University of Georgia Department of Crop and Soil Sciences 2007 Fall Faculty Retreat State of the...
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University of GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia
Department of Crop and Soil SciencesDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences
2007 Fall Faculty Retreat
State of the Department
August 7, 2007
Athens Campus
Athens, GA
CRSS Faculty Spring Faculty MeetingAugust 7, 2007Athens Campus
Student Learning Center, Room 213
Tenure & Promotion - Full and Associate ProfessorsFormat: discussion led by candidate’s committee chair and faculty vote
Dr. Timothy Grey, Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure (Stanley Culpepper, Chair) 8:30a - 9:15a
Break for arrival of all other faculty 9:15 a.m.
New Faculty Presentations Charles Brummer 9:30a - 9:45a Paul Bertsch 9:45a - 10:00a Dennis Hancock 10:00a - 10:15a Qingguo Huang 10:15a - 10:30a Scott Tubbs 10:30a - 11:00a
Lunch (on your own) 11:00a - 12:30p
CRSS Faculty Spring Faculty Meeting (Cont.)August 7, 2007Athens Campus
Student Learning Center, Room 213
Breakout Sessions 12:30p - 1:30p Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Environmental Sciences Crop Physiology and Management
Regroup for discussion and reports 1:30p - 2:00p
Committee Reports Graduate (Miguel Cabrera) 2:00p - 3:00p Undergraduate (Bill Vencill) 3:00p – 3:15p Extension (Dewey Lee) 3:15a - 3:45p Executive Committee (Donn Shilling) 3:45p- 4:15p Departmental Update
ADJOURN
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• Topics – Positions State-wide teaching Department Advisory Committee Department Seminar University Review Departmental Budget Committee Reports
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• Faculty Positions Procedure – SOP – webpage
Key Points
– Faculty Set Priority
– Form search and Screen committee
– Advertise
– Interview state-wide
– Search and Screen committee compiles input
and makes recommendation
– Vote on appointment and graduate faculty status
– Forward recommendation to Dean
– Offer and negotiations
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• Faculty Positions (cont.) Positions recently filled
Forage Breeding Forage Extension On-site Waste Water Management Environmental Water Chemist Cropping Systems Fertility Calibration Crop Physiology Georgia Power Professorship SREL – Andy Neal Griffin – Ian Flitcroft
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• Faculty Positions (cont.) Positions to be filled
Soil Chemist - AthensOn-site Waste Water Management - GriffinFertility Calibration - TiftonTurfgrass Weed Management-GriffinArea Agronomist – StatesboroSoil Microbiology – GriffinWarm Season Turfgrass Breeder - Tifton
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• Faculty Positions (cont.) Other Priorities
Weed Science/Invasive Plants - Griffin Plant Nutrition - Tifton Spatial Informatics - Athens Bioinformatics – Athens Turfgrass Physiology – Athens Nutrient Waste Management – Tifton Spatial Informatics – Athens Water Resource Management – Tifton Oilseed Agronomist/Breeder – Athens Precision Agriculture—nutrition/water
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• Faculty Positions (cont.) Interview Process-site visits Craig Kvien Andy Neal
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• Departmental Advisory Committee Provide department with cooperator/industry
“connection” Establish a collaborator relationship at the
departmental level Establish a relationship beyond research and extension Teaching
feedback on curriculum issuesscholarships, internships and endowment
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• Departmental Seminar Graduate Seminar Departmental seminar
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• Program Review Meet with Provost and Dean Committee recommendations – post to webpage Needed actions
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• Program Review – List of Recommendations
The Review team recommends that the Department Head convene a faculty workshop retreat on the matter and invite the Dean of CAES, the Associate Dean for Instruction, and Heads of other departments engaged in interdisciplinary majors to participate.
There is a need for significant improvement and CAES investment in technology resources and IT staff to support distance education for the Athens/Griffin/Tifton campuses.
The review team recommends instituting a more aggressive recruitment plan among students with B.S. or M.S. degrees received at UGA. Efforts to obtain competitive fellowships from within UGA or externally (e.g. USDA National Needs) could be useful in the recruitment of high quality graduate students.
The CRSS Department Head and CAES Dean should increase efforts to personally engage departmental faculty at all three campuses in long-range planning and in the development of a strategic plan for the Department.
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• Program Review – List of Recommendations (Cont.
As there are no specific responsibilities of the REIs listed in the departmental bylaws, the review team recommends drafting a position description and clarifying the administrative responsibilities of the REIs.
The review team recommends that extension faculty develop a strategic plan and identify resources that will facilitate “mass delivery” of basic extension education programs in balance with the current, effective technology transfer programs.
The Review Team encourages the initiation of a systematic process to provide college, UGA, or external funding for core equipment and facilities that can be shared be scientists in various CAES departments.
Increased efforts are necessary to attract and recruit minority students, for example, through establishment of and/or increased participation in existing recruitment programs, such as the Young Scholars program.
BudgetBudget
FY 2000
PS $6,840,000 (89%)
NPS 850,000 (11%)
Base Budget $7,690,000
FY 2008
PS $5,608,802 (94%)
NPS 352,608 (6%)
Base Budget $5,961,410
ReductionsIn Base $1,728,590 (22%)
Budget (cont.)Budget (cont.)
FY 2008
Base Budget 5,961,410
PS -5,608,802
NPS-State 352,608
Contingency 184,160 (will be requested)
Royalty 300,000 (reserve)
400,000 (committed)
Sales 250,000
Assistantships 212,000
Grants 3,000,000 (annual award)
Budget (cont.)Budget (cont.)
FY 2009 (Estimate)Base Budget 6,199,866PS -5,840.302NPS-State 359,564Contingency 184,160 Royalty 300,000 Sales 250,000Assistantships 212,000Grants 4,000,000
State of DepartmentState of DepartmentCommitment to ExcellenceCommitment to Excellence
• Other Video-conferencing equipment - Tandberg Indirect Costs
University of GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia
Department of Crop and Soil SciencesDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences2007 Fall Faculty Retreat2007 Fall Faculty Retreat
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