Faculty Resource Center
Human Resources
The Human Resources Office at Winona State University understands that as an employee there is a lot to know.
Please visit their site to find helpful links to pay calendars, seniority rosters, training opportunities and more. There are specific resources for New Employees as well as Current Employees.
Adjunct Faculty
Academic Calendar
Access to current, past, and future calendars is available on the WSU Academic Calendar webpage.
OneDrive
OneDrive for Business account: OneDrive for Business provides you with 1 TB (terabyte, which is equivalent to 1024 GB) of space in the cloud, which means that your files are stored off campus on a Microsoft file server that you can access via the Internet.
This account can function as storage of your information, and can allow you to share your work or collaborate with others on projects.
Every WSU student and employee has a OneDrive for Business account. Whether you decide to use it or not is entirely up to you.
Office 365 suite includes the latest version of familiar Office applications (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel) for installation on your PC or Mac, a cloud-based file storage system called OneDrive, a web portal for accessing online apps and services, and mobile apps that can be installed on your phones and tablets.
This includes the option to install Microsoft 365 applications on up to five computers, including personally-owned laptops and desktops.
Please visit the WSU Wiki page for more information on Microsoft 365.
Course Syllabi
Sample course syllabi are available for all nursing courses through the Department Portal. Choose the ‘Syllabi & Eval’ tab to view, and select the preferred semester. It is the responsibility of the Course Coordinators to post syllabi on the Portal by the second week of each semester.
End of semester evaluations are also stored in this location, and Course Coordinators are responsible for posting the Faculty Report of Student Course Evaluation by mid-term of the next semester.
Textbook Orders
Course Coordinators are responsible for ordering textbooks for their courses. Book orders are placed through the WSU Bookstore.
Technology Services
Teaching, Learning, & Technology Services (TLT) strives to become a trusted service provider that encourages innovation and experimentation and a recognized leader in the design of learning spaces and the support of a technology-empowered community of learners.
Visit their website to learn more about what resources are available to you as faculty, including collections of helpful articles about campus technology, faculty workshops, and helpful technicians willing to meet with you in your classrooms to assist with training or difficulties.
They can be consulted for issues related to D2L, Camtasia, Jabber, ITV, etc.
The Technology Support Center (Tech Support) assists, educated, and serves students, faculty, and staff with hardware and software.
Full-time staff and trained students workers are available in person, by phone, and online to troubleshoot computer, tablet, and classroom technology problems.
Room Reservations
Room reservations for department activities can be made by through the facilities department using the Virtual EMS. You will need to login with your StarID and password.
If you need assistance with your StarID, please contact the HR department or visit the WSU StarID website.
To reserve a conference room within the Department of Nursing on the 3rd floor of Stark Hall, please contact Melissa Neitzel via email at MNeitzel@winona.edu and she will assist you with this process.
Warrior Hub
The Warrior Hub is another online resource repository for faculty. The Faculty & Staff Toolkit provides access to documents that you will be helpful in your role as faculty.
Employee Self-Service (pay checks)
Employee Self Service is a State of Minnesota website where detailed individual payroll information can be accessed including paystubs, direct deposit, W-4 tax withholdings, W-2s, classified leave balances, statewide payroll calendar, announcements and payroll forms.
View the payroll calendar.
Paystubs are not mailed.
After 5 attempts to Sign-in to Employee Self Service, a lockout occurs for 24 hours. Try to sign-in again after 24 hours.
StarID
Your StarID and password will be required for most login procedures.
If you need assistance with your StarID, please email humanresources@winona.edu or visit the WSU StarID website.
Professional Development
For specific information about the Professional Development process, consult the IFO Master Contract. In most cases, faculty members submit a Professional Development Plan (PDP) in the fall and a Professional Development Report (PDR) in the spring.
All faculty members in the department are invited to review and comment on the plans and reports before they are submitted to the Dean.
Sample plans and reports are available on the department S-Drive. The form for faculty responses to PDPs & PDRs is linked below, and tenure applications and promotion applications are available on the department S-Drive.
Deadlines for the plans and reports are indicated on the WSU Academic Deadline Calendar, which is updated each academic year.
PDP/PDR Review Form (PDF)
Tenure and/or Promotion applications are submitted to the department for review and comments before they are forwarded to the WSU administration (Dean of College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Provost for Academic Affairs, and President).
Requirements, policies and procedures are detailed in the IFO Master Contract. Deadlines for submitting applications are indicated on the WSU Academic Deadline calendar.
To apply for a sabbatical, faculty must submit the Application and Agreement form and then complete a report at the end of the sabbatical.
Deadlines for the application and report are specified on the WSU Academic Deadline calendar.
Business Office
The Business Office at Winona State has different forms that are needed to assist you in your purchasing, travel and payroll needs.
