Orientation Tips for New Employees

We hope these tips, which we gathered from new faculty and staff, are helpful in your early days with Vancouver Island University.

• Make sure to spend time on the VIU homepage as it has maps and directories that will be very beneficial to you.
• The Faculty and Staff link will quickly put you in touch with a Faculty or Staff member and all Instructional and Service Departments.
• The Area or Dean’s secretary will be an excellent resource for you, they are there to help.
• If you have a computer problem, IT is only a call away at 6300 or visit the website at Technology @ VIU.
• Take walkabouts to familiarize yourself with the campus.
• Slow down, take a breath and accept that you’ll be behind from the day you arrive.
• Stay closely connected with faculty at all campuses, exchange questions and ideas frequently.
• Take a library tour and meet people who can help you with AV material or inter-library loans.
• Attend as many workshops as you can – notices of workshops are sent via all employee emails and you register through the InVIU Intranet.