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Will Webber
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KANSAN.COM/NEWS
MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2016
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Who can view your KU email, and when
RYAN WRIGHT
@ryanwaynewright
This past year, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has come under fire for using a private email server. She said she used the private server because government emails can be screened and viewed during government investigations, according to the New York Times.
Similarly, the University can also view emails under certain circumstances, which include situations involving health or safety, subpoenas and court orders, and violations of state and federal laws. According to the University's email policy, the decision to authorize access to employee or student email is ultimately up to the provost.
"Requests could come from anywhere, ultimately
it gets sent to the provost's office for approval and the provost or his or her designee are the ones authorized." David Day, director of information technology, said. "So ultimately it's the provost that has the responsibility for providing approval of access."
Erinn Barcomb-Peterson director for news and media relations, said the University only ever views emails in "extremely narrow" instances.
Julie Fugett, an information technology security officer, also said that the criteria for viewing emails is very strict.
"The circumstances under which we would investigate someone's email are pretty specific and pretty limited. We don't typically read or screen email," she said.
Fugett said the process to gain authorization to emails requires more than
allegations.
"If someone comes to me and says 'I am being harassed via email and I think it's this person at KU,' I as information security officer cannot just go to our exchange administrators and say 'I need you to pull Joe Smith's email account and show me all the messages because Jane Smith alleges harassment," Fugett said.
However, if someone
is bringing suit against the University, the University would require preservation requests from their attorney to prevent the viewing of their emails. Also, the only time law enforcement are authorized to view employee or staff email is through a subpoena, search warrant or a court order, Fugett said.
For more information about the University's email policy, visit policy.ku.edu.
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Alex Robinson/KANSAN Neeli Bendapudi gives a presentation on her candidacy for provost.
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retention rates within marginalized populations.
Another priority for Bendapudi will be furthering campus discussion on issues relating to diversity, equity and inclusion. She said the role of provost begins with "supporting the work that so many people have done so much for."
"Students come first in my book. That's the reason for being a university. The biggest thing that I see for our students: when student retention is low, it hurts the students a lot," she said. "Our chancellor really believes in it as well, so we've worked our priorities together and we've talked about it. She's [told] me, 'absolutely, go do this.'"
"Diversity is actually a core
value of mine. It's not even a priority, it comes down to values," she said. "Everybody, irrespective of the identities they hold, irrespective of who they are, what background they come from, they're a Jayhawk."
In addition to continuing discussions of diversity, as well as continuing the work completed by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee last semester, Bendapudi said she wants to work with members of the Multicultural Student Government, which was vetoed by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little in May.
"We need to look at bringing the key people to the table. We need to keep in mind what the objective is that we're working toward," she said. "Clearly, [a Multicultural Student Government is] not the viable option, is what we were told. That doesn't mean those objectives don't matter anymore. What I will be focusing on is, 'what is the problem we're trying to solve and are there other ways to get there?'
Sara Rosen, who has held the provost position on an interim basis since January, said in an email that Bendapudi "possesses a great deal of positive energy that will serve the campus well."
Rosen said her greatest accomplishment during her interim tenure was furthering diversity, equity and inclusion discussions.
"During the past semester, our campus experienced a great deal of turmoil around diversity and inclusion through protest and activism. I was able to hear the concerns from students, faculty, and staff and to mobilize the campus to develop significant plans to move the campus forward in diversity and inclusion," she said in the email. "We have much work to do to create a truly safe environment that is inclusive for all students, staff, and faculty
to live, learn, work, and grow. We are committed to doing so."
Rosen said she will return to her previous role as senior vice provost for academic affairs on a full-time basis once Bendapudi takes office.
Bendapudi said once she
takes office, she wants to ensure the continuation of the University's strengths, including the dedication of faculty and staff and comfort of students within their respective communities.
"Whenever you come into any new organization,
it's 'what are we doing now that we need to keep doing? What are things we're doing now that we should get rid of? What are things that we don't do that we need to make sure that we don't do?" she said. "I think that KU does so many things very, very well."
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