ANR Spring Faculty Meeting€¦ · 19/05/2015 · ANR Spring Faculty Meeting . May 19, 2015 . Call to Order, Announcements, Introductions – Mark Rieger . Approval of the Minutes

ANR Spring Faculty Meeting May 19, 2015

Call to Order, Announcements, Introductions – Mark Rieger Approval of the Minutes – Dec 4, 2014 – Mark Rieger http://canr.udel.edu/about-us/staff-resources/ Approval of the Agenda – Mark Rieger Old Business – Mark Rieger New Business – Mark Rieger 1. College and Budget Update 2. Extension Update 3. Research & Grad Ed Update 4. C&C Committee Report 5. Space Committee Report 6. Cost Recovery Committee Report 7. Faculty Senate Report Other Items Adjourn

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Fall 2015 Admissions Update

UD CANR • Deposits are 4164 (4217 last year);

melt expected to be 4% • Yield up to 27% (was 26%) • URM deposits down ~2% • International deposits up 20% • 13 pt increase in SAT • GPA up to 3.68 (3.62 last year) • 41 World Scholars deposited for fall

• 160 deposits to date (181 last year) but still time for transfers

• 4th highest yield at UD – 27.6%, down from 28.4% last year

Data to be finalized in August

“A setback is a setup for a comeback”



CANR Sponsored Programs

2012 2013 2014 20151

Expenditures $26.1M $26.9M $26.4M $28.2M (+7%)

F&A $2.5M $2.4M $2.6M $2.6M

1Projected from 3rd quarter; most significant increase in four years! Still need to work on increasing effective F&A

FY15 Development Update

FY15 GOAL: $3.5 to 4.5M • To date: $2.7M • Incoming: $125k fellowships, $900k planned gifts, some annual giving • Cultivation: 57 visits, 13 major gift solicitations • Projected: ~$3.7M Priorities: • Worrilow (potential donors identified but development target unclear) • Scholarships, fellowships, student support • Program (including faculty) support

FY2013 vs 2016 FY2013

FY2016

11.7

12.4

37.7

FY16 revenues have not been finalized

FY16 Budget Outlook

Changes to RBB for FY16: • Algorithm 1c “Research Incentive” has been capped • Algorithm 1c – subcontracts removed from consideration • Subvention cut by ~$400k • Health care cost escalation – impact not finalized (mid 6-figure?) • Bottom line: ~$1M less than anticipated FY16 will be a challenging budget year • Hiring freeze still in place for faculty and staff • Hatch, Mac-Stennis, Animal Health allocations will be reduced Good news: • Reached goal of 1% contingency by end of FY15 (0.95% projected) • Structural deficit lowest in 3 years • Cost recovery efforts have softened the effect of cuts

FY16 Budget Outlook IMPORTANT: Although traceable through RBB, the cuts weren’t caused by RBB. Costs are simply outstripping revenue increases. RBB - better than “block” budgeting; 1)transparent 2) somewhat predictable Our budget problems are caused by: • State appropriations are flat or declining (increased costs of K-12 and health

care). • Personnel costs are the majority of expenditures; increase annually. • Undergrad tuition - the vast majority of UD’s operating revenue, AND:

• Tuition increases are unpopular with BOT, parents, legislators… • UG enrollment is capped

• We waive most grad tuition in science-based colleges. • F&A recovery is insufficient to cover the full cost of research.

Summer Homework: Looking Ahead to AY16

1. Master Plan milestones: where are we ~2 years later? • Administrative retreat planned for August 12th • Align MP with Delaware Will Shine • Make appropriate changes to departmental, unit-level documents

2. Curriculum enhancement:

• Prep for Middle States review in summer ’16 • Continue to streamline majors, courses; develop new programs

3. Undergrad admissions: value proposition relative to UMD and PSU? 4. Revise P&T documents: considerations for CNTT faculty per the task force report 5. Deans & provosts: developing new RBB model (to meet DWS goals)

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Faculty Meeting May 2015

Cooperative Extension


CANR Master Plan Cooperative Extension Plan

Sustainable food systems, landscapes and ecosystems

Profitable and Competitive Agriculture- Best Management practices Local Urban Food Production and Access

Human dimensions of food, agriculture and natural resources

Nutrition and Health Promotion

“One Health” initiative-animal,

plants, humans ecosystems

Food Safety Healthy Living Volunteer and Leadership Development Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Farm, Small Business and Family Resource Management

Climate change-impacts, mitigation and adaptation

Environmental Impacts Agriculture and Urban Landscapes Protect and Enhance Environmental Quality related to Climate Variability and Change


Sustainable Production Systems for Agricultural and Urban Landscapes 2014-15 data Contacts 80,702 Peer Reviewed Publications and Journal Articles 177 Extension Bulletins and Factsheets 59 Competitive Grants Awarded 41 Webpage views/downloads 192543 Workshops at State, National or International Level 4858

Impact Reports

Two baby lima bean breeding lines, DE0407905 and DE0407907, and one Fordhook lima bean breeding line, DE0701301A, have been tested for numerous years. These varieties have superior yield and/or disease resistance characteristics and have acceptable quality attributes. Growers and processors surveyed during the Lima Bean Forum on December 16, 2014 overwhelmingly indicated that they would like these varieties to be released for commercial production. College or Department

name here

Key Position Changes

Doug Crouse, Interim State 4-H Program Leader Jennifer Volk, Kent County Extension Director

Anne Camasso, Retired, Family and Consumer Sciences Patricia Tanner Nelson, Retired, APEC Don Tilmon, Retired, APEC Sequoia Rent, Kent County Afterschool Jennifer Clem – Kent County Administrative Assistant


