IUPUI fixes email glitch, sends apology

Students across IU were mistakenly informed yesterday they were enrolling in spring 2014 IU-Purdue University Indianapolis 2014 classes due to an error that occurred during a system upgrade.

IU spokesperson Rich Schneider said University Information Technology was performing a system upgrade that inadvertently allowed the computer to send messages to students across the University’s campus, welcoming them to IUPUI classes for the spring 2014 semester.

The computer was responding to the fact that certain student emails — those on the IU-Bloomington campus — had not yet received the information. It was attempting to fix this error.

“A second message was subsequently sent to students,” Schneider said.

This follow-up message explained the error that occurred and apologized for any inconvenience that was brought on by receiving the previous message.

Schneider said the emails went unnoticed because they are sent and regulated though an automated system.

He said the error has since been fixed and that there should be no further complications.

Amanda Marino