IFAS FACULTY ASSEMBLY AGENDA DECEMBER 15, 2014 1:30 – 3:30 G001 MCCARTY D ROLL CALL AND CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER 24 T H MEETING MINUTES ASSEMBLY CHAIR REPORT, SAUNDRA TENBROECK • • •

Appreciation of past service List of priorities for the upcoming new year Strategies for enhancing IFAS shared governance

REPORT FROM SVP, DR. JACK PAYNE SPEAKER, DEAN FOR EXTENSION, DR. NICK PLACE – Measuring Excellence in Extension, Looking Forward COMMITTEE REPORTS • • • • •

IRC – Keith Schneider o Committee report and plans for spring term of 2015 PWC – Jim Preston o Committee report and plans for spring term of 2015 Curriculum – Bryan Kolaczkowski o Committee report and plans for spring term of 2015 IFAS TPC – Cliff Lamb o Committee report and plans for spring term of 2015 IFAS FACULTY SENATE LIAISON – Jasmeet Judge

OTHER ISSUES & ACTIONS HOT TOPIC DISCUSSION OPEN DISCUSSION FROM ASSEMBLY FLOOR MEETING ADJOURNMENT

IFAS FACULTY MEETING MINUTES December 15th, 2014| G001 McCarty D Called Meeting Call ed to order by S. Tenbroeck: 1:34 pm

AGENDA ITEMS ☒ Roll call ☒ Approval of November 24th Meeting Minutes •

Motion: Tim Martin, 2nd: J. Preston

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Approved

ASSEMBLY CHAIR REPORT ☒ Saundra Tenbroeck, Chair, IFAS Faculty Assembly •

Appreciation for Mike Kane, former chair of the assembly o Thank you so much for your service!

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Council of Teaching Enhancement o Peer Evaluations o Graduate student use

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Advisory committees are important – please participate to enhance shared

governance •

Replacement for Joe Joyce (IFAS Associate SVP)– interviewing today and announcement should be coming soon

SVP REPORT ☐ Jack Payne, UF-IFAS SVP •

No report

HOT TOPIC – UF/IFAS EXTENSION Nick Place, IFAS Extension Dean •

Extension has a research, teaching, outreach commitment – all three deans work together to integrate experience

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Expectations in T&P packets to show contributions across all three areas regardless of appointment split o Need to address in narratives – be creative to figure out how to be involved in all three areas

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Strategic Staffing Task Force o Purpose is to make greatest use of our current and future human resources o Committee taking input from internal survey to develop survey for stakeholders in conjunction with CEDs


Led by Ed Osborne, Catherine Allen

o Agent Titles


Agent, multi-county agent, regional specialized agent, state specialized agent •

State specialized agent – new position proposed to provide statewide leadership on an area that is identified as a critical gap o Not tenure-track, but permanent status o Expected to do some applied research o Mainly programming o Use this for very unique topics

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Regional specialized agents o Highly specialized training o Set in strategic positions in the state o E.g., related to water o Permanent status type of position

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Multi-county agent o Multiple counties share resources

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Single county agents o Very few of them right now o Share across counties




Implementation over time •

As retirements occur

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New positions

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No movement of people into new positions

Role of County Extension Directors (CED) and District Extension Directors (DED) o Urban needs; i.e., programming & leadership


Demand on time for communication with county leadership and programming

o Mentoring, coaching and evaluation of faculty

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Each DED is doing about 70+ faculty evaluations each year




Maybe bring in CEDs to help with those




Will need a long, thoughtful transition

Salary models o Should reflect proper compensation for the skills contributed to IFAS Extension

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Program Development and Evaluation Center (PDEC) o Capturing and communicating necessary information that gets at our impact


Measuring the correct things




Working with initiative teams




Connecting state and local efforts




Aiming towards Economic, Environmental, and/or Societal benefits

o Renewed focus on Professional Development


Assessment tool for county faculty




New faculty




CED training




Specialist training

o Evaluation toolbox – to measure impact


Work with initiative teams

o Utilizing Workload to capture impacts


Used in the Workload Force Request (LBR) that is used to get more money from the State Legislature •

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IMPORTANT to fill out for extension appointments!

