College of Natural Resources

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College of Natural Resources

• Spring, 2009 Faculty/Staff Meeting
• Bob Brown
• Dean

Spring 2009 College Meeting
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Faculty Awards FER

• Dennis Hazel, Bob Bardon, Mark Megalos, James
  Jeuck, Rick Hamilton, Chris Hopkins - Southern
  Growth Policies Board 2009 Innovators Award
• Jill Sidebottom - Friend of IPM Pulling Together
  Award
• Bronson Bullock - Fulbright Visiting Lecturer
  Sweden
• Bill Dvorak - 2008 Norman E. Borlaug Award for
  Service to Society and the Environment
• Fred Cubbage - 2009 Alumni Distinguished Graduate
  Professor
• George Hess 2009 Alumni Outstanding Professor

Spring 2009 College Meeting
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Faculty Awards - WPS

• Orlando Rojas 2009 Finland Distinguished
  Professor Programme
• John Heitmann, NCSU Outstanding Teacher for
  2008-09
• Hasan Jameel, 2009 Board of Governors Award for
  Excellence in Teaching
• Lucian Lucia Graduate Faculty, Fed. Univ. of
  the Amazon, Brazil

Spring 2009 College Meeting
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Faculty Awards - PRTM

• Larry Gustke 2009 Winner Circle Award for
  Contributions to Tourism from NC Dept. Of
  Commerce
• Myron Floyd 2008 Roosevelt Award for Research
  from National Recreation Park Association
• Heidi Grappendorf - 2009 Mabel Lee Award from the
  American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
  Recreation and Dance
• Hugh Devine - 2009 Outstanding Extension Service
  Award and elected to Academy of Outstanding
  Faculty Engaged in Extension

Spring 2009 College Meeting
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CNR 2008 09 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Restructuring of Foundations Completed new
  members
• American Home Project Refocused on Resilient
  Housing
• Conservation Policy Program/Center Feasibility
  Study
• 36 Increase in Extramural Grants/Contracts
• Strategic Development Unit
• Continued Congressional Funding for Wood
  Products, Forest Biotech, and new Bio-Energy
  Project (w/CALS COE)

Fall 2008 College Meeting
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CNR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Lonnie Poole Golf Course to Open in May
• New Recruiting Activities with Military
• Successful Open House, Career Fair, Scout Day
• New Tourism Extension Web Site
• New College Magazine E-Marketing Capability
• WPS Courses Offered in China
• Briefings of Congressional Delegation, Clientele,
  USFS, NCFS, WRC

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CNR Accomplishments

• Audit of IT Unit
• New Greenhouse
• New 1 million Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass
  Spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS)
• Budget Advisory Committee Formed
• CNR Council, College-level Faculty/Staff
  Meetings, Coffee With Dean now held each semester

Spring 2009 College Meeting
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Enrollment
CNR FR Applicants for Fall 2009
relative to this time last year Based on
average yield values from past 5 years Expected
new freshmen 169 PSUs Target 155 Too
early to estimate transfer students
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Enrollment
CNR GR Applicants for Fall 2009
relative to this time last year
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CNR Reversion/Reduction for FY 2008 - 2009

• (as of 4/3/09)

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CNR Permanent Reduction For FY 2009 1010

• (as of 4/3/09)

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Natural Resources Foundation Reserves, 6/30/08
6/30/10
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Potential Additional Sources of Funding for FY
09-10

• FA Returns
• Increase in Mac-Stennis
• Anticipated Summer Session Income
• Anticipated Enrollment Increase Funds
• Anticipated DELTA income
• Additional Timber Sales from Other Forests
• Stimulus Funds for Infrastructure, Equipment
  Research
• Continued Congressional Funding of Wood Products,
  Forest BioTech and BioEnergy Projects
• Development Prospects

Spring 2009 College Meeting
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Plans for Next Year

• Enrollment Expected to Increase
• All Undergraduate Scholarships to Continue
• No New Hofmann Fellows Current Fellows Funded
• Meet Commitments for all Start-up, Grant Matches,
  Current Grad Students
• EA, GIS, PRTM Distance Ed Degrees to Begin
• New GIS, PRTM MS Degree Web Sites
• EnvironMentors Program to Continue

Spring 2009 College Meeting
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CNR Plans for Next Year

• New Collaboration Between WPS and Universities in
  Finland and Munich
• Shifts in Extension Position Appointments
• FER Biomass Position on Hold
• Wildlife and Tourism Positions High Priority
• Bill Swint, Bill Bryant, Audimar Banji Positions
  Not Replaced
• Strategic Development Unit Merged with Grants
  Contracts
• External Audit of Accounting, Grants
  Contracts, Recruiting, Development

Spring 2009 College Meeting
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CNR Plans for Next Year

• Reduced Budgets in Deans Office for
  Communications, Diversity, Recruiting, Awards,
  Pinetum, Tutorials General Operating
• New CNR Budget Information Website
• Diversity Summit to be Held via Eluminate
• Complete CNR, PRTM Web Sites Redesigns
• CNR Magazine Reduce to One Online Issue
  Distribute to Alumni Friends via E-mail
• Pinetum - Distribute to Alumni Friends via
  E-mail

Spring 2009 College Meeting
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Coming this Summer to BiItmores Lower Lobby
Biltmore Beanery

• Fresh Salads and Sandwiches Daily, Hot and Cold
  Beverages, Snacks, Microwaves

Spring 2009 College Meeting