ELECTRONIC ADMINISTRATIVE BRIEFINGS
March 2005
CARET MEETING
The CARET (Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching) meetings were held in Washington, DC on February 27-March 1. CARET is a voluntary citizens organization that advocates for the Land-Grant System’s Board on Agriculture Assembly. Our representatives are Jerry Douglas, Senior Vice President, Biltmore Estate Brands Group, and Jake Parker, National Legislative Director, NC Farm Bureau. They along with several NCSU representatives met with our Congressional delegation to discuss the impact of the President’s proposed budget on the land-grant system and our college. The administrations budget proposal would eliminate all special grants and eliminate Hatch, McIntire-Stennis and Animal Health and Disease formula funds over a two-year period. Some funds would be redistributed to competitive grants and Extension would have some increases including a new $3 million line item for new technologies (e-extension). However, funding for 406 Integrated Programs (IPM, Water Quality, etc.) would be distributed on a competitive grant basis. Elimination of Hatch and Animal Health funds would reduce our base budget for research approximately $3 million in FY2006 and another $3 million in FY2007.
ALUMNI TOUR
The CALS Alumni and Friends Society, along with the NC Cooperative Extension, are hosting a series of alumni tours across the state of North Carolina, featuring Dean Johnny Wynne. These tours will provide our alumni and friends a chance to learn more about the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and its tremendous impact on the state.
The first tour stop will occur on March 15, at the Wake County Extension Center, and the subsequenttour stops are listed below. The program will start at 6:15 p.m., featuring a social with heavy hors d'oeuvres, followed by a program from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m., highlighting the academic, research and extension mission of the College.
All CALS alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the college are invited to the receptions. We simply ask that you RSVP one week ahead of the event you would like to attend. To RSVP, contact Julia Atwell at 515-6212 or email
Directions to the Wake County Extension Center can be found at:
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/wake/directions.html
The complete list of tour dates and locations is below, and can also be found at the CALS Alumni and Friends website at:
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/alumni
Tuesday, March 15, Wake County Cooperative Extension Center, Raleigh, NC
Wednesday, March 23, Vernon James Research and Extension Center, Plymouth, NC
Tuesday, March 29, Charlie Rose Agri-Expo Center, Fayetteville, NC
Thursday, March 31, Forsyth County Cooperative Extension Center, Winston Salem, NC
Thursday, April 7, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, Fletcher, NC
Friday, April 8, Burke County Extension Center, Morganton, NC
Tuesday, April 19, Duplin County Extension Center, Kenansville, NC
A block of rooms have been reserved at the Fairfield Inn by Marriott for the evening of April 7 in Fletcher. To make your reservation, please call 828-684-1144. A block of rooms have been reserved under the name of “CALS Dean’s Alumni Tour”. Rooms are $75.00 per night plus tax.
Again, all CALS alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the college are invited to the receptions. We look forward to seeing you there.
STATE BUDGET
In other political news, we are working hard to obtain funds to address salary inequities for faculty paid from agricultural programs including both on-campus and field faculty. The Chancellor and the Office of the President are supportive of our effort.
Director, Proteomics and Metabolomics LABORATORY
The College has finished interviewing for a new Director of the Proteomics and Metabolomics Laboratory. The new lab will be established with funds from the Research Office and Dr. Gilligan's office.
NCDA&CS
The Commissioner of Agriculture, Mr. Steve Troxler, is a graduate of NC State University. He has reorganized the department into three areas with Dr. Richard Reich, Mr. Howard Isley and Mr. David Smith as Assistant Commissioners. We have been meeting with the new administrative team, and look forward to fostering that relationship.
STATE EXTENSION CONFERENCE
“Relevance, responsiveness and results” was the theme for the Feb. 28-March 1 State Extension Conference. Some 750 educators from North Carolina Cooperative Extension, the Industrial Extension Service and North Carolina Sea Grant gathered at N.C. State’s McKimmon Center for the event.
Activities included an awards and recognition luncheon and administrative sessions with directors of each of the services, NC State Chancellor James L. Oblinger, NC A&T Provost Carolyn Meyers, Dean Johnny Wynne of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dean Alton Thompson of NC A&T State University’s School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, consultant Jane Peeples of Carolina PR and Bob Melville of the North Carolina Progress Board.
Cooperative Extension professionals learned more about county partner perceptions from Carolina PR and engaged in dialogue about the next steps in the organization's change management and marketing initiative.
Conference participants attended training sessions focused on leadership, marketing, communication, technology and more. The conference wrapped up on Wednesday with an administrative session featuring UNC President Molly Broad, followed by a motivational luncheon speech by N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.
Marshall and other speakers emphasized importance of university outreach in helping meet state goals for developing human and economic capital. They also challenged participants to take steps to ensure that their organizations and their programs remain relevant and responsive to the state’s changing needs.
CHANCELLOR’S INSTALLATION
The installation of Dr. James L. Oblinger as North Carolina State University’s 13th chancellor is planned for 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at Reynolds Coliseum.
The installation ceremony, with the theme of “Innovation in Action: Voices of NC State,” will cap more than a week of celebrations, symposia and activities to honor the new chancellor. Included in the festivities will be:
· Symposia and events sponsored by individual colleges at NC State on various dates during April
· April 4 - - A reception for NC State staff, sponsored by the Staff Senate, from 3 to 4 p.m. in Room 3118 Talley Student Center.
· April 5 - - A reception for faculty, sponsored by the Faculty Senate, from 3 to 5 p.m. Site to be announced.
· April 12 - - An ice cream reception for students from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on the Brickyard.
· April 19 - - A celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Centennial Campus from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the College of Textiles Atrium on Centennial Campus.
· April 20 - - An open reception for all faculty, staff and students on the Talley Courtyard following the installation ceremony.
Additional details about installation events will be updated frequently on the Installation Web site, www.ncsu.edu/installation
INTERVIEWS – STATE 4-H LEADER/DEPARTMENT HEAD
Interviews have been scheduled for the position of State 4-H Leader/Department Head. Please plan to participate at appropriate times. Interview dates are:
March 21-22 Marshall Stewart
March 29-30 Barbara Stone
March 29-30 Ed Maxa
April 13-14 Thearon McKinney
April 13-14 Susan Camp
INTERVIEWS – SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT HEAD
Interviews are being scheduled for the Department Head, Department of Sociology and Anthropology beginning on March 15 and hopefully completing the process on April 12. The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is taking the lead on the interview process. Tentatively, we’ll interview five candidates (March 15-17; March 27-29; March 30-April 1; April 3-5; April 6-8 and April 11-12). We’ll notify you as soon as the schedules are confirmed.
REMINDERS
1) CALS Faculty Meeting, March 8 – 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., 2215 Williams Hall (Refreshments are available from 3:00 – 3:30 p.m.).
2) We would like to encourage all full-time employees on campus to fill out our CALS Climate Assessment Survey. We've been told that only 10% of our employees have filled out this survey and this is not enough feedback. Please take a few minutes and go on line and submit this survey.
http://survey.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/cals/cals.htm
Due no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2005.
3) Applications for Pathways are due to Sylvia Blankenship on Friday, March 4, 2005.
4) The next quarterly meeting of CALS Department Heads will be April 4, 2005 – 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., 2405 Williams Hall.