Journal and Impact Factors

o Questions – What were you hired to do?


Not everything we do fits into refereed journals with high-impact factors •




E.g., pest management

Publish where appropriate – and EXPLAIN in packet

o Refereed Journals vs. Peer-reviewed EDIS publications


Each have their purpose

o Scholarship of Extension


Translate research into usable forms




EDIS documents are important

o Looking at how to strengthen our EDIS system


Consistency in review process, rigorous




Quicker turnaround




Newer forms in technology

o Credit for these on an annual basis is covered by PDEC •

Revenue Enhancements in Extension o How to we grow and diversify the financial portfolio for investing in Extension o Key points under consideration


New and enhanced revenue streams




Program budgeting




Greater consistency across the organization




Streamlining financial procedures

o Committee will compete work in early 2015 •

Associate Dean Positions o Associate Dean, Extension


Will have an announcement soon

o 4-H Youth, Development, Families and Communities


Position closes this week

o Associate State Program Leader for 4-H Youth Development

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Joan Dusky is retiring, celebration is WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17th, starting at NOON, AUSTIN CARY FOREST

COMMITTEE REPORTS Professional Welfare Committee ☒ Jim Preston, Chair, IFAS Faculty Assembly •

Peer review teaching assessment is at the forefront

Infrastructure and Resources Committee ☒ Keith Schneider, Chair •

No report

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Fifield Teaching facility is now #3 on new construction list – Al Wysocki

Curriculum Committee ☒ Bryan Kolaczkowski, Chair •

Botany program undergraduate changes to program continue to progress o Two tracks: One is pre-research, one is pre-professional

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2nd Distance-based doctorate degree o Plant medicine

Tenure, Promotion and Permanent Status Committee ☒ Cliff Lamb, Chair •

New chair will be Grady Roberts

Senate Faculty Liaison Report ☒ Jasmeet Judge •

No report, meeting minutes on Faculty Senate website.

OTHER ISSUES AND ACTIONS None

OPEN DISCUSSION FROM ASSEMBLY FLOOR ADJOURNMENT Make sure that you and your department know what is important for staffing considerations and let our leadership know. •

Retirements, resignations – all those positions come back to the College leadership, not to the department.

Adjournment •

Motion to adjourn: 2:30 pm B. Kolaczkowski, 2nd: J. Preston

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Adjourn at 2:33 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 Cheri Brodeur - sub

