1. Strategic Plan Food Science & Technology January 2009

2. Activities PriorityDescriptionProgress 1 Gather and invest the necessary funds to properly furnish and equip CITAI facilities Furniture ordered. Equipment quoted, but no requisitions, yet. Issues with new system 2 Improve student services (registration, counseling, networking with program graduates, student association, educational/professional opportunities) Not started 3 Maintain the necessary laboratory materials and equipment to support course offering and thesis work In progress

3. Activities PriorityDescriptionProgress 4 Update academic offering Some courses reviewed. Needs appointment of Academic Affairs Committee 5 Develop new academic programs (BS, PhD) Joint PhD program with UNL in design phase. BS to be part of CAS’ curricular reform 6ª Increase course offering Nutrition course offered – needs to be formalized. Current Food Law course. Pending: Quality Control, Functional Properties, … 6b Increase participation in COOP Plan, internships and other professional practice programs Not started 6c Recruit talented students from other countries Not started

4. Activities PriorityDescriptionProgress 7 Generate externally funded research and creative activities Not started 8 Establish MOUs with key national and international partners UNL – PhD program NDSU – on hold 9 Revise and update departmental recruitment plan Plan updated on Aug’08. One faculty to be hired (75R/25T). Others pending. 10 Establish an entrepreneurship plan UPRM’s incubation plan in the works. CITAI taken as model. Administrative issues being sorted. Two projects making progress.

5. Activities PriorityDescriptionProgress 11 Establish an administrative and services assessment plan Plan to be reviewed and updated by engineering students on course project during spring’09 12 Indentify need areas, and gather funds, for the professional development of personnel SQF training