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FACULTY FAQS

COMMUNICATION How do I get help if Im having trouble with my

email?
How do I access my email?
If you can send email, explain your problem in a
College email can be accessed from anywhere message to helpdesk@mcpherson.edu. Or, call
through Outlooks webmail client at Computer Services at Ext. 2456.
mcmail.mcpherson.edu. If you have a college-
owned computer or a Remote Desktop account, How do I know what my office phone number is?
Outlook will be installed as a local client, which If you dont know your office phone number,
is more powerful and has more features. call Ms. Marylyn Matthaei at Ext. 2505 and ask.
Is there a standard protocol for college email Her phone is equipped with caller ID, and she
addresses? can tell you the extension you called from.

Yes. Faculty and staff addresses consist of the Office phones can also be direct dialed from off-
last name up to seven characters with the campus. Note that the last four digits of your
eighth character being the initial character of direct line are not the same as your four-digit
the first name, followed by @mcpherson.edu. extension. In most cases, the initial 2 in the
campus extension is replaced with 0 in the
Student email addresses consist of the first four outside line. All college direct-dial numbers are
characters of the last name followed by the first on the 242 exchange; thus, the direct-dial
three characters of the first name, followed by number for Ms. Matthaei is 620.242.0505.
@bulldog.mcpherson.edu. Outlook has a
searchable Global Address List that usually Adjuncts: Unless you have a dedicated office
populates the To: field if you can spell the equipped with a phone, you will not have a
recipients names. campus extension. You will need to decide
whether to make your personal phone number
How do I email my entire class? available to your students.
Email every student in a class from eLearning How do I call off campus from my office phone?
LMS on Bulldog Connect. In your class site,
select Roster from the left-hand navigation. Press 9, wait for the dial tone, and then enter
Scroll to the bottom of the photo roster and the number you want to call.
click the Open E-mail button. You can also email Can I make long distance calls from my office
individual students from this page. phone?
How do I send an email to the entire campus? Yes, but if you have a cell phone plan that offers
From your college email account, you can email unlimited nationwide minutes, you are urged to
All Faculty (faculty@mcpherson.edu), All Staff use your personal phone for long distance calls.
(staff@mcpherson.edu), All Faculty & Staff If you must make a long distance call from your
(mcpherson@mcpherson.edu), and All Students office, you will need to dial 9-1 + your number.
(students@mcpherson.edu). (These addresses Does my office phone have other features?
do not work from G-mail or any other email
account you may have.) Use these group lists A few, including Hold, Call Forwarding, Do Not
sparingly, only when you have information of Disturb, and so on. You can request a list of
interest to most if not all the recipients. telephone system codes from Brad Stucky at
stuckyb@mcpherson.edu.
How do I get my devices connected to the wireless How do I know whats happening on campus?
network?
The college website has an activities calendar
Thats a great questionand not necessarily an and regular news updates. The athletic website
easy one to answer if you want the best wire- carries the complete sports schedule coverage
less service. We try to bring new faculty and of all contests. The Campus Communicator, an
Computer Services staff together before classes internal newsletter, arrives in email inboxes
begin to get devices connected. If you missed every Monday. The Spectator, the student
that opportunity or you have a new device to newspaper, is published six times a semester.
connect, email helpdesk@mcpherson.edu or You should also attend President Schneiders
call Computer Services at Ext. 2456. Huddles20-minute updates presented
during the Friday common hour (12:10-12:30
When will I have my directory photo taken?
p.m.) three or four times per semester.
Colleen Gustafson in the colleges
How do I assure I will receive all emergency
communication and marketing office takes
information and that the VPAAs office can always
professional directory photos one day per
reach me?
month, usually between 24 p.m. Colleen
usually sends out a sign-up before each photo First, make sure Ms. Marylyn Matthaei
shoot. You can call Colleen at Ext. 2426. (matthaem@mcpherson.edu, Ext. 2505) has
your cell phone number and land line number,
How do I submit my directory profile information?
if applicable.
As part of a new marketing/public relations
The college uses the RAVE Alert system to
plan, faculty directory information will be
simultaneously send emergency information to
undergoing revision in the near future. In the
your college email account and your cell phone
meantime, go ahead and complete the Directory
via SMS text message. This system is also used
Information form at
to notify the entire campus community when
http://wwwi.mcpherson.edu/marketing-
the college is closed due to weather or
communications/directory-info. (This form is
infrastructure failures.
on the colleges intranet. Note the i after the
www.) Faculty are encouraged to include a To register for RAVE alerts, go to
short bio in their directory profile. For http://www.getrave.com. Enter McPherson
examples, see the profiles of Dr. Kim Stanley College, then click Register. This brings up a
and Prof. Ann Zerger on the faculty directory. form to complete. One quirk in the form is that
your email password must be entered with the
How do I publicize my professional
first letter capitalized if it isnt already. When
accomplishments?
you have completed the form, got to
Tina Goodwin, director of public relations, is Registration Email and follow the link. You
always eager for news about faculty and their will be registered to receive emergency
students that she will include in The Campus notifications. You can add up to three phone
Communicator, distribute as press releases for numbers and three email addresses.
appropriate media, or write up as features for
the colleges alumni magazine, The McPherson SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT
College Review. Email Tina at goodwint@
mcpherson.edu with news about conference Whats the procedure for buying office supplies?
presentations, publications, innovative Check with your department chair before
classroom activities, or student successes. buying supplies or equipment. What you need
How do I order business cards? may already be available. If you can get what you
want at Walmart, check out a Walmart credit
Order business cards online at card and sales tax exemption card from the
wwwi.mcpherson.edu/marketing- Business Office. If not, ask your department
communications/order-business-cards. For chair to submit a purchase order. If possible,
help with your business card orders, call avoid purchasing supplies and equipment and
Colleen Gustafson, Ext. 2426 (620.242.0426). then requesting reimbursement.

