Discover UAB (for university employees) provides a comprehensive "first look" at UAB, including our core values, essential expectations, and important resources. New Hires will be enrolled into the eLearning course and receive the date for their Discover UAB Wrap-Up Zoom meeting in their offer letter from Talent Acquisition. Employees can speak with a Benefits Specialist during this Zoom meeting.
Faculty New Hires — click here for faculty onboarding.
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Discover UAB Agenda
Welcome to UAB! As a new member of the Blazer community, you will participate in Discover UAB, an orientation program. This program will provide information, tips, and best practices to jump-start your onboarding process. The Discover UAB orientation consists of two parts: watching online videos (eLearning) and participating in an interactive Zoom meeting.
Discover UAB Part 1: eLearning course
Please set aside time to watch all the video modules (preferably before the Zoom meeting). You can stop and start at your convenience. The total viewing time is about two hours.
This course covers the following topics:
- Overview of Onboarding
- University Culture, Mission, & Values
- Compensation Benefit Options Staying Connected
- Campus Safety
- Policies and Procedures
- Next steps
Discover UAB Wrap-up Zoom
You will attend a Zoom meeting from 2:00-3:00 PM on an assigned date (see offer letter) to welcome you and other new employees, answer your questions, and learn additional information. If possible, we ask that you join us with a device that will allow your camera to be turned on.
This meeting will cover the following topics:- Onboarding Process
- UAB 101
- Mission Pillars and Shared Values
- Where are you? (Campus Map)
- my.UAB.edu portal
- Review Onboarding Tasks
- Benefits Reminder
- Q&A with L&D and Benefits Representative
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Registration for Discover UAB
A list of new staff is provided to Learning and Development, and they will be automatically enrolled in the e-Learning (part 1) and Zoom (part 2) portions of Discover UAB. Once enrolled, an email notification containing access information, links, and a calendar invite will automatically be sent to the employee. This notification typically comes the Friday before each orientation.
If you have a faculty member or post-doc that you would like to attend our orientation, please contact Learning and Development at learndev@uab.edu. The deadline to request an employee to be added to a Discover UAB session is Wednesday before the listed session date.
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Discover UAB Schedule
Discover UAB includes a Zoom meeting that typically takes place on Monday from 2-3 pm (exceptions noted below).
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Jan. 21 (Tuesday)
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May 27 (Tuesday)
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JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER July 7
July 21
Aug. 4
Aug. 18
Sept. 2 (Tuesday)
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Questions? Contact learndev@uab.edu.