Southern Region Academic Programs and Experiment Station Directors Joint Meeting
September 18 -19, 2012
Atlanta, GA
| Time | Topic – Presenter |
| Tuesday, September 18 | |
| 1:00 | Welcome and Introductions – Ian Maw, Vice President, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, APLU |
| 1:10 | Sustaining high cost research & teaching facilities and programs (ex. animal production) – dual purpose facilities, multi-institutional facilities/programs, industry support, facilities needed for teaching after research program ends, etc. |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 3:00 | The Teaching – Research Nexus – exploring new synergies, regional collaborations, multi-institutional sharing, barriers to collaboration between institutions and states (ex. tuition, credit hours, teaching credit, funding, technicians, access to research facilities), etc. |
| 5:00 | Adjourn for the day |
| 5:30 | Reception – hotel atrium Dinner – on your own (hotel shuttle to local restaurants available) |
| Wednesday, September 19 | |
| 6:30 | Breakfast – hotel atrium |
| 8:00 | Teaching or research being subsidized by the other – matching split appointments to position responsibly (appropriate split, flexible appointments, seasonality, etc.), disproportionate support of office staff, facilities, graduate assistantships, etc. |
| 10:00 | Break |
| 10:30 | Undergraduate research opportunities – funding, mentoring, presentation and/or publishing results, etc. |
| 12:00 | Adjourn |