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 Reimbursement request forms are available What about problems with the copy machine in
from the Business Office or online at my area?
wwwi.mcpherson.edu/forms.
Call Computer Services or email
I need a software application that is not on my helpdesk@mcpherson.edu. Computer Services
computer. What can I do? maintains a replacement toner cartridge for all
copiers on campus. All other maintenance and
Check first with Computer Services to see if the
support for copiers on campus is provided by
application is already licensed. If the
Digital Office Systems. Computer Services calls
application must be purchased and installed,
in service requests.
work with your department chair and
Computer Services to prepare a purchase order. How do I get repairs or improvements made to my
office or classroom?
Where do I get paper for my office printer?
Complete the Facilities Service Request form on
For now, take paper from the supply provided
for the copy machines. This procedure is under the college intranet (wwwi.mcpherson.edu/
facilities-service-request). For immediate
review and may change during the year.
response to emergency situations (ruptured
How do I get a replacement toner cartridge for my pipes, blocked toilets, broken glass, etc.), call
office printer? the Facility Management Department at
extension 1240 or use the emergency pager,
Take the spent cartridge to Computer Services
242-5636.
in the lower level of Melhorn Hall. Its a good
idea to call Ext. 2456 first. A new cartridge will Do I have to take out my own trash and vacuum
be exchanged for your old cartridge. my own office?
What about other computer or printer problems? Our maintenance staff is barebones. We reduce
If it is an issue that needs immediate attention, their load by helping with these chores. A large
call Ext. 2456. Otherwise, report the problem barrel for your trash is located on every floor.
via helpdesk@mcpherson.edu. Each floors custodial closet includes a red
sweeper you can use to vacuum your floor.
What is my copy machine code? Your office key unlocks the closet door.
The photocopies you make are entered against
your departments budget with the entry of a CLASS MANAGEMENT & ACADEMICS
four-digit code. Get the code from your How do I order textbooks for my classes?
department chair. Your chair will inform
department members if the copier budget is All textbook orders and purchases are handled
being exceeded. online at mcpherson.textbookx.com. Faculty are
notified when courses and instructors for the
To avoid abuse of your departments copier following term are loaded and orders can be
budget, hold that code close to your vest. Be placed.
especially cautious about giving it to students
to make copies on your behalf. The protocol for usernames = Initial of first
name + last name, e.g., bclary. (Note: This is the
Not every copy machine on campus recognizes opposite of your username for most all other
all department codes. If you regularly need to college network purposes.) A single global
use a copier that does not recognize your code, password is issued for all faculty members each
ask Computer Services to add it to that copier. term when the site is opened for textbook
All copy machines are capable of scanning orders. Detailed instructions and links to a
documents and emailing them as PDFs. If you video tutorial are distributed at the same time.
need help, ask a colleague. Adjuncts: In some cases, your department chair
will need to place your textbook orders.

