Vision for the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences
North Carolina State University
Johnny C. Wynne
October 27, 2004
Vision
• A premier land-grant college committed to
excellence in teaching, research and
extension as judged by those we serve and
by our peers.
Elements of Vision
• Produce society-ready graduates by providing
world-class education
• Scholarships to meet the needs of the 21st century
• Innovation that drives economic development
• A committed, inclusive community of scholars
that serves all citizens
• Organizational capability and effectiveness
Premise of Vision
“We aren’t a university on the verge of
achievement. We are already there. We
have already achieved, and we will continue
to achieve.”
Welcoming Speech
Chancellor Designate, J. L. Oblinger
College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences
• Already an outstanding college
• We have already achieved
• We will continue to achieve
• Continuous quality improvements and
focusing on our programs “making the best
better”
Documentation of College as
“Excellent”
• Academics
• Research
• Extension
• Budget
• Programmatically
• Private support
Enrollment – Fall 2002
Undergraduate Masters Doctoral
Texas A&M 5,639 Texas A&M 734 Wisconsin 721
Iowa State 3,894 Iowa State 449 Texas A&M 624
NC State 3,418 NC State 358 Florida 520
Ohio State 3,221 Florida 357 NC State 400
Florida 2,635 Michigan State 340 Iowa State 378
Michigan State 2,567 Minnesota 317 Illinois 357
Wisconsin 2,190 Wisconsin 257 Ohio State 341
Illinois 1,911 Illinois 220 Michigan State 337
Penn State 1,882 Penn State 216 Penn State 287
Minnesota 1,752 Ohio State 164 Minnesota 150
Degrees Awarded
Undergraduate Masters Doctoral
Texas A&M 1,642 Texas A&M 252 Texas A&M 102
Illinois 1,094 Illinois 209 Illinois 101
Iowa State 824 Florida 182 Wisconsin 98
NC State 752 Iowa State 136 Iowa State 71
Michigan State 693 Michigan State 133 NC State 69
Florida 534 NC State 124 Michigan State 62
Ohio State 491 Minnesota 107 Penn State 62
Wisconsin 469 Wisconsin 104 Florida 50
Penn State 447 Penn State 77 Minnesota 26
Minnesota 243 Ohio State 26 Ohio State 9
Comparison of Research Quality
and Productivity - 2002
# FTE Scientists Total Funds (millions) Total Funds/FTE
California 490.2 California $253,910 Wisconsin $607,141
Florida 323.5 Texas A&M $134,769 Texas A&M $518,143
Texas A&M 260.1 Florida $123,710 California $517,972
Penn State 251.5 Wisconsin $104,489 Iowa State $480,275
NC State 188.7 Iowa State $ 85,489 Ohio State $443,930
Minnesota 180.3 NC State $ 81,051 NC State $429,523
Iowa State 178.0 Minnesota $ 74,874 Minnesota $415,275
Wisconsin 172.1 Illinois $ 61,681 Illinois $407,673
Illinois 151.3 Ohio State $ 54,559 Florida $382,411
Ohio State 122.9 Penn State $ 52,466 Penn State $208,612
Cooperative Extension
2002-2003
Professional FTE Clientele Contacts Clientele Contacts/FTE
Texas A&M 903 Texas A&M 16,036,968 Florida 18,959
Ohio State 627.5 Ohio State 11,619,082 Ohio State 18,516
NC State 598 Florida 7,716,440 Texas A&M 17,760
Michigan State 544 NC State 7,183,043 NC State 12,012
Wisconsin 490 Michigan State 2,772,936 Illinois 7,795
Iowa State 443 Illinois 2,571,078 Michigan State 5,097
Florida 407 Wisconsin 1,148,632 Wisconsin 2,344
Minnesota 368 Iowa State 760,000 Penn State 2,273
Penn State 330 Penn State 750,000 Iowa State 1,716
Illinois 329.83 Minnesota 309,000 Minnesota 840
Cooperative Extension
2002-2003
County Funding # Volunteers # Hours Volunteered
Florida $30,026,003 NC State 82,026 Florida 1,530,502
Texas A&M $24,737,886 Texas A&M 77,520 Ohio State 1,265,773
NC State $21,561,880 Florida 66,782 Minnesota 1,167,311
Iowa State $20,039,371 Ohio State 50,010 Michigan State 931,363
Wisconsin $20,013,202 Illinois 46,062 NC State 808,837
Ohio State $18,600,000 Minnesota 37,068 Texas A&M 353,643
Michigan State $16,633,494 Michigan State 28,352 Illinois 140,551
Minnesota $16,293,106 Wisconsin 27,221 Wisconsin 112,772
Illinois $13,742,567 Penn State 15,000 Iowa State 80,123
Penn State $10,400,000 Iowa State 13,300 Penn State NR
FY03-04 Budget Information
(Based on Expenditures -- Millions)
Source
of Funds Acad NCARS NCCES Total
Federal 6.55 14.26 20.81
State 23.40 44.98 35.13 103.51
County 22.31 22.31
C/G 0.50 37.43 9.22 47.15
County C/G 7.45 7.45
Overhead Rec. 1.67 0.30 1.97
