Be sure and check this often. The business office, admissions, financial aid, student life, the library - all use this as the PRIMARY means of communication to the student body.
If you already have an email account here are the directions to forward all your Gmail to your current account: 1) Login to your gmail account 2) Click on "settings" at the top right corner; 3) Click on the "forwarding and POP" tab ; 4) Click on "Forward a copy of incoming mail to" and fill in the blank with your current email address and scroll down to "keep a copy of SCU's copy in the inbox"; 5) Under No. 2 under POP download scroll to the same thing, "keep a copy of SCU's copy in the inbox"; 6) CLick on "Save Changes" - Now you won't have to check your gmail account. All the mail sent fromt he school to your gmail will come directly to your current email. Remember though, other features are part of the GMail account, including the school calendars....