Revenue Portfolio for Extension

Federal=25% State=25% Local=2% RBB=10%

Grants & Contracts=38%


Expansion of Revenue Portfolio for Extension

Cost Recovery

Credit and non-credit courses Tuition

On-line Courses Grants


FY 12- FY 15 Grants Extension

$0

$500,000

$1,000,000

$1,500,000

$2,000,000

$2,500,000

$3,000,000

$3,500,000

$4,000,000

FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15

$3,153,692 $2,977,640

$3,643,236 $3,754,535

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Agricultural Law Education Initiative University of Maryland

September 4, 2015 http://udel.adobeconnect.com/firstfriday


Faculty Meeting May 2015

Research and Graduate Programs

CANR Sponsored Programs

22 CANR Research and Graduate Programs

CANR Research and Graduate Programs

Degree Program Fall 13 Fall 14

PhD ANFS, AS BINF ENWE PLSC WSP

18 6 11 27 4

16 6 14 21 5

MS (MA) Ag Ed AREC AS ENTO FOOD PLSC Pub Hort STAT WSP WILD

2 13 10 9 4 15 11 48 2 9

1 14 8 8 6 23 11 58 5 12

Total 189 208


General topic Faculty Visions for CANR Research & Graduate Programs

Coordination of Graduate Education programs

More mixing of graduate students across programs possibly through across departmental assignment of graduate student office space

More awards for excellence among our students

Cross-CANR graduate student travel awards

Better communication among CANR research groups: CANR-wide research symposium; brown-bag luncheon seminar series

Better co-ordination of graduate coursework. CANR-wide course in R and better adoption of R as a stats platform.

General topic Faculty Visions for CANR Research & Graduate Programs

More international connections for graduate

education

Seek out developing countries who are interested in funding graduate education at a US institution.

Improve Graduate funding & marketing

Do a better job of marketing our graduate programs

Fund some grad students for 1 year as recruiting tool and possibly rotate these students across PIs & departments.

Think about PSM programs — right now the Biotech PSM is getting students looking for PSM opportunities in Life Sciences


General topic Faculty Concerns with CANR Research & Graduate Programs

Graduate tuition Desire for clarity in the policy and transparency in the use of these funds.

Graduate teaching & education

Grad education is only weakly counted against workload

Worry that across the University there is limited emphasis on graduate training and interest in its importance to the mission.

Graduate courses are de-incentivized and run up against RBB issues across colleges.

Need a clear distinction between the MA and MS.


General topic Faculty Concerns with CANR Research & Graduate Programs

Graduate space and common areas

Need more and better graduate student space.

Need common space in Worrilow where students can eat lunch and socialize.

F&A and cost recovery Look at the current F& A policy to see how it affects departments.

Clear policy on faculty computer replacement, — could expand to technology initiatives across CANR

Faculty needs to see how IDC is being used to support research.


CANR Graduate Tuition Budgeting

Per project year:

$1,625/credit hour X 9 h/semester X 2 semesters = $29,250

85% CANR waived 0.85 X $29,250 = $24,862 15% Minimum PI portion 0.15 X $29,250 = $4,388

Amounts budgeted in excess of 15% will be returned to department and PI on

sliding scale as per CANR policy document


CANR Graduate Tuition Budgeting

-After satisfying course requirements students can move to sustaining status: Masters: $621/semester. 15% of $621 = $93/semester or $186/year Doctoral: $938/semester. 15% of $928 = $141/semester or $281/year -Remaining tuition on a grant can be re-budgeted into other direct cost categories.


Clarification of CANR Graduate Tuition Policy

Grandfathering clauses -Students who began their program before Jan. 1st, 2015 and have been on full

CANR tuition support are exempt from the 15% tuition charge. -If a student enrolled after Jan 1st, 2015 BUT is paid on a grant that was awarded

prior to July 1st, 2014 will also receive full CANR tuition support. -Purpose codes returning 70% of tuition charges to PIs will continue to do so until

the assigned students are no longer supported. New students on these codes will not return 70%.

Clarifications

-The policy is agnostic to the source of funding. -If tuition is an unallowable expense another source of funding should be found.


CANR Space Utilization Committee

Membership: - Tom Ivento - APEC - Randy Wisser - PLSC - Greg Schriver - ENWE - Mark Parcells – ANFS - Scott Hopkins – CANR Farm - Susan Garey – Extension - Victor Green – Georgetown Carvel Center - Jenny McDermott – Facilities (ex officio) - Eric Wommack - Administration

Activities: - Decisions on several requests from ENWE

and ANFS

- Next meeting June 12th - Decisions on Worrilow requests from ANFS - Broad consideration of space needs for

Graduate students and Post-docs.


CANR Greenhouse Advisory Committee

Membership: - Tom Evans- PLSC, chair - Sherry Kitto- PLSC - Brian Kunkle- ENWE - Dave Frye– PLSC - Nancy Gregory– PLSC Extension - Bill Bartz – Fisher Greenhouse - Eric Wommack – CANR Admin (ex officio)

Activities: - Review and streamline greenhouse policies - Current policy now posted on canr.udel.edu - Advise CANR administration on cost recovery

policies - Serve as an advisory group for greenhouse

staff - Next meeting summer 2015, date TBD


Documents

ANR Spring Faculty Meeting€¦ · 19/05/2015 · ANR Spring Faculty Meeting . May 19, 2015 . Call to Order, Announcements, Introductions – Mark Rieger . Approval of the Minutes