University of Georgia
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
2008 Spring Faculty Retreat
March 10, 2008
Tifton Campus
Tifton, GA
CRSS Faculty Spring Faculty Meeting
March 10, 2008
Tenure & Promotion - Full Professors
Format: 15 minute presentation by candidate followed by 30 minute discussion (led by candidate’s committee chair) and vote
Dr. Katrien Devos (Paul Raymer, Chair)
9:30a - 10:15a
Remainder of Faculty join the group
Post Tenure Review (presentations to include program overview, objectives, actions, impacts)
Dr. David Radcliffe
10:30a - 10:50a
BREAK
Departmental Issue (Donn Shilling)
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Review of Strategic Plan
Departmental Issue
1. Graduate Programs
2. Emerging Issues - Budgetary
(1) Programmatic
Water
Bio-energy
3. State-wide teaching
4. Meeting methods
5. Webpage
11:00a - 12:30p
CRSS Faculty Spring Faculty Meeting (Cont.)
Lunch
12:30p - 2:00p
Breakout Sessions
2:00p - 2:45p
Plant Breeding and Biotechnology (Rm 6&7, Tifton Conference Center)
Environmental Sciences (Room 4, Tifton Conference Center)
Crop Physiology and Management (Room 5, Tifton Conference Center)
Regroup for discussion and reports
2:45p - 3:15p
Committee Reports
Undergraduate (Bill Vencill)
Graduate (Miguel Cabrera)
Extension (Dewey Lee)
3:15p - 3:30p
3:30p - 3:45p
3:45a - 4:00p
ADJOURN
Departmental Issues
 Strategic Plan
 Graduate Programs
Departmental Issues
 Emerging Issues
Water
Bioenergy
Departmental Issues
 State-wide Teaching
 Meeting Methods
 Webpage
Departmental Issues
• Faculty Positions
 Positions recently filled
 On-site Waste Water Management – Kirk McEachern
 Cropping Systems – Scott Tubbs
 Fertility Calibration
 Crop Physiology – Glen Ritchie
 Griffin – Ian Flitcroft
 Soil Chemist – Aaron Thompson
State of Department
• Faculty Positions
 Positions to be filled
 Turfgrass Weed Management-Griffin
 Area Agronomist – Statesboro
 Soil Microbiology – Griffin
 Warm Season Turfgrass Breeder – Tifton
 Precision Agriculture – Tifton
 Cotton Specialist – Tifton
 State-wide Variety Testing
Departmental Issues
• Faculty Positions
 Other Priorities
 Pedology – Athens
 GA Power Professorship – Athens
 Oilseed Agronomist – Tifton
 Plant Nutrition/Soil Fertility - Tifton
 Weed Science/Invasive Plants - Griffin
 Spatial Informatics – Athens
 Turfgrass Physiology – Athens
 Water Resource Management – Griffin
 Quantitative Genomics – Athens
 Environmental Stress Genetics/Breeding – Athens
 Forage Management - Tifton
Departmental Issues
• Budget Process
Departmental Issues
• Breakout Sessions – 2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
 Plant Breeding and Biotechnology (Rm 6&7, Tifton
Conference Center)
 Environmental Sciences (Room 4, Tifton Conference
Center)
 Crop Physiology and Management (Room 5, Tifton
Conference Center)
• Regroup for discussion and reports – 2:45-3:15 p.m.
Departmental Issues
• Committee Reports
 Undergraduate (Bill Vencill)
 Graduate (Miguel Cabrera)
 Extension (Dewey Lee)
3:15p - 3:30p
3:30p - 3:45p
3:45a - 4:00p
University of Georgia
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
2008 Spring Faculty Retreat
Thank You for Your Attention
Questions Please
March 10, 2008
Tifton Campus
Tifton, GA