ifas faculty meeting minutes

IFAS FACULTY MEETING
MINUTES
November 24th, 2014| G001 McCarty D
Meeting Called to order by S. Tenbroeck: 1:37 pm
AGENDA ITEMS
☒ Roll call
☒ Approval of October 20th Meeting Minutes
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Motion: Jim Preston; 2nd: Patricio Munoz
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Approved
ASSEMBLY CHAIR REPORT
☒ Saundra Tenbroeck, Chair, IFAS Faculty Assembly
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Chairs and members
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Hot Topics – N. Place will present at the December meeting
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Meet with your faculty to bring up issues that need to be addressed.
o Topics can start with committees – contact info is on website.
SVP REPORT
☐ Jack Payne, UF-IFAS SVP
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Met with new president, Kent Fuchs – positive interaction
o Appears to be a big supporter of IFAS, wants to visit research stations + county
offices
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Faculty vacancies?
o Down several positions and have little money to replace these
o When faculty retires, position comes back to Dean
Where is IFAS best served?
Except when a Center Director or Department Chair counsels a
unproductive faculty member out of a position
o We want a Legislative Budget Request (LBR) $5.5 million in workload budget
request from the legislature
Sent out request to unit leaders to name their top faculty request.
o Chair of Entomology/Nematology – Jeff Scott, Cornell University in negotiation
o Chair of FRED – Spiro Stefano, Penn State University – January 1
o Apopka, MREC – Joe Albano, with USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD to take the job.
o Associate Dean for Extension, PL in agriculture interviews going on.
o Staff Position for Joe Joyce’s position (after he retires)
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Not a faculty position, internal search
Building for Fifield – non-committal response from the Board of Governors
o Classrooms for Microbiology and Cell Science, Hort departments, and plant
pathology
o Refurbish classrooms to lab space in Fifield
o Lot of competition
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LBRs
o Center for Leadership Development
o Climate Center – Board of Governors declined
o Plant Improvement Program LBR
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Private-Public Partnerships with Harris Moran-Clause
Discussion on Preeminence – Jackie Burns, IFAS Dean of Research
IFAS DEAN OF RESEARCH
Jackie Burns, IFAS Dean & Director FAES
Preeminence Hires
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Food Systems Hub
o Food safety, distribution, etc.
o Lead Unit – IFAS, PHHP, COE
Partner Programs, EPI, Climate Institute
3 faculty hired, possibly funding for 3 mores
James Anderson, URI, UF-FRED, leadership for food hub
Karen Garrett, Plant Pathology, KSU – plant disease ecology
o $1.3 million allocated to this initiative
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Plant Genetics and Innovation
o Lead Unit – IFAS, CLAS
Partner Program, Genetics Inst.
Frank White, KSU, Plant Pathology, Plant-Microbial Genetics
o $450,000 allocated for this initiative – may not have enough to hire another
person
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Bioinformatics
o Lead Unit – IFAS, COM, PHHP, CLAS, Dentistry, Pharmacy, FLMNH
o Ethan White, Wildlife Ecology, Utah State – macroecologist
o Ana Conesa, Microbiology and Cell Science – genomics, gene expression
o $380,000 allocated for the initiative – all spent
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Biodiversity
o Lead Unit – IFAS
o 1 person hired from Utah State
o $300,000 allocated
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One Health
o Lead Unit – CVM, IFAS, PHHP
Parner Program, EPI
o 2 faculty hired
o Toxicologists and immunologists invited
o $500,000 allocated to that initiative
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In total: 7 hired in IFAS; 2 probable. Possible funding for ± 4 more positions
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Priorities of IFAS Research:
o Encourage cross college projects and across disciplines
o Invest in initiatives with regional, national, and global impact
o Search for, secure and continue opportunities for IFAS research
o Recruit, develop, retain, and reward excellence in research
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Professional Welfare Committee
☒ Jim Preston, Chair, IFAS Faculty Assembly
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Administrative liaison is Eric Simmone, NE Extension District Director
Infrastructure and Resources Committee
☒ Keith Schneider, Chair
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Fifield Bldg. now has moved down from #3 to #16 on the PICO list
Curriculum Committee
☒ Joel Brendenmuhl, CALS Assoc. Dean for Bryan Kolaczkowski, Chair
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8 semester plans is the main focus – Statewide Core for General Education
o UF is looking at the “UF Core” – 6 credits additional to the Gen Ed block
o All has to be completed before 2015-2016 catalog rolls out, March 1.
