New Employee Welcome: Orientation

Before You Start

You will be required to make a retirement election on or before your first day of employment.

New Employee Orientation (NEO)

Join us at NEO where you will learn what it's like to work at UConn.

Your First Month

There are a few things you’ll need to do in your first month of employment and beyond your first day.

 
Join us for New Employee Orientation where you will learn about this great institution of higher education and all about what it is like to work at UConn.

New Employee Orientation (NEO) is for new, regular payroll employees. New adjunct faculty and employees on special payroll are not included in New Employee Orientation due to differing employment obligations and benefits. Please contact HR at hr@uconn.edu.

NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

Attend New Employee Orientation, in-person.

Orientation Agenda
8:45 am - 9:00 am - Welcome & Light Fare
9:00 am - 9:30 am - Introductions/University Overview
9:30 am - 9:45 am - Information Technology Services
9:45 am - 10:00 am - Break
10:00 am - 11:00 am - Benefits & Retirement Q&A Session
11:00 am - 12:00 pm - UCPEA/AAUP/PostDoc Union Meeting

Part Two of Orientation
Online in UConn's Learning Management System - Learning@Work

Watch for an email within two weeks of hire date with registration for the Welcome to UConn! Course

Following registration, one week to complete

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Where is NEO held?
Allyn Larabee Brown Building
9 Walters Ave.
(Depot Campus - Unit 5075)
Storrs, CT 06269-5075

Directions to Human Resources

2024 New Employee Orientation Dates
Friday, November 1
Friday, November 15
Monday, December 2 (replacing the November 29th NEO)
Friday, December 13
Monday, December 30 (replacing the December 27th NEO)

2025 New Employee Orientation Dates
Friday, January 10
Friday, January 24
Friday, February 7
Friday, February 21
Friday, March 7
Friday, March 21
Friday, April 4
Monday, April 21
Friday, May 2
Friday, May 16
Friday, May 30
Friday, June 13
Friday, June 27
Friday, July 11
Friday, July 25
Friday, August 8
Friday, August 22
Friday, September 5
Friday, September 19
Friday, October 3
Friday, October 17
Friday, October 31
Friday, November 14
Friday, November 28* (tentative)
Friday, December 12
Friday, December 26* (tentative)

DEPARTMENT CHECK-IN (FIRST DAY)

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

Employees should work directly with the department to coordinate completion of the I-9 form.

Fully completed Form I9’s should be shared electronically via One Drive to the following link: Upload Completed Forms to the Payroll Forms Upload Center

For questions on I-9 forms, please contact the UConn Payroll Office at 860-486-2423 or via their online help desk found on their website: www.payroll.uconn.edu.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

PLEASE NOTE: If you need an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation to participate in New Employee Orientation, please contact HR’s ADA Case Manager, Tiffanie Roback, at 860-486-2598 or Tiffanie.Roback@uconn.edu at your earliest convenience prior to Orientation.

 

Have questions or accommodation requests?

Contact Human Resources at hr@uconn.edu
or (860) 486-3034.

Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Allyn Larabee Brown Building
9 Walters Ave.
(Depot Campus - Unit 5075)
Storrs, CT 06269-5075

Directions to Human Resources