Employee Accounts

Requesting an Account

For faculty and staff, an 51²è¹Ý account is created automatically when an employee's job data is active in my.51²è¹Ý.  All account passwords are set online at .

During the initial account creation process, each employee is granted the following:

  • 51²è¹Ý password for logging on to the various resources
  • 51²è¹Ý Email address
  • Membership on either the faculty or staff bulk mailing lists
  • U drive network storage space
  • Personal Box storage
  • Employee self-service account in my.51²è¹Ý (ability to see paycheck and benefits)
  • Faculty self service accounts in my.51²è¹Ý (for faculty only-- to view class rosters and grades)

Additional access can be requested through the  after the account has been created:

  • Administrative access to my.51²è¹Ý, 51²è¹Ý Financials or 51²è¹Ý Budgets
  • Access to AdminImages
  • Network drive (V, T, Q, departmental Box space, etc)
  • Website editing permissions  

Sponsored Accounts

A full time benefit eligible employee may request a sponsored account for a vendor, contractor or guest via .  Once the account has been created, the sponsor will be notified via email and a PIN will be provided for the new account.  This PIN can then used by the sponsored account holder to activate the account at .  

Requesting Changes to an Account

Changes to an account including additional permissions or modifications to existing permissions must be requested by the supervisor via the .

Terminating Accounts

All employee accounts expire when the job data in my.51²è¹Ý is no longer active, or when a sponsorship expires.  For temporary employees, this is when the PAF expires.  For Full Time Benefit Eligible employees, this is when HR enters their termination date in my.51²è¹Ý. Supervisors can contact IT to verify that an employee account has been terminated. Retired faculty and staff are eligible to maintain their email accounts.