Getting Started

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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 non-appointed employees

We are so glad that you are a part of the University of Denver....

THEVISION, VALUES, MISSION, AND GOALS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

University Planning Advisory Council (UPAC)

The UPAC'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 NON-APPOINTED EMPLOYEES

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 (.pdf)
• 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 your job description

Other:

• Obtain a Pioneer ID Card
• Apply for a parking permit (optional)

Your first week (non-appointed employees)

• Meet with your manager to set up assignment schedule and
"orientation plan"
• Review payroll process
• Review the Employee Handbook (Not all policies and procedures summarized in the handbook apply to non-appointed employees. Contact Human Resources if you have questions on how they apply to you.)

During the first month (non-appointed employees)

• Discuss performance expectations with your manager
• Meet with your manager to set performance goals
• Take Undergraduate Admissions tour of the campus (303) 871-2036 (optional)