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Couple of degree programs in early stages
o FYCS, Ph.D. program proposal
o Bioinformatics, M.S. program proposal
Tenure, Promotion and Permanent Status Committee
☒ Cliff Lamb, Chair
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Met last week of October, evaluated 53 packets total
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Needed for future packets:
o Extension section from State Specialists did not follow the guidelines for an
extension program – guidance should be considered in future years
o Many formatting issues:
Faculty should number lists of publications and lectures
Summarize publications for each sections
Delete instructions and “track changes”
Faculty should adhere to page and word limits
o Use hyperlinks to access specific sections in the packets
o Unit leaders should be more explicit in describing anomalies in the packet
o Unit leaders should STRONGLY encourage faculty to attend T&P training
o Committee found that packets that followed the guidelines were easier to
assess
o Would be helpful to have candidates to describe the unique aspects of their
position in their packets.
Senate Faculty Liaison Report
☒ Jasmeet Judge
No report – UF Faculty Senate Minutes are online
OTHER ISSUES AND ACTIONS
Welcome to our student representatives!
OPEN DISCUSSION FROM ASSEMBLY FLOOR
ADJOURNMENT
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Motion – E. Pienaar, 2nd, Keith Schneider
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Adjourn at 2:41 pm.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
First
Name
Last Name
Department
TenBroeck
Animal Sciences
Present?
CHAIR
Saundra
Yes
SECTION 1 - IFAS DEPARTMENTS
No
Jasmeet
Judge
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Hannah
Carter
Agricultural Education and Communication and
Parliamentarian
Yes
Patricio
Munoz
Agronomy
Yes
Saundra
TenBroeck
Animal Sciences
Yes
Susan
Webb
Entomology and Nematology
Yes
Jason
Kruse
Environmental Horticulture
Yes
Randy
Cantrell
Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Kelly
Grogan
Food and Resource Economics
Yes
Keith
Schneider
Food Science and Human Nutrition and IRC Chair
Yes
Tim
Martin
Forest Resources and Conservation
Mercy
Olmstead
Horticultural Sciences
Yes
Jim
Preston
Microbiology and Cell Science
Yes
Erica
Goss
Plant Pathology
No
Andy
Ogram
Soil and Water Science
No
Elizabeth
Pienaar
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
No
No
Yes
SECTION 2 - RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTERS
Megan
Dewdney
Citrus Research and Education Center
No sub
Tripti Vashisth
Calvin
Odero
Everglades Research and Education Center
Yes
No
Chelsea
Smartt
Florida Medical Entomology Lab
Rudi
Scheffrahn
Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center
Yes
Gurpal
Toor
Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
Yes
Barrett
Gruber
Indian River Research and Education Center
Yes
Hayk
Khachatryan
Mid Florida Research and Education Center
Yes
Pete
Andersen
North Florida Research and Education Center
No
Joao
Vendramini
Range Cattle Research and Education Center
Yes
Sanjay
Shukla
Southwest Florida Research and Education Center
Yes
Catharine
Mannion
Tropical Research and Education Center
Excused
Ramon
Leon
West Florida Research and Education Center
No
Yes
SECTION 3 - EXTENSION DISTRICTS
Doug
Mayo
Northwest - District I
No
Chris
DeCubellis
Northeast - District II
Yes
Nancy
Gal
Central - District III
Yes
Stephen
Futch
South Central - District IV
Sally
Scalera
South - District V
Yes
Yes
No
Liaisons and Guests
Jim
Fletcher
IFAS Faculty Assembly Chair-Elect
Jasmeet
Judge
IFAS Faculty Senate Liaison
Clay
Hurdle
Undergraduate Member
Yes
Danny
Ghannoum
Undergraduate Member
Yes
Adam
Watson
Graduate Member
Yes
Jade
Badon
Graduate Member
Yes
Hannah
Carter
Parliamentarian
Yes
Cliff
Lamb
TPS&PC Chair
Yes
Bryan
Kolaczkowski
Curriculum Committee Chair
No
No