Transcript Changes in CRSS Curricula

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