1. Welcome to 2017 SEFS Retreat

2. Session 2: SEFS Research Interest Groups
Bioresource Science and Engineering
Forest Ecology 
Forest Soils 
Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture 
Social Sciences 
Sustainable Resource Management 
Wildlife Science

3. Session 3: Flow Chart the Current Process (if you can)
Bottlenecks
Inefficiencies
Overlaps
Redundancies
Gaps
Provide a value stream map or flow chart with data: how much time, $, # of people it takes…
Inputs
Outputs
Process

4. Session One Summary Example of a Broader Framework
Possible mission words:
Global, international
Sustainable, resilient
Leadership, engagement
Collaborative/interdisciplinary/integrating
Ecology & Systems
Society
Management
intangible
Services Products Markets
tangible
Borrowed from Kathy Wolf

5. Session Two Summary Restoration Ecosystem Service Forest Ecology
Hydrology
Wetlands
Geospatial
Data/Modelling
Ecosystem Ecology
Disturbance
Ecology
Social Sciences
Sustainability
Climate
Economics
Forest Management
Bioenergy
BES
Soils
Conservation
Recreation
Tourism
Environmental
Education
Wildlife
Ecology
Other
Quantitative
Ecology
Urban
Ecology
Social Science
Ecology
Indigenous

6. Session Three Summary
Recruiting: students recruit professors, faculty websites updated, current student profiles maintained, prospective graduate student weekend, social events, competitive funding packages, see outcomes/alumni surveys (jobs, average time in degree), courses info/structure, more transparent process
Funding: insufficient TA, fellowships and scholarships (3 years not enough for a PhD), evaluate student pool, too many students (?), more flexibility, new endowments (local), new faculty mentoring on funding, keeping students on tracks (so funding is used more efficiently), College transparence on how $ comes back to SEFS, rewards to faculty favors postdocs (publications), stronger partnerships with community for internships and careers, SEFS partnering with other schools for entrepreneurial opportunities (startups), rejuvenate faculty efforts to fund students
Diversity: only give fellowships to diverse students, environmental justice courses, inclusive environment, diversify faculty, support systems, diversity and other training, getting more diverse kids and communities involved in environmental issues, need faculty to take the lead on this
Mentoring: progress/hitting benchmarks (and consequences), accountability on student and committee part, supportive culture, more administrative oversight, faculty attending PhD defenses, collective/community effort, define paths, taking advantage of resources, skillsets take grad interest to heart, help student define their own path, help to build thinking mind, formal committee, peer community and alumni, nested hierarchies in the lab, faculty mentorship training
Administrative Support: lack of central resources/portal, mentoring program, staff and faculty forum, disconnect between faculty, staff and students – communication route needed (other then ), reimbursement delays
Community: resurrect the Dead Elk Society, journal club(s), community projects, central meeting place
Career Outcomes:
Ideas: One credit course covering all of the above beyond graduate orientation seminar, students passing down institutional knowledge (student-to-student mentorship), communication, where the equipment is etc., listserve to ask about equipment maybe other questions