1. 1 Welcome to WSU! New Employee Orientation 2010 William L. Vanderburgh Executive Director, Office for Faculty Development and Student Success Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy

2. 2 N ew E mployee O rientation NEOphytes? NEOscholastics?

3. 3 N ew E mployee O rientation NEOphytes? NEOscholastics? Better: NEOTERIC adj: recent in origin, modern

4. 4 NEO...

5. 5 The ONEs … who are crucial to the continued success and growth of Wichita State University!

6. 6 NEO

7. 7 WuShock

8. 8 The Matrix, WSU Style

9. 9 The Overview of Today

10. 10 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.

11. 11 You are the NEW SHOCKS (And you are better looking than WU.) GO SHOX! This is an exciting time to be at WSU. Enjoy!

12. 12 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

13. 13 Your personalized 1Gb flash drive contains the orientation “binder”. All the PowerPoint slides you see today will be available at www.wichita.edu/ofdsswww.wichita.edu/ofdss …we will email you the link!

14. 14 Who is here? – Faculty – Unclassified Professionals (UCPs) with teaching duties without teaching duties

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16. 16 A few questions

17. 17 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.

18. 18 Thanks, Patrice!

19. 19 Photos of new faculty Thanks for your cooperation with the photography!