This is a reminder to all recent Spring 2025 Graduates about an important change that your MCAD Technology Accounts will experience in the next few days. Please read the following information carefully so you can be prepared for this transition.
Starting around the 21-day post-graduation mark (around Tuesday, June 3rd for Spring 2025 grads) your MCAD account will move from Recent Graduate status to Alumni status, and a number of services will be disabled or be altered on this date (see this article for more information). One service that you will retain for one year post-graduation is your MCAD Gmail account, however, there will be changes to how you will access this service.
In short, when you are officially an MCAD Alum you will stop using OneLogin for multi-factor authentication and will be required to configure 2-step verification through Google to keep using your MCAD-provided Gmail account. Once this switch has been made to your account you will have until the end of June to complete the enrollment process in this service to keep using your MCAD Gmail account.
Please note that you will need to wait for the automated process to apply the Alumni status to your user account before you can complete the setup steps in that article. Until this update had been made to your specific account there is nothing to do but prepare for these changes and wait. The exact timing of this change is subject to a little fluctuation, but once your account has been updated, you should be prompted to configure this service automatically on your next attempt to log into Gmail. Additionally, be aware that there may be a short service interruption to your Gmail accesswhile your account is updated.
If you have any questions about this transition, if you encounter any problems, or if you miss the open enrollment period, please reach out to helpdesk@mcad.edu for assistance.
Thank you for reading, and congratulations on your achievement!
-MCAD Technology
Note: You have received this message as you are on our list of new graduates who will be transitioning to Alumni status in the near future. If there was an error in sending you this message and you will not be graduating, please ignore this message as the contents here will not impact you.
Posted:
Monday, June 2