Microsoft Office 365 Student Email
The MEC email account features include: 25 GB of storage space; Anti-Spam/Virus Protection; Multi-factor Authentication (MFA); 24/7 Reliability; Mobile Access; Shared Calendars and Address Book; Collaboration Tools (Skydrive, Microsoft Professional Plus).
How do I log in?
Once a student enrolls for classes, a notification email will be sent to the student’s personal email address with information about their new MEC email address. This notification will be sent approximately seven (7) days after enrolling in classes. Once a campus email account has been created, no further emails will be sent to a students’ personal email address.
To access your MEC email account, click on the Microsoft button below:
Enter your first-time login details following the conventions below:
Username: firstname.lastname@student.mec.cuny.edu
Password: Mec@YYMM
(YY= last two digits of your birth year)
(MM = two digits for your birth month)
ACTION REQUIRED: Enable Office365 multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Through a CUNY-wide partnership with Microsoft, we offer Medgar Evers College students a state-of-the-art email and communications suite that is activated when students claim their MEC email addresses. As email is the official means of communication regarding Academic and Administrative matters, it is required that all MEC students claim their MEC email account. Your MEC email account will remain active as long as you are a student registered at the College. Email accounts will be temporarily disabled for unregistered students but will be reactivated upon re-enrollment. After graduation, students have the option to keep their email account. (Please contact the Helpdesk for further details.) Starting September 27, 2021, Information Technology will enable multi-factor authentication (MFA), a security enhancement that requires two forms of verification when using your Office365 Login, and will add critical protection for your sign-on credentials. In response to a dramatic rise in the sophistication of phishing and malware attacks targeting the Medgar Evers College community, this additional step will ensure information security is protected. 
For information on how to enroll: How do I Enroll in MFA? The following training and documentation resources are available on YouTube and the Microsoft website:
- Set up multi-factor authentication with a mobile device (YouTube)
- Setting up your verification methods
- Managing your verification settings
- Managing your connected devices
- Setting up Microsoft Authenticator Mobile App
- Signing in to your Microsoft Account
For technical assistance in setting up your email account, please contact the Helpdesk: helpit@mec.cuny.edu or 718-270-6262.
M365 FACULTY AND STAFF EMAIL MIGRATION
We are happy to announce that Medgar Evers College is transitioning from our current email system to Microsoft 365, a cloud-based email system that will significantly increase our ability to securely share and integrate files with Office 365 apps from a variety of devices.
Medgar Evers College faculty and staff email is tentatively scheduled to transition to Microsoft Cloud on Friday, April 21, 2023.
Once the migration is complete, to access your email, please go to: https://outlook.office.com/login.cuny.edu
Review the M365 Migration Web page for documentation, training resources, and FAQ.
Microsoft Office 365 Faculty & Staff Email
Microsoft (R) Outlook (TM) Web Access is a Microsoft Exchange Active Server Application that gives you private access to your Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange personal e-mail account so that you can view your inbox from any Web Browser. It also allows you to view Exchange Server public folders and the Address Book from the World Wide Web. If you need assistance with your email account, please contact the IT Help Desk at www.helpdesk.mec.cuny.edu
ACTION REQUIRED: Enable Office365 multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Through a CUNY-wide partnership with Microsoft, we offer Medgar Evers College students a state-of-the-art email and communications suite that is activated when students claim their MEC email addresses. As email is the official means of communication regarding Academic and Administrative matters, it is required that all MEC students claim their MEC email account. Your MEC email account will remain active as long as you are a student registered at the College. Email accounts will be temporarily disabled for unregistered students but will be reactivated upon re-enrollment. After graduation, students have the option to keep their email account. (Please contact the Helpdesk for further details.) Starting September 27, 2021, Information Technology will enable multi-factor authentication (MFA), a security enhancement that requires two forms of verification when using your Office365 Login, and will add critical protection for your sign-on credentials. In response to a dramatic rise in the sophistication of phishing and malware attacks targeting the Medgar Evers College community, this additional step will ensure information security is protected. For information on how to enroll: How do I Enroll in MFA? The following training and documentation resources are available on YouTube and the Microsoft website:
- Set up multi-factor authentication with a mobile device (YouTube)
- Setting up your verification methods
- Managing your verification settings
- Managing your connected devices
- Setting up Microsoft Authenticator Mobile App
- Signing in to your Microsoft Account
For technical assistance in setting up your email account, please contact the Helpdesk: helpit@mec.cuny.edu or 718-270-6262.
