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How to submit a mass email request for Employees:

1. Go to 
2. Log in using your messiah credentials
3. Use the form and editor to design your mass email
4. Click submit at the top of the page

How to submit a mass email request for Students:

1. Go to 
2. Log in using your messiah credentials
3. Use the form and editor to design your mass email.  Be sure to select your advisor or organization advisor.
4. Click submit at the top of the page
5. Once your advisor approves it, we will receive it for distribution

Criteria for Sending a Mass Email

Messiah University offers mass email services to recognized student clubs, or student organizations, and employees through Messiah Press, a department of Operations. In order to ensure accuracy, appropriateness, minimize redundancy, meet production deadlines and maximize communication effectiveness please follow these guidelines:

1. At least 2 full business days of advance notice prior to the distribution of any news item is required.
2. All news items must be submitted via  or the link in Falconlink  All articles are subject to edit for grammar, spelling, consistency and editorial policy. News items will be edited in the Associated Press style.
3. News items submitted/dictated over the telephone will not be accepted.
4. News items submitted via hard copy will not be accepted.
5. News items intended for mass email should not exceed one page in length. Some of the documents (depending on length) will be converted into Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format prior distribution. The formats we can use for embedding images in a mass email are jpeg, .png and .gif.. Any other file formats will be sent as an attachment only.
6. The following information must be included with the news item:
   • Initiator's Name:
     Initiator's Extension:
     Mass Email Requested Distribution Group:
     Requested Mass Email Distribution Date:
   • News Item:
7. Mass emails are intended for Messiah University news items that arise in the normal course of college business and activities. Personal announcements including the following will not be accepted:
   • prayer requests
   • personal solicitations for monetary contributions
   • personal items for sale
   • announcements from outside organizations (i.e., a program or announcement from an individual's church or civic organization)
   • individual requests for volunteer opportunities
8. Mass email news items will be sent only one time. The Intercom should be used for items that need to be communicated more than once.
9. Mass email news items must be initiated by a current Messiah University employee or current student belonging to a Messiah University club or organization.
10. Exceptions: Exceptions to this policy will be made for unexpected circumstances with the approval of a member of the senior administration.
11. Student surveys require approval from the Office of Institutional Research and the Office of the Provost. It is the responsibility of the student's advisor to obtain these approvals and forward the approvals to massemail@messiah.edu.