FIRST YEAR
FIRST YEAR
First Semester
Complete OFD - Online Faculty Development. This course allows you to teach online at WCU
Second Semester
Begin to think about Advising
Complete the Academic Advising Professional Development certification [call will most likely be sent out via email]
HELPFUL INFORMATION
NFO Binder - this contains forms and links related to everything from insurance, to retirement, to T&P.
Service - we advise against non-departmental service in your first year (except for being a marshal at graduation: highly visible, easy service)
Advising structures ← Most often you won't begin advising until your second year
CODES for searching myWCU
If you ever need to search for older info, or even current, WCU uses a weird system:
All of the digits of the year minus the second # (So 2011 = 211), plus the number for the semester; 1 (spring), 2, 3 (first or second part of summer), 5 (fall), or 6 (winter) - 4 is post-summer session but we don't really use that.
So, again, Spring 2021 would be 2211, Fall 2019 would be 2195
Interpreting SOE for understanding “your hire”
Winter courses pay more than summer courses, but payment is based on student enrollment