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Each department or division has a Human Resources (HR) liaison who will help you complete employment paperwork, register you for New Employee events and set up your workspace. The HR liaison can also help you set up voicemail and e-mail accounts, request keys (if applicable) and answer questions about the University and your department's operations.

This section, "Getting Started", will help you through your initial employment with information on "what to do and where to go" to quickly get you settled in your new position.

Here's to a Quick Start, including...

The DU Vision, Values, Mission and Goals
Checklist for new adjunct faculty

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The Vision, Values, Mission and Goals of the University of Denver

University Planning Advisory Council (UPAC)

The UPAC council's 25 members reflect the broader University community, including deans, faculty, administrators, staff, trustees and friends. Their challenge is to create coherence, connection and collaboration in all of the University's planning activities. This council drafted new statements of vision, mission, values and long-term goals for the University, which were approved by the Board of Trustees in June 2001.

The Vision

The University of Denver will be a great private university dedicated to the public good. Our students will enjoy an extraordinary education. Our search for knowledge will be daring. Our community will be diverse and dynamic.

The Values

As an educational and research community, we value curiosity, intellectual freedom, open communication, creativity, and rigor. We respect individual differences and embrace civil discourse. We promote ethical behavior, integrity, caring, and close individual attention. Our campus life is distinguished by inclusiveness, collaboration, involvement, responsiveness, and accountability.

The Mission

The mission of the University of Denver is to promote learning by engaging students, advancing scholarly inquiry, cultivating critical thought, and creating knowledge. We empower the lives and futures of students by fostering productive synergies between intellectual and personal development, research and teaching, disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, classroom and experience-based learning, and theoretical knowledge and professional practice. Our engagement with diverse local and global communities contributes to the common good.

The Goals

To create distinctive environments for effective teaching and learning
To reinforce a strong University-wide culture of research, scholarship, and creativity
To build an inclusive, cohesive, and dynamic campus community
To make significant contributions to the public good
To cultivate ethical understanding and behavior
To enhance the quality and enrich the composition of the student body
To increase substantially the presence of members of the under-represented domestic ethnic populations
To develop global perspectives and connections
To provide University programs and operations with appropriate and effective technologies
To elaborate and reinforce a model for Division I athletics within the University
To achieve financial, operational, human, and environmental resource sustainability

Checklist for new adjunct faculty

Your first day

The first few days of employment can be challenging and confusing. The following checklist will help you get settled quickly. Even if you have been with the University of Denver for a short period of time, it may be useful to review the list to ensure that the important "basics" have been accomplished.

Become familiar with your work area and its operations:

Settle into your workspace (desk, computer, phone, files, supplies)
Set up telephone, voicemail and e-mail
Locate your departmental mailbox
Locate the nearest fax and copy machines (if applicable)
Note the nearest exits (in case of emergency)
Determine appropriate dress code for your department and position

Complete required paperwork:

I-9 form
W-4 form
Access myWeb on webCentral to sign up for direct deposit

Obtain useful information to quickly integrate you into the DU environment:

Obtain a copy of the course syllabus and other materials your department or division have available for adjuncts

Other:

Obtain your Pioneer Identification Card
Apply for a parking permit (optional)

Your first week DU adjunct faculty member

Discuss academic and employment matters with your Department Chair or Program Director
Review payroll process
Review the Pioneer Handbook (summary of information for students)

During the first month DU adjunct faculty member

Discuss final grade policies, procedures and due dates with your Department Chair or Program Director
Take Undergraduate Admissions tour of the campus (303) 871-2036 (optional)