Yes

Patricio

Munoz

Agronomy

Yes

Saundra

TenBroeck

Animal Sciences

Yes

Susan

Webb

Entomology and Nematology

Jason

Kruse

Environmental Horticulture

Yes

Randy

Cantrell

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Yes

Kelly

Grogan

Food and Resource Economics

No

Keith

Schneider

Food Science and Human Nutrition and IRC Chair

No

Tim

Martin

Forest Resources and Conservation

Yes

Mercy

Olmstead

Horticultural Sciences

Yes

Jim

Preston

Microbiology and Cell Science

Yes

No

Erica

Goss

Plant Pathology

Andy

Ogram

Soil and Water Science

Elizabeth

Pienaar

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

No Yes No

SECTION 2 - RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTERS Megan

Dewdney

Citrus Research and Education Center

Yes

Calvin

Odero

Everglades Research and Education Center

Yes

Chelsea

Smartt

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

Yes

Rudi

Scheffrahn

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

No

Gurpal

Toor

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

No

Barrett

Gruber

Indian River Research and Education Center

Yes

Hayk

Khachatryan

Mid Florida Research and Education Center

No

Pete

Andersen

North Florida Research and Education Center

Yes

Joao

Vendramini

Range Cattle Research and Education Center

Yes

Sanjay

Shukla

Southwest Florida Research and Education Center

No

Catharine

Mannion

Tropical Research and Education Center Excused

No

Ramon

Leon

West Florida Research and Education Center

Yes

SECTION 3 - EXTENSION DISTRICTS Doug

Mayo

Northwest - District I

Yes

Chris

DeCubellis

Northeast - District II

Yes

Nancy

Gal

Central - District III

Yes

Stephen

Futch

South Central - District IV

Yes

Sally

Scalera

South - District V

Yes

Liaisons and Guests Jim

Fletcher

IFAS Faculty Assembly Chair-Elect

No

Jasmeet

Judge

IFAS Faculty Senate Liaison

No

Clay

Hurdle

Undergraduate Member

Yes

Danny

Ghannoum

Undergraduate Member

Yes

Adam

Watson

Graduate Member

Yes

Jade

Badon

Graduate Member

Yes

Yes

Hannah

Carter

Parliamentarian – Cheri Brodeur

Cliff

Lamb

TPS&PC Chair

Bryan

Kolaczkowski

Curriculum Committee Chair

Yes

Mike

Kane

Former FA Chair

Yes

No

IFAS FACULTY MEETING MINUTES November 24th, 2014| G001 McCarty D 1:37 7 pm Meeting Called to order by S. Tenbroeck: 1:3

AGENDA ITEMS ☒ Roll call ☒ Approval of October 20th Meeting Minutes •

Motion: Jim Preston; 2nd: Patricio Munoz

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Approved

ASSEMBLY CHAIR REPORT ☒ Saundra Tenbroeck, Chair, IFAS Faculty Assembly •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

In total: 7 hired in IFAS; 2 probable. Possible funding for ± 4 more positions

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Priorities of IFAS Research: 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 •

Administrative liaison for is Eric Simmone

Infrastructure and Resources Committee ☒ Keith Schneider, Chair •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 Jasmeet

Judge

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Hannah

Carter

Agricultural Education and Communication and Parliamentarian

No Yes

Dr. Grady Roberts 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

Yes

Kelly

Grogan

Food and Resource Economics

Yes

Keith

Schneider

Food Science and Human Nutrition and IRC Chair

Yes

Tim

Martin

Forest Resources and Conservation

Yes

Mercy

Olmstead

Horticultural Sciences

Yes

Jim

Preston

Microbiology and Cell Science

Yes

Erica

Goss

Plant Pathology

Yes

Andy

Ogram

Soil and Water Science

Yes

Elizabeth

Pienaar

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Yes

SECTION 2 - RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTERS Megan

Dewdney

Citrus Research and Education Center

Calvin

Odero

Everglades Research and Education Center

No

Chelsea

Smartt

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

No

Rudi

Scheffrahn

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Gurpal

Toor

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

No

Barrett

Gruber

Indian River Research and Education Center

No

Hayk

Khachatryan Mid Florida Research and Education Center

Pete

Andersen

North Florida Research and Education Center

No

Joao

Vendramini

Range Cattle Research and Education Center

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Maria Silveira Sanjay

Shukla

Southwest Florida Research and Education Center

Yes

Catharine

Mannion

Tropical Research and Education Center

Yes

Ramon

Leon

West Florida Research and Education Center

Yes

SECTION 3 - EXTENSION DISTRICTS Doug

Mayo

Northwest - District I

No

Chris

DeCubellis

Northeast - District II

No

Nancy

Gal

Central - District III

Yes

Stephen

Futch

South Central - District IV

Yes

Sally

Scalera

South - District V

Yes

IFAS Faculty Assembly Chair-Elect

Yes

Liaisons and Guests Jim

Fletcher

Jasmeet

Judge

IFAS Faculty Senate Liaison

Yes

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

Wendell

Porter

Curriculum Committee Chair

No Yes