Communicating

E-mail

Messages from the university are sent only to your Dalhousie address, not to commercial accounts (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo). You can set up your Dalhousie account to forward messages to a commercial account. You can also check your Dalhousie e-mail over the Web, using My.Dal.

File Transfer

Don't use e-mail to send a large file (over 20 MB). Better options include your OneDrive account, the Brightspace site for your course, or a free commercial service such as Dropbox or WeTransfer.

Listserv

All Architecture students, staff, and faculty are subscribed to the ARCH-NEWS-EXTERNAL listserv to receive messages that the Architecture office forwards from external sources. It is organized into topics:

• Competitions
  
• Conferences
  
• Dalhousie
  
• Local events
  
• Newsletters
  
• Professional
  
• Other
  

To change a setting or to unsubscribe, follow these steps:

• go to listserv.dal.ca
  
• click on: Log In
  
• click on: Get a new LISTSERV password
  
• enter your e-mail address in its NetID@dal.ca format
  
• fill in your password (twice)
  
• click on: Register Password
  
• the listserv will send an automated message to you
  
• in the e-mail message, click on the link
  
• go to listserv.dal.ca and log in
  
• click on: Subscriber's Corner
  
• next to ARCH-NEWS-EXTERNAL, click on: Settings
  

a) Then, to change topics:

• scroll down to the Topics section and deselect any topics you don't want to receive
  
• scroll to the bottom of the page and click on: Update Options
  

b) To receive messages only once a day:

• for Subscription Type, change the setting from Regular to Index (HTML)
  
• scroll to the bottom of the page and click on: Update Options
  

c) To unsubscribe from the listserv:

• scroll to the bottom of the page and click on: Leave ARCH-NEWS-EXTERNAL
  

Bulletin Boards

Bulletin boards throughout the building are organized by subject: scholarships, lectures, exhibitions, items for sale, etc. The bulletin boards on the landing are reserved for academic notices. Items posted in the wrong place or on the walls will be removed.

Mail

Incoming mail addressed to Architecture students is placed in the student mailboxes inside the Resource Centre. If you need to send inter-campus mail (addressed to other Dalhousie departments or to other Halifax universities), it can be left in the outgoing mailbox in the Architecture office. All other outgoing mail should use the Canada Post mailbox outside the school.

Emergency Phones

Emergency phones are located on the second floor (across from the elevator) and in the basement (outside B102). They connect straight to Dalhousie Security.

Fax

The fax machine in the Architecture office is not available to students, unless it is being used for a co-op work term job search with the approval of the Architecture office. If the Architecture office receives a fax addressed to a student, it will be placed in the student mailbox. A fee will be charged if a lengthy fax is received.

Messages for Faculty and Staff

Most faculty members don't have formal office hours but are often available in their offices. Mailboxes for faculty and staff are located in the faculty office area. Their office phone numbers and e-mail addresses are listed on the pages for Architecture Faculty and Staff in Architecture and Planning.