McPherson

College
New Hire Survival Guide

1. Business Cards - You will need to order your own business cards,
http://www2.mcpherson.edu/comm/buscardorder.php
NOTE: When you order, keep in mind that your 4 digit on-campus phone number is not exactly
the same as the last 4 digits of your full off-campus phone number. In almost all cases, the initial
2 in the campus extension is replaced with a 0 in the outside direct line. For example:

Bruce Clary
Direct Outside Line: (620) 242-0506
Campus Extension: 2506.

For help with your business card orders, call Colleen Gustafson, Ext. 2426.
2. Phone Colleen Gustafson, Ext. 2426, to set up a time to have your directory/ID photo taken.
With your McPherson College ID card, you and your family will be admitted free to all athletic
contests, theatre performances, and concerts.
3. Please provide the deans office with your cell phone number. Email
matthaem@mcpherson.edu or phone Marylyn Matthaei at 2505 to submit your information.
4. With your college ID card, faculty, staff, and their family members can eat in the dining hall at a
reduced rate. Currently the cost for all meals is $4. Children three and under eat for free.
5. From your Outlook email account, you can email all faculty with faculty@, all staff with @staff,
and students with @students. To email the entire campus, send to mcpherson@.
6. Parking permits are not required, but are advised. If your parked car needs to be moved for
some reason, a parking sticker will allow police or facilities management staff to quickly
identify the cars owner.

You can get a parking sticker for you vehicle at the Dean of Students Office in the Royer Center,
main floor of Miller Library.
7. You need your departments copy code to use the colleges copy machines. Get the code from
your department chair, or call Marylyn Matthaei, Ext. 2505.
8. How do you get wireless? Thats a really great question, and not necessarily an easy one to
answer, at least if you want the best service. Call Andy Ullom (2455) or Hunter Nolen (2456) for
expert assistance.
9. Your department has a budget for office supplies. Check with your department chair before you
buy supplies or equipment. Something may already be available.
10. If you purchase materials for which you need to be reimbursed, ask your department chair for
the appropriate form or get one from the Business Office.
11. The copy machines can scan and email documents. Email helpdesk@mcpherson.edu to set up the
easiest access.
12. To make a long distance call you need an access code. Call the Business Office (2452) to get your
code.
13. If find that you must cancel class, call your department chair or a colleague. Ask him or her to
download the Class Cancellation from the intranet site and post it on your classroom doors. Then

phone Marylyn Matthaei (2505) to notify the deans office that you are canceling. If you couldnt find
anyone else to post the cancellation notice, Marylyn can do it for you.
14. A calendar with college events is linked on the college home page. The design is changing, but
the direct link is http://www.mcpherson.edu/calendar/.
15. Bicycles. Refrain from parking bikes inside campus buildings. In particular, parking in hallways
or stairwells poses a danger to other people in the event of an emergency evacuation. If you
have further questions, contact Tim Bruton brutont@mcpherson.edu
16. If you need a certain computer application for your work, check first with Computer Services to
see if the college may already have it licensed: helpdesk@mcpherson.edu.
17. Miller Library hours are 7:30 a.m.11 p.m. M-Th, 7:30 a.m.5 p.m. F, and 2 p.m.11 p.m. Sunday.
The library is closed Saturday.
18. Miller Library's staff is quite helpful. Call Ext. 2490 or 2488 for help with reserve books,
interlibrary loans, requisitions, and research instruction in your classes. The librarys page on
www.mcpherson.edu has online forms for both requisitions and ILL.
19. New faculty are excused from committee work their first year.
20. Noon12:50 p.m. MWF are common hours. Monday common hour is reserved for student
organization meetings only. No faculty meetings are to be scheduled during this time.
Wednesday common hour is an open hour; faculty may schedule a committee meeting or
meeting with students at this time. Fridays common hour is protected for convocations.
Freshman seminar groups will be meeting in Mingenback Theatre or Brown Auditorium on off-
convo days for brief, TED Talk-style presentations from faculty and staff. The campus
community is invited to attend.
21. Adjuncts: Would you like to hold office hours to meet with students? Mohler 223 and Melhorn
117 are available for use. I have your class schedules. Lets get together to see if we can work
out an office schedule for you. I will complete the key requests, but you will have to sign for
your key at Facilities Management.
22. Adjuncts: Sorry, you will have no campus phone extensions. You will need to decide whether to
make your personal phone number available to students.
23. The names of the college-wide committees are:

FRC (Faculty Review Committee)

FPC (Faculty Policy Committee)
SPC (Strategic Planning Committee)
IRC (Instructional Resource Committee)
EPC (Educational Policies Committee)
IAC (Intercollegiate Athletic Committee)
TEB (Teacher Education Board)
IRA (Institutional Research & Assessment)