What happens to my campus email account when I leave?

So it's the beginning of June, which means one of two things: you are dreaming of a long lazy summer, or you are running around in business attire, looking for a job and trying to scrounge up extra graduation tickets. But it's also the year 2000, which means that many of you are computer users who regularly use email, which brings us to the most frequently asked question students have this time of year: what happens to my campus email account when I leave?