Activate UMaine Accounts
Once we register students for a course, we will send them the following email with activation instructions:
Email Sender: ums.ec.activate@maine.edu
Subject Line: Time Sensitive – Activate Your UMS Account
Email Text:
“Welcome to the University of Maine System(UMS) Early College Program!
Below you will find the information needed to activate your UMS account, which will allow you access to the following:
→ MaineStreet (External Site): Your Student Records (View and Request transcripts, View and Pay Your Bill, View UMS Admissions status)
→ UMS Gmail (External Site): Your official means of communication with UMS staff and faculty/instructors.
→ UMS Campus Portal (External Site): Your single sign-on access to all UMS resources.
→ Brightspace (External Site): Your Online Classroom (For Courses Offered by UMS Faculty/Instructors)
Activating your UMS account is important even if your class is offered at your high school. Your course may involve accessing the platforms listed below in order to connect with the UMS resources available to you as an Early College student.
To activate your UMS account go to the UMS User Account Management page (External Site) and click on Activate Your Account, then follow the on-screen prompts to complete the process.
You will need the following:
1. Your Identification Number is: XXXXXXX
2. Your Activation Key: XXXXXXX
(this is comprised of only lower case letters and/or digits)
Please wait at least 15-30 minutes before attempting to log-in.
If you need further assistance with account activation, contact the IT Help Desk by phone (required) at 1-800-696-4357. For Help Desk hours and other resources please click here (External Site).
Forward your UMaine email
Checking your UMaine email is so important that we want you to know how to access it. All UMaine emails will be sent to your @maine.edu account. You can find your @maine.edu emails in your portal, but if you choose, you can forward it to a personal email. This can minimize the number of email accounts you need to check.- Go to mail.maine.edu
- Click on “Change the destination of email sent to your @maine.edu address”
- Select the button next to “Forward to the following address(es)”
- Enter the email address to which you want mail forwarded from @maine.edu
- Click the “Change Forwarding” button.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
In compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 as Amended, Maine’s Public Universities will not release student grades, schedules, financial information or other student education records to parents, or others, unless prior written permission is signed by the student. Students may give their parents or other 3rd parties access to their information by completing the FERPA authorization in their ExplorEC portal account. and submitting it to us. Regardless of age, students enrolled in college courses are covered by Federal FERPA law. Students will need to assign a 4 digit personal identification number (PIN) to each person and share that number with them. When your parent or guardian calls the Early College Administrator, they will need to provide their PIN for verification purposes. This authorization will remain in effect until it is revoked by the student in writing.