Goddard Orientation Home   What's NEWB all about? NEWB's primary mission is to improve the work life of new employees at Goddard Space Flight Center. We are pleased to partner with Goddard management in addressing new employee needs. Brief History: In December 2003, Alda Simpson, the Applied Engineering and Technology Division (AETD) Deputy Director and Dan Krieger, Special Assistant to the Director of AETD, brought a small group of new employees together. These new employees had come to Goddard as college interns, CO-OP'S or fresh-out hires and converted to civil servant status or were current CO-OP's. In the past, some of them had talked to Dan about the lack of structure for new employees to get together and meet one another; some of them wondered about how they could develop their career at Goddard. Alda Simpson was interested in defining such a structure. The group met, first calling themselves the New Employee Committee (NEC). Although there were less than 10 members at that time, there were many exciting ideas centered on developing community among new employees with an informal, yet informative feel. From this, the acronym NEWB, New Employee Welcoming Board, emerged. A posting on the Goddard Opportunities Bulletin Board System (GOBBS) website and AETD-all mailing in early 2004 produced an enthusiastic response from new employees center wide. At the time of this draft, NEWB has a core group of members dedicated to the welcoming, informing and socializing of new employees at Goddard. Alda Simpson retired in March 2004 and passed the baton to Bruce Butterworth, Deputy Director of Development and Planning. The NEWBies take pride in what they have accomplished. In the five short months that they have been together they have: developed a website for on-line interaction and meeting; written a handbook entitled Goddard 101; developed a managerial checklist to aid in the pre-arrival, arrival and acclimation phases of the new employee (under review by AETD management with planned distribution in May 2004); had social gatherings at and outside of work. Mission: To build a community at Goddard among new employees.  To better the quality of work life among the new employees. Vision/Goals: To be a resource for new employees throughout their early careers, helping them adapt to Goddard's culture and work environment To foster opportunities for socializing and informal networking to encourage interconnectedness among new employees center wide To serve as a conduit at the branch and directorate level to disseminate new employee committee information To organize efforts with the Diversity Initiative to address needs specific to new employees For more information, please contact Pamela Barrett at 301-286-7285 or by e-mail at Pamela.A.Barrett.1@gsfc.nasa.gov.