How to update your MHC Account recovery email address

Summary

Make sure that MHC has your most up-to-date personal email address to support the password reset process.

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Overview

Your recovery email address is the one that will be used when you attempt a password reset using the forgot password form. Make sure that you keep this address up to date so that you can reset your MHC Account password at your convenience.

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How do I know what my recovery email address is?

  • New students prior to setting one yourself: The email address you provided to the Admissions office for your application
  • Current students: The personal email address you've maintained on the MyProfile page in my.mtholyoke
  • Current faculty and staff: The home contact email address you've maintained in Workday
  • Five College students: Your home institution email address
  • Dual enrollment high school students: The email address you provided to MHC as part of your enrollment
  • Alums:  The personal email address you provided the Alum Association or Advancement  

 

Students: Update your recovery email address in my.mtholyoke

  1. Log into my.mtholyoke with your MHC username and password
  2. Navigate to the myProfile section in the Self Service menu
  3. Scroll down to the Email Addresses section, where you should find your MHC email address as your “primary” email and your recovery email address listed as “other”
  4. Select the pencil icon to edit your recovery email address
  5. In the dialog box that appears, provide an updated email address
  6. Choose update email
 

Faculty and staff: Update your recovery email address in Workday

  1. Log into Workday
  2. Search "Change My Home Contact Information" in the main search bar
  3. Scroll down to the Email section
    • Though you can also update other contact information on this page as well
  4. To remove an existing email address
    1. Select the icon
    2. To undo this action, select the back arrow 
  5. To edit an existing email address
    1. Select the pencil icon 
    2. Make your changes
    3. Select the checkbox to confirm the changes or the back arrow to undo them
  6. To add a new email address
    1. Select Add
    2. Check the "Primary" box if the new email address should be considered your primary home email address
    3. Enter the new email address in the email address field
    4. Choose the visibility of the address
      1. Select Private if the email address should only be visible to eligible staff in HR and LITS
      2. Select Public if you want anyone who is able to view your Workday profile to be able to view it
    5. If you want to leave a note for yourself about this email address, select the down arrow next to Details and write a note in the "Notes" box
    6. Select the checkbox to confirm the new email or the back arrow to go back and not add it
  7. To finalize the changes that you've made, select Submit at the bottom of the page

 

Alums: Update your recovery email and phone number

Alums who have claimed their MHC Accounts for DASH can do account recovery using a phone number, email address, or Duo verification. 

Update your recovery email address and phone number for account recovery

  1. Go to account.mtholyoke.edu.
  2. Log in with your username and password and complete Duo verification if prompted.
  3. Go to My Profile.
  4. Enter a new recovery email and/or phone number 
  5. Choose Submit
  6. Locate the PIN sent to each new recovery method you provided
  7. Enter the PIN(s) and choose Verify 
  8. That email address and/or phone number are now your recovery methods. 

The email address set up as your "personal email" in your DASH profile can also be used for account recovery.

 

Update your phone number for Duo

In order to do this, you'll need to have be able to receive texts at your previous phone number still. 

  1. Go to account.mtholyoke.edu.
  2. Log in with your username and password and complete Duo verification if prompted.
  3. Go to My Security.
  4. Choose Add a device.
  5. Fill in the following details:
    • Device Type: Leave as Mobile Phone
    • Device Name: You can give your phone a nickname (e.g. My new iPhone)
    • Platform Type: Set that to match your phone's operating system, or select Generic
    • Phone Number: Enter your new phone number
  6. Check the box to confirm that the phone number is accurate.
  7. Choose Submit.
  8. Choose Skip Activation. This part is very important.
    • Device activation is only relevant for users who can use the Duo Mobile app, but alums can only complete Duo with codes sent via SMS text message, not the Duo Mobile app. Skipping activation means you skip all of the steps with the Duo Mobile app. Your new phone number will still be added to Duo so you can use it for logging in in the future. 
  9. Your new phone number is now set up for Duo verification!

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Article ID: 437
Created
Fri 8/4/23 3:58 PM
Modified
Fri 4/3/26 9:33 AM

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