This article explains how, through the Trusted Agent Program (TAG), departments can extend limited services for faculty, academic appointees, or staff after they have left the University or bridge service eligibility for short periods of time for faculty and other academic appointees whose appointments are recurring.
Extend is designed to provide wireless and mail forwarding access to people whose formal affiliation with the University has ended but who need some services in order to wrap up associations with the University. An example would be an instructor who has left the University at the end of the Autumn Quarter, but whose grades for the Autumn Quarter are not due until sometime in March. Note: many free email services, such as Gmail and Yahoo, have spam mitigation processes in place that greatly reduce the ability to receive mail that is forwarded from another service. This means that forwarding email from UChicago to one of these providers will not have the same efficacy as in the past and may not be a viable solution.
Bridging provides full account privileges for faculty and other academic appointees who have recurring appointments with up to three quarters between the end of one and beginning of the next and who require uninterrupted services. The gap between appointments is bridged using this program. Accounts can be bridged for up to nine months between active appointments.
Faculty, other academic appointees, and staff of the University may be provisioned with Extend services before the account closure process completes (Day 45). Bridging services are available for faculty and other academic appointees after their upcoming appointment has been designated and before the account closure process completes (Day 45).
Both Bridging and Extend are provisioned through the Trusted Agent Program (TAG). To request Bridging or Extend services, please contact your Trusted Agent.