state of the department 24 april 2006. biology is seventy five years old this year
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State of the Department
24 April 2006
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Biology is Seventy FiveYears Old This Year
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75th YearDepartment
Accomplishments
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+ Summary AY 2005-2006 ++Maintained leadership in research
+ Continued teaching prowess
+ Outstanding new hires
+ Markedly increased endowment
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+ Summary AY 2005-2006 ++Meaningful raises
+Effective start-up funding
+Animal facility cost will be borne byOffice of Research
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– Summary AY 2005-2006 –
-Insufficient course funding
- Chronic space needs, aging building
- Higher GTA stipends strain budget
- Building security issues
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– Summary AY 2005-2006 –
- Increased gas prices will curtail field activities
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Students
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Total Student Enrollment
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Undergraduates
Total
Note: 2005-2006 Data are not complete
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Total Graduate Enrollment
Total Graduate Enrollment
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PhD Ecological Sciences
PhD Biomedical Sciences
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Biology and College of Sciences Majors
Biology Majors
College of SciencesMajors
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Students
-Enrollment steady
-Graduate enrollment good
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$MONEY$
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2001-2002
2002-2003
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Total Department Budget
Earnings fromEndowments
Extramural Funding
State Budget
Total
*Excludes start-up funds
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2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006Years
Faculty and Classified Salaries (Including Benefits)
Total Wages
Budget
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Ergo—most of our funding is for salaries and benefits
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20,000
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60,000
70,000
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ODU Doctoral Int/Ext Public Land Grant
Comparative Salaries in Biology
PROF
ASSOC
ASST
NASST
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WHAT PROFESSORS EARN: AVERAGE SALARIES FOR FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS, 2004-5
All Public Private, independent
Salary1-year change Salary
1-year change Salary
1-year change
Doctoral institutions
Professor$104,41
1+3.7% $97,948 +3.5%
$127,214
+4.0%
Associate professor
$71,077 +3.5% $68,576 +3.4% $82,456 +4.0%
Assistant professor
$60,567 +3.4% $58,310 +3.5% $70,640 +3.0%
Instructor $40,760 +2.5% $39,398 +3.0% $44,380 -1.6%
Lecturer $47,285 -- $46,007 -- $52,601 --
No rank 53,269 -- $48,483 -- $59,405 --
All 78,236 +3.1% $74,083 +2.9% $95,370 +3.5%
SOURCE: American Association of University Professors
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WHAT PROFESSORS EARN: AVERAGE SALARIES FOR FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS, 2004-5
All Private, independent
Salary1-year change Salary
1-year change Salary
1-year change
Doctoral institutions
Professor$104,41
1+3.7% $97,948 +3.5%
$127,214
+4.0%
Associate professor
$71,077 +3.5% $68,576 +3.4% $82,456 +4.0%
Assistant professor
$60,567 +3.4% $58,310 +3.5% $70,640 +3.0%
Instructor $40,760 +2.5% $39,398 +3.0% $44,380 -1.6%
Lecturer $47,285 -- $46,007 -- $52,601 --
No rank 53,269 -- $48,483 -- $59,405 --
All 78,236 +3.1% $74,083 +2.9% $95,370 +3.5%
SOURCE: American Association of University Professors
Public
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100000
150000
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2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
Funding for Graduate Teaching Assistants
Total Dollars
Increasing the GTA stipend 50% with no added funds is themost serious strain on our budget.
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We receive approximately fifty dollarsin supply money for every student in our courses. The actual cost is much more
than that.
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$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
BIOL 103 BIOL 315
Disparity of Lab Fees and Actual Lab Instruction Costs
Lab Fee
Actual Cost per Student
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Got the point?Got the point?
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Start up allocations have averaged more than
$263, 400 for our new faculty
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$0
$200,000
$400,000
$600,000
$800,000
$1,000,000
ODU Research IUniversity
PrivateUniversity
Comparative Start-up Costs in Biology
New Assistant Professor
Senior Faculty
Source: Academic Sourcebook November 2005
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All start-up funds for our newhires have been transferred.
This added about $1,000,000to department coffers.
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Research Funding
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10000000
15000000
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
Research Proposals and Awards
Proposals
Awards
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$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
Grant Indirect Funds Returned to Department
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To fund the rising cost of start up packages, a portionof the indirect costs will be
retained in the dean’s office
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Indirect Cost Distribution
35% ODURF/65% University
21% Office of Research/35% Colleges
College of Sciences to Department-30%
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Department Endowments
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2000000
3000000
4000000
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
Endowments
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Endowment 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
Bagley 162,612 179,825 190,521
Dabel 27,417 30,413 32,475
Hogan 576,836 766,170 770,943
Kaplan 0 0 5,000
Marshall 0 0 26,269
Natural History 0 0 2,139
Sonenshine 0 0 15,000
Stiffler 0 1,174,532 1,269,176
Total Endowment 2, 311, 523
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Department endowmentshave quadrupled in the past
two years
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Department Gifts
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2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
Department Gifts
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We need to provide resourcesfor our teaching faculty todevelop instructional grants.
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Funding summary
--budget unchanged from last year
--poor support for courses
--competitive starting salaries
--average raises parallel national trend
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Funding summary
--grant funding consistent
--start-ups greatly increased
--endowments significantly higher
--gift account stable
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Facilities
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Space—Our last frontier
Proposed New Building
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Orchid and Research GreenhouseComplex
Mills Godwin Building
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Gifts for this facility will totalmore than $1,500,000
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It will consist of a conservatory andresearch space
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Space Allocation in MGB
This summer we will have a lotof moving with our building. Pleasemake a serious effort to throw outanything that is not absolutely essential to your program. We willbe especially crowded this fall!
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Staff
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Classified Staff
Laurie CampMarla HarveyMary HaywardKatie LittonKelly ProctorLatisha Ricks-GuityJo RosenblumKelly Smith
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Faculty
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We lose an esteemed colleague with the
retirement of Keith Carson!
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We have been fortunate to hire two excellent new
faculty
Alex GreenwoodTim Motley
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Alex Greenwood is a virologistcurrently working in Germany
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Tim Motley joins us as the StifflerProfessor, specializing in plantmolecular systematics.
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Both new faculty will be involved in some teachingtheir first semester here.
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We are in the final stages ofhiring two new faculty intotemporary positions for thenext two years.
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During the past three yearsour faculty have won
numerous grants and awards,held offices in national and international organizations,
been nominated for the mostprestigious university awards
---and much more!
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Many of our faculty are involved in international
activities
This past year alone we have hadthree Fulbright Scholars in our
department
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Moving ahead
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The Year Ahead
*Self assessment
*Carson replacement
*New chair
*Budget
*Team teaching
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The Year Ahead
*Self assessment
-Two consultants
-Role of Executive committee
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The Year Ahead
*Carson replacement
-Specialty
-Search committee
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The Year Ahead
*New chair
-Open search
-Search committee
-Role of self-assessment
-Date
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The Year Ahead
*Budget
-Under funded but not overspent!
-Travel budget next year
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The Year Ahead
*Team teaching
-We will initiate our program of team-taught courses next academic year
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Please note the followingimportant dates:
Friday 28 April Annual Department Party
Wednesday 23 August Department graduate Student Meeting for allgraduate students. Details anon
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Thanks to all of you for making this such a great place to be a scholar andteacher