Here is a checklist for New Faculty with links to resources to help you get acclimated to campus your first year:

Getting Started

• Attend New Faculty Orientation - Takes place the week before classes start in August
• Attend Early Career Faculty Forums
• Get ID card at Centennial 107
• Get email account set up at the IT Help Desk
• Understand your Single Sign-On username and password
• Register your laptop, tablet, and phone with the IT Help Desk
• Work with your department admin to:
  • Find the S: drive (personal file storage) and Y: drive (departmental file storage)
  • Get keys to your office
  • Determine parking needs
• Meet with your library liaison and familiarize yourself with library resources
• Complete your work authorizations

Teaching Information

• Order books for class via checking with your department admin & then working with the S&T store
• Complete FERPA Training to gain access to Joe'SS and Canvas via the Registrar
  • Complete Joe'SS training
• Learn the classroom locations for your classes
• Complete classroom walk-through
• Familiarize yourself with all teaching technologies used on campus
• Request specialized software for courses via cafe@mst.edu 

Additional Resources

• Review the Governing Policy
• Sign up for the eConnection
• Sign up for emergency alerts
• Office of Academic Support
• Advising Center
• Office of Sponsored Programs (research support)

Additional Resources for Student Success

• Student Success Center
• Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD) Sessions
• Writing Center
• Counseling Services
• Testing Center

Every August, a two-day orientation for faculty new to the institution is held. Topics covered include acclimating to campus, teaching resources, leadership and campus organization, meeting with the deans, library resources, introduction to sponsored research, and the tenure process and expectations. The schedule of events for Fall 2021 is listed below. Unless otherwise noted below, all sessions take place in Curtis Laws Wilson Library Room 202. 

DAY ONE EVENTS (August 18, 2021)

• 7:30 a.m. -- Contintental Breakfast (meet and greet) [Library Room 103]
• 8:00 a.m. -- Pre-Orientation Workshop: Getting Started with Canvas [Library Room 103]
• 9:00 a.m. -- Help from Information Technology [Library Room 103]
• 9:30 a.m. -- Welcome & Support from the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence
• 10:00 a.m. -- Welcome from the Deans 
• 10:30 a.m. -- Coffee Break / Introduction to Video Services from CAFE
• 10:45 a.m. -- We Have Been Where You Are: Q&A With Early Career Faculty 
• 11:30 a.m. -- Lunch and Welcome from the Provost's Office: Leadership & Campus Organization 
• 12:30 p.m. -- Classroom Engagement: Faculty and Students Share Perspectives
• 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Campus Portraits - schedule in advance at https://marketing.mst.edu/photos/portraits/ [Campus Support Facility Room 105]

DAY TWO EVENTS (August 19, 2021)

• 7:30 a.m. -- Continental Breakfast (meet and greet)
• 8:00 a.m. -- Pre-Orientation Workshop: Setting the Tone with an Effective Syllabus 
• 9:15 a.m. -- Resources for Research and Teaching with Library Staff 
• 10:15 a.m. -- Introduction to Advancing Your Research Agenda
• 11:00 a.m. -- Coffee Break / Rolla Community Resources Video
• 11:15 a.m. -- Charting Your Path to Success with associate deans and Miner Master Mentors 
• 12:15 p.m. -- Grab and Go Lunch

Twice a month during the academic year, all early career faculty are invited to a series of forums that meet for one hour at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and cover topics related to teaching, research and service specifically for this cohort. Scroll down for archived resources from previous events.

NOTE: Registration is limited to UM-System faculty, staff, and students only.

SPRING 2022

FALL 2021