Many alumni value continued access to their berkeley.edu email address as a way to identify themselves as Berkeley graduates. Communicating between alumni and using it for job searches are two common ways alumni use their accounts.
Things to avoid:
Sending unsolicited email (SPAM) - even in relatively small numbers, sending SPAM can get your account blocked by Google. If your account is blocked, your account will be reviewed for abuse and can be subject to restrictions or revocation.
Using as a login to other services - Signing up...
Please review Leaving UC Berkeley to take the necessary steps to ensure you have retained any personal information you require and that you have properly transferred any data to others as appropriate. If you take no action, your account will be disabled and eventually deleted.
Yes. If you already have CalNet 2-Step verification using DUO, you will be required to continue using it. Alumni who don’t yet have CalNet 2-Step will be contacted in late summer 2024 or early Fall 2024 with instructions on how to set up CalNet 2-Step.
Eligible Alumni include: Alumni who have a pre-existing active @berkeley.edu Google account and an active CalNetID and passphrase; and/or
Recent graduates (whose grace period ended after September 2023) who are alumni or former attendees of full-time UC Berkeley undergraduate or graduate degree programs with more than 12 completed course hours.
On Mar 6, 2024, alumni who have an active @berkeley.edu Google account were sent the following notification about the changes coming to email services they receive as a Berkeley alum including the steps they will need to take to retain uninterrupted access to their @berkeley.edu Google account.
The Alumni Email Service provides eligible alumni and attendees with a berkeley.edu email address. Email addresses are currently provided to eligible alumni and attendees using the same Google Workspace for Education account that they used as students.
Please refer to the Alumni Email Changes page for the latest information on recent changes to the Alumnie Email Service.