New Faculty Orientation

Dear New Faculty,

Welcome to WWU! We look forward to spending time together at our New Faculty Orientation. New Faculty Orientation is designed to introduce you to campus culture, leading academic administrators, and to acquaint you with the resources available to support you.

New faculty members at WWU are asked to attend several required orientations in their transition to teaching at WWU.

1. Complete the onboarding process with Human Resources (HR) before or within the first three days of your appointment start date. Please contact HR at (509) 527-2820 with any questions. 

2. New Hire Orientations are provided for all new faculty and staff educators. HR will invite you to the next available orientation session.

3. New Faculty Orientation will be held Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. in ADM 310. Please contact Academic Administration (509) 527-2431 if you have questions about this orientation.

4. Meetings in the department with relevant staff to get oriented to department and school-specific processes. Please contact your department chair with questions about departmental meetings.

5. Best Practices Series consist of monthly meetings scheduled around your teaching schedule. Contact Academic Administration (509) 527-2431 with questions about Best Practices Series.