CU Boulder QuickStart orientation: Please complete this 90-minute online training

All CU Boulder employees are required to submit timesheets. Dates depend on your employment classification. 

Faculty and Staff

• Use this step-by-step guide to set up MyLeave and learn how to certify timesheets each month

Temps, Students, and Hourlies

• Payroll deadlines 
• Creating and certifying bi-weekly timesheets 
• MyLeave instructions for students

CU Boulder provides tremendous benefits to its employees. Here is an overview of our main benefits; you can learn more about specific benefits below. 

Sign up for these benefits in your first 31 days:

• Healthcare plan enrollment (health, vision, dental) 
• Retirement plan enrollment 
• Student retirement program 

Leave benefits (sabbatical, sick leave, parental leave, and more)

Tuition reimbursement benefit 

For ease of communication with CU Boulder, DSRC, and the Boulder County, we encourage employees to sign up for text alerts. 

• CU Boulder campus alerts 
• DSRC closure notifications
• Boulder County's Emergency Notification System (ENS)

You have a lot on your list, we know! Below are a few more items to check off the list. 

• Order and pick up your Buff One Card: Your Buff One Card serves as your RTD EcoPass, key to CU Boulder buildings, Rec Center pass, Campus Cash, and more  
• Connect to eduroam secure wireless with your smartphone

Be sure to set up your technology and office as soon as you arrive. 

• Make an appointment with the CIRES IT help desk to set up your CU Boulder email, install software, and check out a laptop 
• Complete your work modality agreement: All employees are required to log their work modality in the first 30-days of employment 
• Office ergonomics: CIRES can provide a sit-stand desk and ergonomic chair for work on campus or at DSRC. NOAA-based employees email lucia.harrop@noaa.gov, CU Boulder-based email dan.keane@colorado.edu
• Craft your email signature: Find instructions and guidance on the CIRES Administration News blog

InsideCIRES is a resource for CIRES employees to learn about internal news, track promotions, submit travel requests, and more. HR will set up an account your first week, so keep an eye out for that email. 

• Publications guidance: How to report, track, and list your CIRES publications
• Affiliations guidance: Please read this if you plan to publish books, book chapters, white papers, or papers in academic journals
• Familiarize yourself with the CIRES Administration blog: a key source for news and updates

CIRES Website

• Bookmark the CIRES Events page
• Fill out your online profile and include a photo (directions in this blog post) 

CU Boulder has several parent and childcare resources. Click on the links below to find out more. 

• CU Boulder campus childcare (based on CU Boulder's campus, open to all CIRES employees)
• CU Boulder lactation rooms
• Commerce Children's Center (based at DSRC, open to all CIRES employees)