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Board of Visitors

OCTOBER 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 Chair Matt Mikolajewski Chair Elect

New faces

Brandi Funk CALS Associate Director of Development WFAA Karen Wassarman Associate Dean Academic Affairs 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

‐900000 ‐800000 ‐700000 ‐600000 ‐500000 ‐400000 ‐300000 ‐200000 ‐100000 100000 200000

FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19

Instructional change Research change Extension change

‐$160,355 ‐$319,261 ‐$810,604 ‐$203,847 10% R/I funding distributed by formula 5% R/I distributed by formula

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%
• ver 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

• 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

Efforts underway

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