Weather Update

Due to the storm, Barnard College closed at 4pm Friday, for non-essential personnel. “Essential personnel" include staff in Facilities, Public Safety and Residence Halls.  

Friday evening and weekend classes are cancelled but events are going forward as planned unless otherwise noted. The Athena Film Festival programs are also scheduled to go forward as planned but please check http://athenafilmfestival.com/ for the latest information. 

The Barnard Library and Archives closed at 4pm Friday and will remain closed on Saturday, Feb. 9.  The Library will resume regular hours on Sunday opening at 10am.  

Please be advised that due to the conditions, certain entrances to campus may be closed.  The main gate at 117th Street & Broadway will remain open.  For further updates on college operations, please check this website, call the College Emergency Information Line 212-854-1002 or check AM radio station 1010WINS. 

3:12 PM 02/08/2013

Blackberry Configuration for gBear

Configuring Email

To set up your Blackberry to handle your gBear email, please follow these steps:

  1. Go to the mail app, and select the option to create a new account.
  2. Enter your full Barnard email address (username@barnard.edu).
  3. Enter your Barnard account password.
  4. The Blackberry should automatically find Google's mail servers.  If for some reason it does not, you can select "I will provide the settings for this email account"; enter your email address and password where requested, and then for email server, enter imap.gmail.com.
  5. Your email should now be configured!

Configuring Calendar & Contacts

To set up your Blackberry to view your gBear calendar and synchronize your gBear contacts, please follow Google's instructions for the Google Mobile Sync app. 

Note: Blackberry mobile phones have an issue in which the devices will sometimes stop syncing data with Google Apps accounts when the device either loses connection or goes into standby. To reinitialize the connection, go to the Google Sync app, which may have an angry exclamation point superimposed; you will need to re-enter your password, and then it should start syncing again.