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Is there a required syllabus format? Make every attempt to reach students so that
commuters, in particular, do not travel to
Some syllabus content is required but there is
campus in vain. You can email your entire
not a required syllabus format. A template is
rosters through LMS. A great way to reach
available for those who want a ready-to-
students is through a group text message
complete document with all required elements
manager such as Remind (www.remind.com).
and language. A syllabus checklist is available
for those who prefer their own format but want Howand whendo I turn in grades?
a convenient reference to the required
All grades are submitted through LMS, but you
components and language. Both of these
use a slightly different method depending upon
documents were included in the .zip file you
whether your gradebook is separate or in LMS.
should have received from Ms. Matthaei on
A tutorial explaining both methods is available
August 1. If you dont have the template or
at wwwi.mcpherson.edu/~claryb/
checklist, email matthaem@mcpherson.edu.
tutorials/submit-grades.html.
Am I required to take attendance?
Do I have to give a final exam?
Every faculty member has the autonomy to
FAC 655 in the Faculty Handbook specifies that
establish and enforce the attendance policy that
faculty must provide a major educational
is appropriate for his or her class. To enhance
experience that includes a genuine evaluation
early intervention and retention, faculty are
device.
expected to report attendance through LMS.
Faculty may not schedule final exams at a time
What should I do when a student isnt attending
other than the one specified in the official Final
class or turning in assignments?
Exam Schedule without permission of the
If you have concerns about a students VPAA. Faculty should not agree to give
classroom performance, please email a brief individual students their final at an alternative
explanation of the student behavior that time unless there are extraordinary,
concerns you to earlywarning@mcpherson.edu. unavoidable circumstances. VPAA approval of
The appropriate staff member will be assigned alternate exam times is required (FAC 655).
to follow up with you and the student. Can I give a grade of Incomplete?
What should I do when a student cheats or Incompletes should be given only when there
plagiarizes? are unavoidable reasons the student has been
Every syllabus must have an academic unable to complete the work by the end of the
dishonesty policy. Faculty can establish their term. When instructors give a grade of
own academic policies and pass judgment upon Incomplete, they must also submit an
a range of potentially dishonest academic Incomplete Grade Form with an alternate
behavior, but they should be aware of the grade. If the instructor does not submit a
institutional processes and consequences for Change of Grade Form by midterm of the
reporting intentional cheating or plagiarism. following semester, the alternate grade
becomes the students final grade for the
What if I need to cancel class? course.
When you must unexpectedly cancel class due How will I be evaluated?
to illness or other emergency, call your
department chair or a colleague on your floor. Student evaluations are solicited for every class
Ask him or her to download the Class through an online survey (IDEA). Faculty of
Cancellation Notice from the intranet academic rank with at least a half-time load are
(wwwi.mcpherson.edu/forms), sign it, and post evaluated by their peers on Faculty Review
it on your classroom doors. Phone Marylyn Committee, who take into consideration
Matthaei (620.242.0505) to notify the VPAAs student evaluations, reports from classroom
office that you are canceling. If you are unable observations, and self-submitted PDPs. The
to reach anyone else to post the cancellation complete evaluation and tenure & promotion
notice, Ms. Matthaei can do that for you.

