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 faculty9:15 a.m. New Faculty Presentations Charles Brummer9:30a - 9:45a Paul Bertsch9:45a - 10:00a Dennis Hancock10:00a - 10:15a Qingguo Huang10:15a - 10:30a Scott Tubbs10:30a - 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 Sessions12:30p - 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

State of Department Topics –  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$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 Reductions In Base $1,728,590 (22%)

Budget (cont.) FY 2008 Base Budget5,961,410 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.) FY 2009 (Estimate) Base Budget 6,199,866 PS -5, NPS-State 359,564 Contingency 184,160 Royalty 300,000 Sales 250,000 Assistantships 212,000 Grants 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