Leaving EKU?

There are a number of tasks you will need to complete before leaving the University, such as uninstalling software, moving cloud-stored files and more whether you're graduating, transferring, or just leaving EKU temporarily.  You should make these changes on your last day at EKU.  We have no control over when Microsoft, Google, etc. stops services so it is better to be prepared than sorry you lost files\emails.

Graduates: As of right now, you get to keep your EKU email account forever.  But access to all other EKU resources stops when you graduate.

Before Leaving EKU Student Checklist

-Email -Office 365 and services including OneDrive.  Move emails you want to keep to a personal account.  Move any OneDrive files you want to keep to another cloud service or back up on your personal devices.

-Google Suite and services including Google Drive, apps. Move any Google files you want to keep to another cloud service or back up on your personal devices.

-Online library journals and databases

-Network Drives

-myEKU

-Blackboard. Courses in Blackboard will expire two years after the semester in which they are completed; however, it is an instructor's choice as to whether course content expires sooner.  If there is specific content or assignments you wish to save from a course in Blackboard, we recommend you save it apart from the Blackboard system.

How-Tos

-Import email and contacts from myMail to personal Gmail account: Link 1  |  Link 2  |  myMail POP, IMAM, SMTP Settings

• Copy any files you are entitled to keep, including:
  • Instructions for backing up email, contact, and calendar
  • Instructions for backing up your OneDrive Data  
  • Instructions for backing up your Google Drive Data (link to a page with instructions for getting your data to your computer)

• Remove software that belongs to EKU
  • Office 365 (purchase your own copy)
  • Adobe CC

• Obtain a Transcript. Potential employers or graduate school admissions may request a copy of your transcript.  Order a copy early, and dazzle them with your preparedness. 

If you have any questions regarding your student status with the university, please contact the Registrar's office, Graduate School Office, or another office that identified you as a student.