TULANE FAMILY NEWSLETTERS
E-newsletters for families of the newly admitted and committed class of 2030 will began in mid-May 2026. All parents of the Class of 2030 Tulane students will be automatically added to our mailing list using the addresses students supplied in their original admission applications.
If, after May 18, 2026, you haven't received the emailed Tulane Family Newsletter, check your spam filter and adjust your settings to receive messages from families@tulane.edu. If you did not receive the e-newsletter, email families@tulane.edu with your first name, last name & preferred email address, and confirm your student is an entering first-year or transfer student beginning in August 2026 by including their first and last name and Tulane email address.
To ensure you receive communications from other university departments, your correct email address must be on file in your student’s official record. Students have a self-serve option to change, confirm, or add parent email addresses to their account, following these steps:
- Log in to the Gibson Online portal,
- use the “Student” tab,
- navigate to the “Records” link in the left side column,
- use the “Update Address, Phone and Email” link,
- then open the “My Addresses” link and make the corrections to the parent contact information.
Our Tulane Family Newsletter emails began with a special summer series for parents of incoming first-year students with short articles introducing campus resources, reminders of upcoming deadlines, and planning advice.
In the summer, the newsletters are paused for families of continuing sophomore, junior, and senior students and are only sent to families of incoming new students to assist them in the critical high school to college transition and preparation period.
Parents of all class years will receive e-newsletters monthly during the academic year, September through May.
Newsletter Archive
September 2026 - Families of All Class Years
August 2026 - Families Class of 2030
Other Tulane Communications
Tulane University has a variety of other mailing lists that distribute information of interest to parents and family members. Please subscribe to any that interest you. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Tulane Today
Tulane Today is a newsletter sent five days a week, covering a wide range of topics including research news, stories about students or faculty, and information about campus events. You can subscribe here at any time. Please note that parents are not automatically dropped from this list when their students graduate.
TUday & Tomorrow - A Note from President Michael A. Fitts
Each week President Fitts sends an email to the Tulane community covering important university priorities, news and events as well as some personal anecdotes and reflections. You can read past issues and find the subscribe link on the president's website. Please note that parents are not automatically dropped from this list when their students graduate.
Emergency and other critical notifications
Every semester we create a list of parents of currently enrolled students and use it to send important messages to Tulane parents. This may include information about emergencies such as bad weather and related school closings, annual notices for all parents or special messages from the president to the Tulane community. Please note that this list is NOT used for campus crime notices; see the TUPD Crime Alerts list below.
The list is populated with contact information students provided in their Gibson Online portal. If you wish to sign up mid-semester, you can use this form, but you should also have your student add your email address in Gibson.