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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Best of Times Worst of Times

• Johnny C. Wynne, Dean
• December 5, 2009

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The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is a
land-grant college with excellent academic,
research, extension and advancement programs.
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Mission

• The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at
  North Carolina State University teaches students
  in disciplines related to agriculture and life
  sciences, creates new knowledge through
  innovative research, provides solutions for the
  public with community-based extension programs,
  and develops leaders to guide society all in an
  effort to improve the economic, environmental and
  social well-being of our state and the world.

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

• Exceptional PEOPLE that make a difference
• Dynamic PARTNERSHIPS that expand our influence
  and effectiveness
• Excellent PROGRAMS that have impact

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Achievements

• 2003 - Present

All about PEOPLE!
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Facilities - 2003

• On Campus
• 700,000 sq. ft. (60) not renovated for 25
  years or longer
• 400,000 sq. ft. not renovated for over 50 years
• Off-Campus
• Field labs outdated and poor condition

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Facilities Property Acquired

• 512 Brickhaven
• Lot 2 Brickhaven
• Cherokee Brick Building
• Duron Building
• Lake Wheeler Road Field Lab (94 acres, Lee Tract)
• Mountain Hort. Station (101 acres, Southeastern
  Container)
• CMAST (.7 acre)
• Upper Piedmont Research Station (8 acres, Fairman
  Tract)
• Breeze Farm (164 acres in Orange County)
• Williamsdale Farm (612 acres in Duplin County)

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On-Campus Facility Improvements Bond Program

• Clark Labs
• Schaub Hall
• Thomas Hall (South Gardner)
• Williams Hall
• Polk Hall

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Off-Campus Facilities

• Building NC Research Campus (100,000 sq. ft.)
• Field Labs implemented long-range plan
• Research Stations

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Off-Campus Facilities

• Turf Field Laboratory, office, pavilion and
  equipment building
• Soil and Water Erosion Facility
• Structural Pest Facility
• Classroom
• Soil and Water Environmental Technology Center
• Feed Mill
• Biodiesel Pilot Plant
• Waste Management Building
• Fish Barn
• Poultry and Swine Teaching Facility

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Off-Campus Facilities

• Bee Facility
• Poultry Processing Facility
• Poultry Production House
• Animal Health Building
• USDA Forage Research Facility
• Yates Mill Park Building
• Horse Barn
• Research Station Sandhills Turf Building and
  Laboratory
• Upper Piedmont Beef Cattle Feeding Facility

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Achievements 2003-PresentExceptional PEOPLE who
make a difference

• Administrative team
• Faculty
• Staff
• Students
• Alumni
• Volunteers
• Partners

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College Advancement

• Friendraising
• Partnerships
• Fund Raising

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Fund Raising
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Diversity

• Created Assistant Dean for Diversity position May
  2004
• Dr. Lisa Guion as Interim Assistant Dean February
  2008
• Formed a Diversity Council in May 2008 Members
  include Sylvia Blankenship, Sastry Pantula, Sam
  Pardue, Gerry Luginbuhl, Bill Grant, Steve
  Lilley, Jan Spears, Cheryl Lloyd, Leon Boyd and
  Lisa Guion
• Engaged in partnership with N.C. School of
  Science and Math
• Partnering with NC States Office of Diversity
• Fostering relationships with faculty and students
  at Saint Augustines College
• Opening Doors Program

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Opening Doors

• Opening Doors began at Cornell
• Feedback is outstanding
• CALS partner and collaborator with other campus
  offices
• Opening Doors no cost to the individual or
  their department
• Approximately 200 participants to date
• The University sponsors Opening Doors Program
• Multi-state Connections Opening Doors Programs
  in Kansas as well as Michigan

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CALS Faculty
Full-Time Faculty 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Professor 237 222 230 214 202 218 211
Assoc Prof 102 101 91 85 89 91 84
Asst Prof 80 79 93 97 110 116 116
Instructor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lecturer 16 17 16 18 16 23 32
TOTAL 436 419 430 414 417 448 443
Fall Headcount, UPA
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Contracts Grants 2003-2009
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Academic Programs
Access
Success
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Degree Programs and Enrollment
Number of Degree Programs Enrollment (Fall 2009)
Agricultural Institute 9 350
4-Year Undergraduate 47 4,568
Graduate (MS PhD) 31 909
TOTAL 87 5,827
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Undergraduate Student Enrollment
Fall Semester
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Graduate Student Enrollment
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Student Enrollment Agricultural InstituteFall
Semester
Associate Degree Granting Program
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Student Credit Hours and Majors
Academic Year Face-to-Face Student Credit Hours Distance Education Student Credit Hours Face-to-Face Majors
2003-04 82,582 1,873 4,705
2004-05 81,994 3,279 4,813
2005-06 82,775 2,569 4,949
2006-07 87,259 4,166 5,124
2007-08 90,365 5,389 5,323
2008-09 91,152 7,052 5,769
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Evolving Academic Programs
Relevant Responsive
BS

• Nutritional Science
• Turfgrass Science
• Bioprocessing Science
• Agricultural Science
• Plant and Soil Science
• Biological Sciences
• Genetics
• Soil and Land Development

