New Employee Welcome

New employee orientation is required of all new, benefit-eligible employees and must be completed within 30 days of your start date. The full-day, in-person New Employee Welcome (NEW) takes place every payday Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; location is provided with registration information.

Content covers NAU history, mission, vision, values, benefits and retirement, payroll, and information from a variety of other departments regarding employee assistance, safety, parking, information technology and security, Campus Recreation, Campus Health and more.

Register for New Employee Welcome.

Employees outside of Flagstaff, as well as student workers, part-time temps, graduate assistants, etc., may complete the shorter online version for non-benefit eligible employees within their first 30 days.

In addition to New Employee Orientation check for required training specific to your position.

New faculty orientation

In addition to the mandatory part day Human Resources Benefits Orientation, new faculty are required to attend the New Faculty Orientation sponsored by the Provost’s Office and the Faculty Professional Development Program.  Visit the New Faculty webpage for more information and to register for the August event.

Graduate assistant orientation

Graduate assistants employed by the university (whether in teaching, research, or student services roles) are required to attend an orientation provided by the Graduate College each August.

New employee orientation presentation

An online orientation is available if you do not work on the Flagstaff campus or if you have a scheduling conflict with orientation sessions.

To satisfy the new employee orientation requirement:

• Click the link below
• View all three modules
• At the end of each module is a virtual handshake, you will need to click on the handshake to obtain credit for that module.

New employee orientation presentation
Presentation handout