Password requirements beginning April 11th 2025:
- Minimum of 14 characters.
- contain characters from all FOUR of the following categories:
- lowercase letters
- uppercase letters
- numeric digits (0 through 9)
- other alphanumeric characters ( !,@,#,$ …)
- Changed once a year.
- Cannot be one of your last three passwords.
- Your password cannot contain:
- May not contain your user name or any part of your name
- asdf or password.
- Moraine, Valley, MVCC, or Cyclone.
- spring, summer, fall, autumn, winter.
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
With the new password length requirements, we recommend using a passphrase instead of a password. Use a sentence or combining words to make remembering your longer password easier. Below are examples of passphrases for your reference.
Example of a passphrase:
- Have-a-good-day3
- I-need-Coffee!25
- @Going2Bakery34
- I-need-a-Vaca67
Examples of stringing words: (person, place, animal, or things)
- The-brown-fox21!
- #The-purple-book54
- Grandmas@pple35
- #ChicagoHotDogs85
Password requirements before April 11th 2025:
- be at least 8 characters long
- contain characters from all FOUR of the following categories:
- lowercase letters
- uppercase letters
- numeric digits (0 through 9)
- other alphanumeric characters ( !,@,#,$ …)
- may not contain your username or any part of your name
- Changed every 90 days.
- Cannot be one of your last five passwords.
- Your password cannot contain:
- asdf or password.
- spring, summer, fall, autumn, winter.
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.