September 10-11, 2014 Southern Region Academic Programs and Experiment Station Directors Joint Meeting – SAAESD

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Southern Region Academic Programs and Experiment Station Directors Joint Meeting

September 10 – 11, 2014

Atlanta, GA

Time	Topic – Presenter
Wednesday, September 10
6:30	Breakfast – hotel atrium
Academic Programs Directors’ Session
8:00	Fostering Teaching Excellence – Ted Whitwell, Clemson Univ
12:00	Lunch – On your own
Joint Academic Programs and Experiment Station Directors Session
1:00	Welcome and Introductions – Ian Maw, Vice President, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, APLU
1:15	Role of Teaching and Research in tenure, promotion, and reappointment – how better to document, evaluate, and reward excellence in both, including team efforts Joe Broder, APS Director, UGA George Hopper, AES Director, MS State
2:45	Break
3:15	Effective models for private funding and partnering – supporting graduate and undergraduate students’ academic and research programs and facilities Bill McCutchen, AES Associate Director, TX A&M AgriLife Research Sam Pardue, APS Director, NCSU
5:00	Adjourn for the day
5:30	Reception – hotel atrium Dinner – on your own
Thursday, September 11
6:30		Breakfast – hotel atrium
8:30		Distance education and sharing classes – particularly in animal science areas, lessons from models such as AG Idea, ACCEPtS, or similar consortia, and opportunities in Southern region Kim Dooley, APS Director, TAMU Best Practices in Online Course Exchange Systems Jeff Kuehny, Horticulture Professor and ACCEPtS Lead for LSU AgCenter Keith Bertrand, Department Head, Animal and Dairy Science, UGA Bill Brown, AES Director, UT AgResearch
10:00		Break
12:00		Adjourn