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Evolving Academic Programs
MS

• Agricultural Education (DE)
• Human Development and Family Studies (DE)
• Soil Science (DE)
• Biological and Agricultural Engineering (DE)
• Agroecology
• Biomanufacturing
• Plant Biosecurity and Regulatory Science
• Leadership in Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Feed Milling

Minors
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Degrees in Biology

• BS in Zoology (SZO)
• BS in Biological Sciences
• General (BLS)
• Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
  (MCD)
• Integrative Physiology and Neurobiology (IPN)
• Human Biology (HB)
• Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (EEC)

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Health PAC

• 5,000 Students and Alumni
• 2,500 Using portfolio
• 60 Students from CALS
• 600 Applicants to health care programs

• HAC Recommendations
• 48 Acceptance to
• 82 Acceptance

Anita Flick, Director
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Career Services Office

• Programming
• Host annual career fair attended by more than
  1300 students and 100 employers
• Weekly student professional-development seminars
• Partner with CALS Alumni Society to host Speed
  Networking for over 100 alumni and students

• Employer Partnerships
• Secured thirteen corporate sponsorships
• Coordinated shadowing experiences for students
  with 31 professionals
• Partnered with local organizations, such as the
  EPA, to host student events

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Agricultural Programs

• NC Agricultural Research Service
• NC Cooperative Extension

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Program Emphasis

• Economic Development
• Traditional enterprises
• New enterprises
• Environment
• Soil and Water
• Waste Management
• Biodiversity
• Air Quality
• Integrated Pest Management
• Sustainable Agriculture

• Quality of Life Issues
• Health and Nutrition
• Community Development
• Youth Leadership Development
• Basic Science
• Systems Biology
• Genetics
• Ecology
• Cell and Molecular Biology

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Traditional Enterprises(Animal Agriculture)
Beef - 258M
Swine - 2.1B
Dairy - 171M
Aquaculture - 58.5M
Poultry - 2.7B
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Traditional Enterprises(Plant Agriculture)
Fruits Vegetables 252M
Cotton - 304M
Tobacco - 620M
Soybeans - 288M
Greenhouse/nursery 832M
Corn - 182M
Turf
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New Enterprises
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Off-campus Research Stations
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New Initiatives

• Health and Nutrition (NC Research Campus)
• Specialty Crops and Local Foods (CEFS)
• Energy (Biofuels)
• Agricultural Biotechnology

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Plants for Human Health Institute

• Three New Faculty Members
• Allan Brown
• Jeremy Pattison
• Penelope Perkins-Veazie

Mary Ann Lila, Director
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Plants for Human Health Institute Focus -- NCRC

• Core focus on nutrition and human health
• Determine optimal nutritional characteristics for
  various fruits and vegetables
• Develop plants that meet the nutritional
  requirements
• Determine how best to produce plants
  commercially.
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Market Ready Program

• Kannapolis location
• Production practices
• Evaluate new varieties and materials
• Statewide network

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Biofuels
Switchgrass
Sweet Potatoes
Animal Waste
Cotton Stalks
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Examples of PROGRAMS that have an impact

• Partnerships
• People
• Achievements

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Center for Environmental Farming Systems

• CEFS develops and promotes food and farming that
  protect the environment, strengthen local
  communities and provide economic opportunities
• Farm to Fork local foods

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Turfgrass Program

• Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research
  Education
• Turfgrass program ranked first in the nation in
  2007
• Turf files web site receives more than 12
  million hits annually

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Center for Plant Breeding and Applied Plant
Genomics

• Industry Partners
• Center focus
• Graduate student training
• Broadening genetic diversity of plant germplasm
• Transformation technology for species not
  easily transformed
• Gene mapping
• Breeding for resistance to biotic, abiotic
  stresses
• Food nutrition, safety, security
• Biofuels, bioprocessing, bioproducts

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Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center

• Development of innovative animal waste
  treatment technologies
• Environmental technology performance
  verification

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Water Programs

• Watershed Management
• Water Quality
• Urban Stormwater
• Soil Drainage
• Erosion Control

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Alternative Wastewater Treatment Systems

• Evaluation, improvement of on-site sewage
  treatment and disposal technologies
• Waste disposal system site suitability evaluation
  
• Lake Wheeler Road Training Facility
• J. Edward Booth Field Learning Laboratory
• Rollin Johnson and TJ Panel Soils and On-Site
  Wastewater Classroom

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Feed Milling

• Supports Extension, Research and Teaching in
  Departments of Poultry Science, Animal Science
  and Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• Implements new technology involved with feed
  milling
• Minor in Feed Milling

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W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology

• Multidisciplinary Research on animal behavior
• Training program in behavioral biology

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Food Processing Yamco

• Ken Swartzel, Van-Den Truong, Michael Drozd, K.P.
  Sandeep, Josip Simunovic and Gary Cartwright
• Snow Hill, N.C. plant owned by Yamco is using
  continuous-flow microwave heating technology
  developed in CALS to produce sweet potato puree
• Plant expected to create 63 jobs

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Madison Farms
Field faculty help producers increase revenue
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4-H Youth Development Program

