University of Georgia
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
2007 Fall Faculty Retreat
State of the Department
August 7, 2007
Athens Campus
Athens, GA
CRSS Faculty Spring Faculty Meeting
August 7, 2007
Athens Campus
Student Learning Center, Room 213
Tenure & Promotion - Full and Associate Professors
Format: 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
Paul Bertsch
Dennis Hancock
Qingguo Huang
Scott Tubbs
9:30a - 9:45a
9:45a - 10:00a
10:00a - 10:15a
10:15a - 10:30a
10:30a - 11:00a
Lunch (on your own)
11:00a - 12:30p
CRSS Faculty Spring Faculty Meeting (Cont.)
August 7, 2007
Athens Campus
Student Learning Center, Room 213
Breakout Sessions
Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences
Crop Physiology and Management
12:30p - 1:30p
Regroup for discussion and reports
1:30p - 2:00p
Committee Reports
Graduate (Miguel Cabrera)
Undergraduate (Bill Vencill)
Extension (Dewey Lee)
Executive Committee (Donn Shilling)
Departmental Update
2:00p - 3:00p
3:00p – 3:15p
3:15a - 3:45p
3:45p- 4:15p
ADJOURN
State of Department
• Topics –
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Positions
State-wide teaching
Department Advisory Committee
Department Seminar
University Review
Departmental Budget
Committee Reports
State of Department
• 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
State of Department
• 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
State of Department
• Faculty Positions (cont.)
 Positions to be filled
 Soil Chemist - Athens
 On-site Waste Water Management - Griffin
 Fertility Calibration - Tifton
 Turfgrass Weed Management-Griffin
 Area Agronomist – Statesboro
 Soil Microbiology – Griffin
 Warm Season Turfgrass Breeder - Tifton
State of Department
• 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
State of Department
• Faculty Positions (cont.)
 Interview Process-site visits
 Craig Kvien
 Andy Neal
State of Department
• 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 issues
 scholarships, internships and endowment
State of Department
• Departmental Seminar
 Graduate Seminar
 Departmental seminar
State of Department
• Program Review
 Meet with Provost and Dean
 Committee recommendations – post to webpage
 Needed actions
State of Department
• 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.
State of Department
• 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.
Budget
FY 2000
PS
NPS
Base Budget
$6,840,000 (89%)
850,000 (11%)
$7,690,000
FY 2008
PS
NPS
Base Budget
$5,608,802 (94%)
352,608 (6%)
$5,961,410
Reductions
In Base
$1,728,590 (22%)
Budget (cont.)
FY 2008
Base Budget
PS
NPS-State
Contingency
Royalty
Sales
Assistantships
Grants
5,961,410
-5,608,802
352,608
184,160 (will be requested)
300,000 (reserve)
400,000 (committed)
250,000
212,000
3,000,000 (annual award)
Budget (cont.)
FY 2009 (Estimate)
Base Budget
PS
NPS-State
Contingency
Royalty
Sales
Assistantships
Grants
6,199,866
-5,840.302
359,564
184,160
300,000
250,000
212,000
4,000,000
State of Department
Commitment to Excellence
• Other
 Video-conferencing equipment - Tandberg
 Indirect Costs
University of Georgia
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
2007 Fall Faculty Retreat
Thank You for Your Attention
Questions Please
August 7,2007
Athens Campus
Athens, GA