Salem Account Passwords

Salem account passwords expire in less than a year. Please observe the warning emails about your impending password expiration to avoid losing access to your account.

If your password is expired and you haven't previously used any of the self service password reset options (below), please email help@salem.edu and Technology Services will help to restore your access.

Password Self Service Options

  1. Change Password - using this before expiration will mean you don’t need to use #2.
  2. Reset Password - if your password is expired and you've already used option 1. "Change Password" before.

Password Complexity

Your password must:

  • be at least 9 characters long
  • not have been used before
  • not contain your username, example: suzi.salem’s password cannot include Suzi, suZI, SALEM, salem, etc..
  • include:
    • UPPER CASE CHARACTER(s)
    • lower case character(s)
    • number(s)
    • symbol(s), some examples: $#%!@*_^