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 procedures are described in sections 440448 What services are available in the Center for
in the Faculty Handbook. Academic Development?
Adjuncts are evaluated by department chairs The Royer Center for Academic Development is
and are continued upon the chairs located in the northwest corner of the main
recommendation. The chair considers the level of Miller Library. The director is Carole
adjuncts student evaluations, course syllabi, Barr (barrc@mcpherson.edu, Ext. 2507). Carole
and personal observations. and her staff will organize study groups,
What is a PDP? arrange individual tutoring, provide
accommodations to students with disabilities,
Professional Development Plan. PDPs for all and proctor make-up exams.
faculty of academic rank are due to their
department chairs by October 1 each fall. For a GOVERNANCE
full description of PDP components, see
FAC 440 in the Faculty Handbook. How is the faculty organized?

Where do I get the faculty handbook, academic McPherson Colleges academic departments are
catalog, and other employee policies? organized in three divisions: Humanities,
Science and Technology, and Social Sciences.
Handbooks and many of the most commonly
used forms are available on the colleges Faculty meet as a whole on the first and third
intranet site, wwwi.mcpherson.edu. The Wednesdays of the month at 4 p.m. Divisions
intranet is accessible from computers meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays at
connected to the college network. The catalog is the same time. Faculty teaching at least half
available on the main college website at time are voting members of Faculty Meeting
www.mcpherson.edu/academics. and division meetings.

Are funds available to support full-time faculty See the faculty governance flowchart on the
with professional development expenses? back of this page.

Yes. McPherson College is fortunate to have an What do all those committee abbreviations stand
endowed faculty endowment fund. Applications for?
forms for faculty development funds were FEC Faculty Executive Committee
included among the documents distributed for FRC Faculty Review Committee
Fall Faculty Workshop. They are available
FPC Faculty Policies Committee
anytime in the Forms portal on Bulldog Connect
EPC Educational Policies Committee
or from the VPAAs office.
IRC Instructional Resources Committee
Where can I learn more about eLearning, our LMS? IAC Intercollegiate Athletic Committee
Log in to Bulldog Connect (my.mcpherson.edu) Can I choose which faculty committees I serve on?
and select the Faculty and Staff tab at the top,
then Faculty from the left-hand navigation. The New full-time faculty are excused from
LMS (eLearning) page will be an option. This committee work for the first year of their
page includes a variety of resources for employment. Committee members are either
learning and using LMS. nominated or elected to committees by their
division or appointed by Faculty Executive
When is the library open? Committee. Talk to your division chair about
Miller Librarys hours are 7:30 a.m.10 p.m. committees that interest you. Adjunct faculty
Mon-Thurs, 7:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Fri, and 2 p.m.10 do not serve on committees.
p.m. Sun. The library is closed on Saturdays.
The library does offer expanded hours during
the last week of classes and finals week. It
sometimes offers limited hours during breaks.
Keep up-to-date on library services at
www.mcpherson.edu/library.

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MISCELLANEOUS
Do I need a parking permit?
Parking permits are not required but are
advised. Parking stickers allow police and
facilities staff to identify a cars owner. Parking
stickers will be distributed to faculty soon after
the beginning of the semester.
Are there any perks for college employees?
Any employee with a McPherson College ID
cardand all immediate family members!
can take advantage of the following:
All meals in the dining hall, including Sunday
brunch, for $4.50 per person.
Free admission to all athletic contests
(including away KCAC games), theatre
performances, and concerts.
The pride you take in working for the only
Kansas college or university recognized by
The Chronicle of Higher Education as an Honor
Roll member of the 2016 Great Colleges to
Work For.