• Leadership program for 241,000 youth
• 100th Year Celebration

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Achievements

• Examples of individuals who have made a difference

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Water-Table Management Increases Profitability

• Soil drainage, water-table management, wetland
  hydrology
• Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal
• O. Max Gardner Award
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award

Wayne Skaggs
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Probiotics Enhance Human Health

• Genomic, comparative genomic analysis of lactic
  acid bacteria and their bacteriophages
• Definition of gene-directed mechanisms that
  protect dairy lactococci from attack by
  bacteriophages
• Characterization of biochemical, genetic
  properties of bacteriocins produced by lactic
  acid bacteria
• Development of cloning and expression vectors
  (mobilization, expression, integration,
  secretion) for genetically ill-defined bacteria
  important in food bioprocessing or probiotic
  applications
• Genetic and physiological studies on intestinal
  Lactobacillus species to investigate and expand
  their potential beneficial roles in vivo

Todd Klaenhammer
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Trudy Mackay
Studies of fruit fly genetics have implications
for human aging and other health issues

• Quantitative genetics
• Discovered evidence that two central nervous
  system neurotransmitters, dopamine and serotonin,
  link to lifespan regulation
• Also found that both gender and environment can
  affect gene expression, providing new insight
  into the genetic mechanisms responsible for
  complex traits
• Fellow, Royal Society (United Kingdom)
• O. Max Gardner Award

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Flavors Program Aids Milk and Wine Industry

• Food safety rapid detection methods and stress
  response of pathogens
• Flavor/Sensory analysis primarily focused on
  dairy products and how flavor varies with
  processing and storage

Mary Ann Drake
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Fungal Genomics

• Director, Center for Integrated Fungal Research
• Part of international research team responsible
  for determining the genome sequence of the
  japonica subspecies of rice
• Led effort to sequence Magnaporthe grisea,
  fungus that causes rice blast disease

Ralph Dean
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BioUD A New Insect Repellant

• Developed a mosquito and tick repellent,
  commercially available as BioUD, from a
  naturally-occurring substance derived from wild
  tomato plants
• More effective and safer than common chemicals
  on the market, including DEET
• Approved by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  as the first child-safe insect repellent

Mike Roe
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Communicates Economic Information to the Public

• Expert on States economy
• Extension WNR Professor

Michael Walden
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Buddleia Varieties Lead RHS Trials

• Tree fruit and ornamentals breeding
• Developed a compact butterfly bush, Blue Chip,
  that has low seed set
• Developed three popular peach cultivars,
  Challenger, Intrepid and China Pearl, that are
  cold-hardy

Dennis Werner
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Weed Science Research and Extension Program
Benefits Farmers

• Weed management in agronomic crops cotton,
  corn, small grains and soybeans
• Recent work focused on developing technologies
  to fight glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth, a
  hardy, rapidly-growing weed strangling North
  Carolina cotton crops

Alan York
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Engineer Develops New Post Harvest Technology

• Post-harvest handling
• Sweet Potatoes (developed negative horizontal
  ventilation method of storing sweet potatoes used
  throughout the industry)
• Tobacco curing

Mike Boyette
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In the Garden with Bryce Lane

• Hosts In the Garden with Bryce Lane on WUNC-TV
• Horticulture fundamentals, plant identification,
  home landscaping techniques, information

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Providing Agronomic Information to Farmers

• Cropping systems for corn, soybeans, small
  grains
• Precision agriculture yield mapping, soil grid
  sampling, variable rate application of nutrients,
  seed, pesticides

Ron Heiniger
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Supporting Honey Bee Industry in N.C.

• Apiculture
• Bee biology, overall colony health and
  productivity

David Tarpy
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Discovered way to alter protein structure of
viruses causing Mosquito-borne diseases like
Dengue fever- Vaccine

• Developed patented technology that can be used
  to make safe, live-virus vaccines for virtually
  any of the 700 or so diseases caused by viruses
  transmitted by blood-sucking insects

Dennis Brown Raquel Hernandez
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Protein Structure and Human Diseases

• Neurodegenerative processes role of
  calcium-binding protein calbindin D28K in
  suppressing onset of Alzheimer's disease
• Protein involvement in bacterial
  response/protection, development of infectious
  disease
• Small, non-toxic molecules that both inhibit and
  disperse highly resistant bacterial biofilms
• Jimmy V-NC State Cancer Therapeutics Training
  Program

John Cavanagh
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Award Winning Faculty

• 42 William Neal Reynolds Professors

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Summary

• Excellent Land-Grant College
• Continues to fulfill its land-grant mission
• Strengthened its basic research, especially in
  health and nutrition
• Continues to contribute to economic development
• Impact on local communities

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WORST OF TIMES

• Budget
• 12 million reduction

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Academic Programs

• Budget reduction
• Student growth
• Distance Education growth
• Little increased support

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Research

• Increased costs, reduced revenue
• Budget reduction (10)
• Start-up commitments
• 6 million more reduction

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Extension

• Budget Reduction (10)
• 108 vacancies
• 1 million

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

• Thank you for your support and contribution
• Have a great holiday season