Faculty can be reimbursed in cash for purchases under $100. To be reimbursed, submit the receipts and the Petty Cash Voucher Form (PDF) to Melissa Neitzel (Stark 303) for processing. Funds for petty cash reimbursement come out of each faculty member’s IFO Professional Development funds.
For other expenses, complete a requisition in Marketplace.
Travel
Full-time faculty members receive a yearly allocation from the IFO Professional Development fund (the per faculty allocation rolls over each year), which is used to pay for professional development activities (consult the IFO Master Contract for details).
Full details about the policies, procedures and required forms for travel are available at the Business Office.
If you plan to use IFO Professional Development funds for travel, do not purchase your airline ticket yourself. You should contact the Travel Director in the Business Office to request the purchase of the airline ticket and complete the Travel Request Form.
In regards to ground transportation, the use of personal vehicles for University business is allowable, but the driver’s auto insurance would be primary if there is an incident. It is highly recommended to use a State Motor Pool or State rental vehicle whenever transporting individuals for University business. Requests are processed through Facilities online vehicle reservation system.
- Reimbursement will be for actual miles traveled using the most direct route
- Reimbursement will be from your primary work location or your residence, whichever is closer to your destination
- If you choose to drive instead of fly to your destination, you will be reimbursed at the lowest possible airfare, instead of mileage reimbursement. Contact Travel Director to obtain an airfare quote, which is calculated using at least a two week advance purchase price ticket.
- The IRS sets a standard mileage rate and updates it periodically. The following rates are effective for travel:
- 51.5 cents per mile driven Jan. 1 - June 30, 2022 or 55.5 cents per mile driven July 1 - Dec. 31, 2022 when the traveler elects to use a personal vehicle.
- 58.5 cents per mile driven Jan. 1 - June 30, 2022 or 62.5 cents per mile driven July 1 - Dec. 31, 2022 when a motor pool vehicle was requested and denied based on vehicle availability.
After completing your travel, you must submit the Employee Travel Expense Report and receipts.
Time Leave Reporting
When faculty members are not on campus because of illness, vacation, or personal reasons, they must submit the request to Minnesota State website. You will need to login with your StarID and password.
If you need assistance with your StarID, please contact the HR department or visit the WSU StarID website.
The Absence Form (PDF) is still used for off-campus conferences and speaking engagements. Please submit paper copy to appropriate person.
Tuition Waiver Benefits
Faculty members are entitled to the benefit of a tuition waiver for themselves, their spouse, or their dependents. Certain restrictions do apply under the IFO contract.
All users of tuition waiver benefits must submit their tuition waiver form no later than 10 days following the start of the course for which the user is seeking to waive tuition and/or fees.
If you have questions, please contact Human Resources at Humanresources@winona.edu or 507.457.5005 directly for assistance.
Connecting to WSU Network
When on campus, your computer should automatically connect to “warrior” as the preferred server for faculty and staff and students. You may be required to enter a password to join “warrior,” and if this is the case, you would enter the same password as you use to login for your WSU email account.
If you are off campus and need to access the on-campus network, you will need to use Cisco, our Virtual Private Network (VPN). A VPN connection enables you to access select network resources as if you were on campus connected to our network directly. This includes:
- Network storage drives (e.g., personal, class, departmental)
- KeyServer applications (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat)
FERPA Policies
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) states that the university and its agents (faculty, staff, administrators) are not allowed to share educational information about any student without the student’s prior consent.
Out of respect for our students' privacy and our individual and collective sense of integrity, you are required to uphold this policy and its standards.
For more information and a tutorial for faculty, please see Student Data Privacy.
Teaching Resources
- Evolve
- Pageburst (Access to e-textbooks)
- Darrell W. Krueger Nursing Research Hub
- WSU Faculty Advisor Information
- Advisor Calendar
- Current WSU Employee Resources
- APA
- D2L Brightspace
- D2L Help Pages
- Qualtrics (online surveys)
- Warrior Success Center (supports students with Advising, Career, and Access Services for students with disabilities)
- Tutoring Services (free assistance to students through tutoring and Supplement to Instruction (S2I))
- Inclusive Excellence Syllabus Statement (PDF)
- Equity & Inclusive Excellence Office
- WSU Student Conduct Code
Faculty Compliance Requirements
Faculty are required to maintain current CPR certification and RN licensure with MN State Board of Nursing.
If a faculty member provides supervision of students within Wisconsin, then faculty will be required to maintain dual licensure.
Graduate Faculty may also need to maintain Advanced Practice certification as required within their program requirements. Each faculty member is required to maintain current information in the Passport system.
Overview of undergraduate/graduate courses, course titles and course sequencing
May be accessed on the WSU Website: