Office for Equity and Diversity

PCOB Suite 111

836-4252

The following is a list of tasks to be completed once you have arrived to Missouri State University

• Go to the Park Central Office Building, Suite 111. The Office for Equity and Diversity will assist you with an orientation and validation. Please bring your passport, visa, DS-2019, letter of employment, and proof of insurance.
• If you are eligible for a social security number we will fill out the form with you and we will send it with copies of your passport, visa, DS-2019, and letter of employment to the social security administration.
• Please provide proof of insurance.  You need two types of Insurance: medical insurance and evacuation and repatriation insurance. You may choose any carrier's policy that offers the following minimum standards.  The insurance must cover you and any dependants for medical coverage of at least $50,000 per person per accident or illness, repatriation of remains coverage of at least $7,500, and medical evacuation expense coverage of at least $10,000. In addition, the policy should have a deductable of $500 or less per accident or illness (US dollars). You should have received information on insurance carriers’ policies in the mail to aide your decision.
• Go to the Plaster Student Union room 128 to get your zip card (take your J-1 visiting scholar basic information form).  Write down and keep your 900#.  When you receive your Social Security Number take your social security card back to the zip card office to get your zip card number changed.
• Open a bank account. You may choose any bank which will be able to receive a direct deposit of US dollars. Two banks near to campus are the Commerce Bank on the second floor of the Plaster Student Union and the Educational Community Credit Union located on Grand east of national. Typically, you will need two forms of identification (including your passport) to open a bank account.  Remember or write down your bank account number and routing number for payroll purposes.
• Go to Payroll (Carrington 119) to complete your employment paperwork and set up direct deposit with your bank information (if you are paid by the university).
• Go to Human Resources (Carrington 118) to receive your benefits orientation packet (full-time employees only).
• Go to Computer Services in the Cheek Hall computer lab and get an email (Bearmail) account. You need your zip card. 
• Get online here and go the Missouri state payroll website. Complete the Foreign National Information Form.
• Complete the mandatory online Equity and Diversity training
  • Preventing sexual harassment training
  • Preventing employment discrimination training
  • In Their Shoes – disability awareness training

Things you need to bring back to the Office for Equity and Diversity

• Your social security card
• Your proof of insurance (if you did not bring it with you)