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Welcome to WSU!

New Employee Orientation 2010

William L. Vanderburgh

Executive Director, Office for Faculty Development and Student Success

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy

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New Employee Orientation

NEOphytes?

NEOscholastics?

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New Employee Orientation

NEOphytes?

NEOscholastics?

Better: NEOTERIC

adj: recent in origin, modern

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NEO . . .

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The ONEs

… who are crucial to the

continued success and growth of Wichita

State University!

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NEO

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WuShock

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The Matrix, WSU Style

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The Overview of Today

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Our goal with this orientation is to give you the information and resources you need to get off to a running start.

Please feel free to ask questions.

It is important that you get to know each other.

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You are the NEW SHOCKS

(And you are better looking than WU.)

GO SHOX!

This is an exciting time to be at WSU. Enjoy!

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The Practical Details

• NEO is organized by the Office for Faculty

Development and Student Success.

• OFDSS

– faculty development programing

– campus-wide graduation and retention initiatives

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• Your personalized 1Gb flash drive contains the orientation “binder”.

• All the PowerPoint slides you see today will be available at www.wichita.edu/ofdss

…we will email you the link!

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Who is here?

– Faculty

– Unclassified Professionals (UCPs) • with teaching duties• without teaching duties

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A few questions

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The Agenda

• Morning session contains info relevant to all.

• Afternoon session is aimed at new faculty.– UCPs who teach may find some of the info

relevant and are welcome to stay. Otherwise, UCPs are dismissed after lunch.

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Thanks, Patrice!

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Photos of new faculty

• Thanks for your cooperation with the photography!