STATE OF THE SCHOOL AND STATION

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STATE OF THE SCHOOL AND STATION School of
Natural Resources and Agricultural
Sciences Agricultural and Forestry Experiment
Station October 8, 2008
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AGENDA 1. Completed Reports Plan of Work
Annual Unit Plan 2. What We Have Done Since
Spring 2008 Degree Programs New Hires New
Partners Programs Grants, Endowments,
Events Management Team 3. Whats To Come Annual
Unit Plan Goals Matanuska Experiment Farm
Plan Plant, Animal, and Soil Science Environme
ntal Studies Pacific Island Collaboration Chin
a Exchange Strategic Plan
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• 1. COMPLETED REPORTS
• Plan of Work
• A combined strategic plan for agricultural
  experiment stations and cooperative extension
  services that highlights integrated activities
  and multi-state cooperation
• Planned Programs
• Agriculture and Horticulture
• Sustainable Individuals, Families, and
  Communities
• Management of Ecosystems
• Natural Resource and Community Development
• Youth Development
• Integrated Activities
• Multi-State Activities

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• 1. COMPLETED REPORTS
• Annual Unit Plan
• Goals for 2008 - 2009
• Complete Matanuska Experiment Farm Master Plan
• Complete SNRAS/AFES Strategic Plan 2009
• Goals for FY 2010
• Expand biomass/bioproduct research and outreach
• Implement Matanuska Experiment Farm Master Plan
• Reconstruct the undergraduate baccalaureate in
  environmental studies
• Resolve immediate space issues
• Metrics
• Student credit hours generated
• Degrees awarded
• Total enrollment
• High demand jobs
• Undergraduate first-time-freshman retention

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• 2. What We Have Done Since Spring 2008
• Degree Programs
• Geography Degree Programs
• B.A. Geography
• B.S. Geography
• Environmental Studies
• Landscape Analysis and Climate Change
• Geographic Information Science and Technology
• Professional Masters in Natural Resources
  Management and Geography
• Natural Resources and Sustainability Ph.D.

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• 2. What We Have Done Since Spring 2008
• New Hires
• Business Office
• Raaj Kurapati Executive Office
• Jason Theis Fiscal Officer
• Geography
• Patricia Heiser Tenure Track
• Dan Mann Tenure Track
• Katie Kennedy K-12 Program Coordinator
• Math in a Cultural Context Faculty
• Nicole Gilsdorf
• Christine Volker
• Matanuska Experiment Farm
• Search for MEF Supervisor continuing

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• 2. What We Have Done Since Spring 2008
• New Partners
• Controlled Environment Agriculture Program
• Pikes Waterfront Lodge
• University of Alaska Geography Program
• Google Earth
• ATT
• ESRI (Environmental Science Research Institute)
• National Geographic
• Alaska Geographic

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• 2. What We Have Done Since Spring 2008
• Programs
• SNAP in UAGP
• 150,000 to base
• 455,000 operating funds
• K-12 Network
• MapTEACH (70,000 new funds)
• GLOBE
• Math in a Cultural Context
• FFA
• Geography Alliance
• Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
  Conference
• Western Joint Summer Meetings (AFES and CES)
• Summer Pacific Land Grant Alliance Meetings
• Deans of Western Forestry Schools Conference

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• 2. What We Have Done Since Spring 2008
• Grants, Endowments, and Events
• Wood Utilization Research - 600,000
• Alaska Berries - 900,000
• New Crops, New Markets - 400,000
• Alaska Network for Understanding American History
  - 1.5M
• Slaughter Plant for Nome with Northwest Campus -
  150,000
• Sun Grant with Hawaii and the Insular Islands -
  150,000
• NEON in the near future
• Maxwell Endowed Scholars in Geography - 90,000
• Two awards per year
• Joe and Ann Tremerello
• Kertulla Hall

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• 2. What We Have Done Since Spring 2008
• Management Team
• Associate Dean Mike Sfraga
• Development
• Associate Director Milan Shipka
• Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
• The Team
• Mike Sfraga
• Milan Shipka
• Steve Sparrow
• Raaj Kurapati
• Department Chairs

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3. Whats To Come Top Three Challenges CHALLENGE
1 Educate UA and UAF on the mission of a
land-grant institution, particularly the role of
agriculture and forestry in energy and community
development and the role of AFES and CES
CHALLENGE 2 Expand research, education, and
outreach programs in the light of limited budgets
and inadequate space CHALLENGE 3 Increasing
enrollment in the undergraduate programs in SNRAS
while coping with space constraints and distance
delivery challenges, again in the light of
limited budgets
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3. Whats to Come Matanuska Experiment Farm
Plan UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SCIENCE AND LEARNING
CENTER The Palmer-Matanuska Campus Matanuska
Experiment Farm Kertulla Hall Alaska
Environmental Science and Learning Park Matanuska
Colony History Center Matanuska Colony 20XX
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• 3. Whats to Come
• Plant, Animal and Soil Science
• A New Name
• Department of High Latitude Agriculture
• Department of Northern Agriculture

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• 3. Whats to Come
• Environmental Studies
• Major Degree Remake
• Baccalaureate in Environmental Studies
• Offering in Anchorage bowl

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• 3. Whats to Come
• Pacific Island Collaboration
• China Exchange
• Pacific Islands
• Undergraduate articulation
• Undergraduate/Professional Masters articulation
• Ph.D.
• China
• Soil Science cooperation with Central University
  of Nationalities
• Natural Sciences and agriculture with Dalian
  University

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• 3. Whats to Come
• Strategic Plan 2009
• Energy
• Climate Change
• Food and Agriculture
• Degree Programs

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