The aim of the programs is to introduce the campus, and to help staff settle comfortable into their new job. All send invitations personally. My case is not unique. Many books and articles write about cross-cultural problems of lecturers from other cultures. But still most universities do not address this issue significantly.
Students are much better covered.
In Mechanical Engineering Department there are 19 lecturers and 7 are from Australia. My suggestions to lecturers and universities to make the transition more successfully are shown in Figure 1. At the very beginning it is important that all messages are sent personally because new staff may have no e-mail, and the great amount of new information on the Internet is very confusing. My process of transition was sometimes very painful but worthwhile. It was a big professional challenge.