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

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• 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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