Password Policy

Once each semester all users (faculty, staff and students) will be notified that their password will expire. When you receive this notice, you will have 10 days to change your password or you will be locked out of your account; this means no access to email, the myCampus portal, Sakai, or your userspace.

The password length needs to be a minimum of 6 characters and must contain 3 of the 4 following elements:

  • Have at least one alpha character,
  • Have a least 1 numeric character,
  • contain upper and lower case characters and/or
  • contain at least one special character such as (# @ %.) 

Password history will be activated and set at "4." This means that you cannot repeat the same password until the fifth change.

Changing Your Password

PC Users

  • 1. Log on to your PC using your network username and password.
  • 2. Hit Alt/Ctrl/Del
  • 3. Click on the change password box
  • 4. Enter your network password in the “Old password” box
  • 5. Enter your new password twice, following the guidelines stated above, once in the “new password” box and once in “confirm new password” box.
  • 6. Click OK

Mac Users

  • 1. Log on to your Mac using your network username and password
  • 2. Go to the Dock and open System Preferences.
  • Figure 1
  • 3. Go to the last row and click to open Accounts.
  • Figure 2
  • 4. Click on your network account from the left pane to select it, then move over to the right side and click Change Password button.
  • Figure 3
  • 5. Enter your old password and a new one in the appropriate boxes, and click Change Password button again to finalize it.
  • Figure 4

Using Outlook WebAccess

Another option for PC or Mac users is to Login to Outlook WebAccess: www.pitzer.edu/email

  • 1. Select the Options button in the lower left corner
  • 2. Scroll down until you find Change Password
  • Figure 6
  • 3. The following screen appears. Complete and click OK.
  • Figure 6