Email Etiquette for Students

Email Etiquette for Students Nowadays, email has become inevitable part of every business or college setting. While back in time you could communicate with your professor face to face only, today you can compose an email and address your concerns or submit assignments (in case your professor allows submitting assignments via email). Naturally, to avoid awkward situations or misunderstandings and other unwanted problems, you have to follow email etiquette. To make it easier for you to email your professors or other college personnel appropriately, this article contains email etiquette tips that all students should follow. When to email your professor or other college personnel You have a problem that has to be addressed as soon as possible, but receiver isn’t in his/her office You have a valid excuse for not going to their office personally e.g. you are sick, not in town etc. You have easy question that can be answered in one paragraph or less You have assignment that can be submitted via email. When to avoid sending email to professor or other college personnel The problem you have is to complex to be dealt with in email Turning in assignments to professors who specifically made it clear they don’t want to receive projects via email Asking for extension for particular assignment (it should be done face to face) Topic of your email requires continuous conversation (do it face to face) *** Professional email address To send email to your professor, you should use your college email address (if you have one) or make sure the address is appropriate and professional in case you use some other emailing system. This will also save you from feeling uncomfortable because you emailed your professor using address like [email  protected]. TIP: if your college (or other email) address contains your initials only, before you get to the point of your email, identify yourself. Also, if you’re a part of large class, to make sure professor knows who sends the email you can include the class name and division. For example, â€Å"this is John Smith from English literature class 8.30 – 9.20, Divison 0008†.