was granted.
If you're a supervisor of multiple groups below you, you'll only be included in your top-level group. You will not receive emails sent to groups listed underneath your top-level. However, you will have access to send emails to any of those groups. If you'd like to receive emails sent to those groups, please submit ticket for help.
Exceptions and support
If an exception needs to be granted to your groups, please have a leader from your department, division, or college submit ticket to the IT Solutions Center for help.