Board of Visitors O CTOBER 25, 2018
Meeting overview • Thursday, October 25 – State of the college – Development update – UW budget – Dairy outlook panel – Honorary Recognition and BOV picture • Friday, October 26 – CALS Academic Affairs priorities – QuickStart student panel – Tour of Paskewitz Lab
BOV Executive Committee Bill Staudenmaier Matt Mikolajewski Chair Chair Elect
New faces Brandi Funk Karen Wassarman CALS Associate Associate Dean Director of Development Academic Affairs WFAA CALS
State of the college • Financial context • Goals • Updates on CALS redesign • Academic programs • Research • Extension • How you can help
Financial Context
Implications of recent cuts to UW System • $87M reduction to UW–Madison • $2.8M reduction to CALS research and instruction in FY16 and 17 • UW Extension still realizing their 8.5% cuts – CALS final cut will be taken in the FY20 budget • UW–Madison launched new responsibility ‐ centered management budget model in FY16
CALS budget change 200000 100000 0 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 ‐ 100000 ‐ 200000 ‐ $319,261 ‐ $203,847 ‐ 300000 ‐ $160,355 ‐ 400000 ‐ 500000 5% R/I ‐ 600000 10% R/I funding distributed by formula distributed by ‐ 700000 formula ‐ 800000 ‐ $810,604 ‐ 900000 Instructional change Research change Extension change
Addressing Chancellor Blank’s priorities 1. Expand summer semester 2. Grow programs for professionals 3. Set market ‐ based tuition 4. Explore student mix and numbers 5. Grow alumni support 6. Grow research funds
CALS goals Increase enrollment by 25% • over five years Grow non ‐ traditional and • summer programs Advance research excellence • Grow faculty numbers by • 10% over 5 years by increasing revenues available for faculty salaries
Faculty Searches Planned for FY19 12 hires from CALS Resources planned to date: 2 in agricultural technologies and data science • 2 in plant pathology and pest management • 2 in animal sciences • 1 in agricultural marketing • 3 in basic life sciences • 1 in food chemistry • 1 in science communication • 2 ‐ 3 hires from campus resources • Cluster hire: viral infection mechanisms • Target of opportunity hire: metabolic mechanisms in mammals
CALS Redesign
Rationale • Reduce administrative burden • Grow enrollments in academic programs • Encourage interdisciplinary collaborations • Increase faculty and student numbers
Anticipated changes • Many departments will merge or form a “collaborative” for shared priorities • Fewer majors, but more options within majors – Smaller enrollment majors could evolve into curriculum in new programs or be an “option” within a major – Create 2 ‐ 3 new majors to meet student and societal demands in the coming years
Five Year Plans • Strengthen the research portfolio • Strengthen academic programs • Strengthen Extension programs and outreach activities • Foster diversity and an inclusive climate • Enhance administrative, service and governance efficacy • Increase revenue ‐ generating activities
Efforts underway • Exploring a merger – Dairy Science and Animal Sciences • Exploring a collaborative – Agricultural Ecology: Agronomy, Entomology, Horticulture, Plant Pathology and Soil Science – Soil Science and Biological Systems Engineering • Documenting smaller ‐ scale partnerships with MOUs • Exploration of advising centers
Exploring academic changes • Discontinuation of Poultry Science Major • Creation of Agricultural Ecosystems Major – Consolidation of 5 smaller programs • Creation of Global Health Major
Targeted investments • Campus support for redesign and college goals – Academic planning and advising support to help develop new programs and grow enrollment – Research start ‐ up funds to help generate proposals and engage with the private sector – Bridge funding for faculty hires to support CALS redesign initiatives
Academic Programs
New faculty • Sarah Hart – Teaching silviculture – Forest & Wildlife Ecology • Todd Newman – Teaching strategic communications – Life Sciences Communication • Jingyi Huang – Teaching soil physics – Soil Science
Update on professional programs • Agricultural and Applied Economics – REDA in its third cohort; first two had 89% industry placement; seeking tuition increase – AAE MS, Professional Option seeking support • Clinical Nutrition – First cohort of online MS exceeded enrollment target of 30 students – Program is expected to exceed 100 students • Soil Science and Life Sciences Communication are exploring additional options
Gifts supporting students • Campaign gifts for student support: $11.5M • Recent gifts – $50,000 new endowed LSC scholarship – $30,000 new sheep internship fund (5 years)
Research
Babcock expansion and renovation • Construction commencement ceremony September 7, 2018
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery Building • Grand opening April 12, 2019
CALS new faculty • Elizabeth Wright – Leading new Cryo ‐ EM facility – Biochemistry • Jennifer Van Os – Animal welfare – Dairy Science • Zhou Zhang – Specializes in digital agriculture and machine systems – Biological Systems Engineering
Harvest of Ideas: Advancing Organic Transformations • October 30 ‐ 31 on campus • Determine how UW can best contribute to organic agriculture • Panels cover: – Organic consumers – Organic science – Organic education and extension
Campaign gifts related to research • Direct research support: $12.7M • Facilities: $30.8M • Faculty: $7.8M • Recent gifts: – $2M estate gift to Biochemistry for a named faculty chair
Extension & Outreach
Transition to UW–Madison • UWEX continues through transition year • New Division of Extension and Public Media at UW–Madison – Led by Vice Provost who oversees Cooperative Extension and Public TV and Radio – Casey Nagy serving as interim vice provost • Joint governance committees working to address policy differences
How you can help
Ways to assist CALS • Advocate for UW funding in state budget process • Make a gift to support a specific program or the areas of greatest need in the college • Share your experiences with prospective students and encourage them to attend
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