Grow your career at Washburn

Washburn University is committed to helping every employee reach their full potential. Through training, education, and career development opportunities, we support your growth—both personally and professionally—so you can continue to make an IMPACT on our campus community.

Professional development at Washburn reflects our core values of inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. Every learning experience strengthens our shared commitment to excellence and to one another.

Why learning and development matter

Investing in your growth benefits you, your team, and the Washburn community. Our development opportunities help you:

  • Build new skills for your current and future roles
  • Stay current with evolving technology and workplace best practices
  • Strengthen collaboration, leadership and communication
  • Contribute to Washburn's culture of continuous learning and improvement

Training and development opportunities

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Supervisor training

  • Build leadership and management skills through workshops, coaching, and development programs designed for current and aspiring supervisors.
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Technology how-tos (ITS)

  • Get the most from campus tools—email, Teams/Zoom, security and more.
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LinkedIn Learning

  • Access thousands of courses on leadership, communication, software and more. Free to all benefits-eligible employees with an activated LinkedIn Learning account.

Additional learning resources

In addition to these development programs, Washburn provides other training tools to help you stay informed and supported.

  • VectorSolutions: Complete required compliance and discrimination prevention training, along with other essential workplace courses. Login with your washburn.edu email address and password.
  • Lucet Health Employee Assistance Program: Access resources for personal and professional well-being, including short trainings and tools for managing stress, relationships and daily life challenges. Login with the company code: Washburn.

Education benefits

Washburn employees are encouraged to pursue higher education and lifelong learning. Eligible employees may take one tuition-free course per semester, including graduate-level classes (excluding the School of Law).

This benefit supports your continued growth and allows you to explore new subjects or advance your career through formal coursework right here at Washburn.

Request training for your team

Need a custom workshop (communication, customer service, inclusive leadership, project management, change management or something else)? We'll partner with you to design it.
Contact HR to request team training at hr@washburn.edu with your goals, audience, preferred timing and any examples of challenges you'd like to address.

GET IN TOUCH WITH Human Resources

Human Resources
Morgan Hall, Room 118
1700 SW College Ave.
Topeka, KS 66621

Phone & Email
785.670.1538
hr@washburn.edu

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