1. Department of Crop & Soil Sciences
2016 Spring Faculty Meeting
March 7,2016
Middle Georgia State College
Macon, GA

2. Issues Positions Student Activity funds Teaching
Annual evaluation and Faculty Performance Initiative
Post tenure review process
Tuition Incentive Assistantship program
Contracts
IHF (Athens)

3. Positions Quantitative Genomics-Jason Wallace
Grain breeding-Mohamed Mergoum
Cotton Extension-Jared Whitaker
Turfgrass physiology-David Jesperson
Extension Agronomist-Interviewing

4. Positions needed Corn/grain/soybean extension specialist
Crop Physiology
Turfgrass-Research Scientist –Julie Campbell
Forage Weed Management
Crop Modeling
Invasive Weed Management
Stress Physiology
High through-put phenotyping
Corn Breeder
Soil Fertility
Soil Physics and hydrology

5. Student Activity fund Approximately $10,000 per year
To be used for experiential student activities
Activities
Soil seminar
Field trips
Turf team
Soils team
Poster contest
Study abroad
Internships

6. Undergraduate teaching
Staff advising
Majors and AOE
Low enrollment majors
Fewer majors and more AOE

7. Graduate Assistantship Funding
$250,000 State and Royalty
Most are cost shared (20%20%)
TA – 3
40% Assistantship
New Professor
Professors without technicians
All provided competitively
Timing is critical
One Year lead time is best

8. and Faculty Performance Initiative
Annual evaluation
and Faculty Performance Initiative
Unit specific
Move FPI to start of career
Delayed for 1 year
Faculty input

9. Other issues Post tenure review process
Tuition Incentive Assistantship program
Contracts
IHF

10. University of Georgia Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
2016 Spring Faculty Meeting
Thank You for Your Attention
Questions Please
March 7, 2016
Middle Georgia State College
Macon, GA