Sales/Ser. 0.80 1.98 6.36 9.14
Found. 2.90 4.40 2.21 9.51
Misc. Gifts 0.20 2.85 0.33 3.38
Totals 27.80 99.86 97.57 225.23
Contracts & Grants – 1998-2004
$70,000,000
$60,000,000
$50,000,000
$40,000,000
$30,000,000
$20,000,000
$10,000,000
$0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Comprehensive Program
• Land-grant Mission
– Programs that benefit citizens and communities of state
– Dependent on progress in life and environmental
sciences
– Economic development with emphasis on agriculture
and rural NC
– Youth development programs
• Social Sciences
– Resource and environmental economics
– Sociology, family and consumer sciences
– Youth programs (4-H, FFA)
Comprehensive Program
• Environmental Sciences
– Center for Environmental Farming Systems
– Water Quality and Waste Management
– Integrated Pest Management
– Ecology
– Environmental Toxicology
– Environmental and Resource Economics
Comprehensive Program
• Life Sciences
– Genetics, Biochemistry, Microbiology,
Toxicology
– Plant Sciences, Animal Sciences
– Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics,
Bioinformatics
– Molecular and Cellular Biology
Interdisciplinary Programs
• Center for Environmental Farming Systems
(CEFS)
• Center for Integrated Pest Management (CIPM)
• Center for Fungal Genomics
• Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center
• Nutrition
• Food Safety
• Bioinformatics Research Center
Interdisciplinary Programs
• Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology
• Center for Advanced Processing and Packaging
• W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology
• Center for the Biology of Nematode Parasitism
• Center for Computational Biology
• Southeast Dairy Foods Research Center
• Center for Marine Sciences and Technology
Private Support of the College
Since FY 2001
50 45.8 43
45 41.6 40.9
40
35
Millions of 35
Dollars 30 27.6 27
25 20.5
20
15
10
5
0
Goal Actual Goal Actual Goal Actual Goal Actual
2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004
Excellent Personnel
• Faculty
– Tenured/tenure track 419
– EPA (non-tenured) 51
– Field Faculty 238
– EPA Professional – Campus 333
– EPA Professional – Counties 276
Excellent Personnel
• Staff 990
– Human Resources
– Finance and Business
– Information Technology
– Technical Assistance
– Advancement
– Career Services
– Student Services
• Volunteers and Partners
Good Facilities
• Research Stations 18
• Field Laboratories 7
• Phytotron
• Biological Resource Facility
• Greenhouses – Academic/Research
• Genomics Laboratory
• Electron Microscopy Center
• Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
• Student Computer Lab
Good Facilities
• Cellular and Molecular Imaging
• Herbarium
• Insectary
• Mass Spectrometry Facility
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility
• Rheology Laboratory
• Pilot Plant
• Spatial Information Research Laboratory
Realizing the Vision
• Excellent College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences
• Moving in right direction (quality faculty,
improving scholarships, external support,
partnerships, facilities, programs)
• Always opportunity for improvement
– Improvements in progress
– Proposed enhancements
– New initiatives
On-going Initiative from Compact-Increasing
Budget Flexibility for Agricultural Programs
% Operating and Total Budget
97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04
NCARS % 19.7 21.5 20.3 17.9 15.6 15.9 15.6
Total (M) 49.9 52.7 52.8 53.6 52.5 51.2 51.5
NCCES % 15.5 16.3 12.8 11.9 10.1 13.2 14.9
Total (M) 48.9 51.4 50.7 51.1 47.3 46.3 48.3
Budget
Goal:Increase operating support
• Hold positions vacant or reduce positions
• Increase federal funding (special
appropriations)
• Use grant or private funds (direct or
indirect)
Organizational Capability and
Effectiveness
• Finance and Business Processes
• Human Resource Processes
• Information Technology
Recruit and Retain Faculty
• Task force
• Salary equity for research and extension (on
and off-campus) faculty
• Field faculty (starting and equity)
• Reynolds Professorships (6)
Building An Inclusive, Multi-
Cultural Community of Scholars
NC Students Faculty (TT)
(8.4M) (4,476) (419)
White 72.1 81.4 91.9
Minorities 27.9 18.6 8.1
Females 51.0 55.3 18.0
Building An Inclusive, Multi-
Cultural Community of Scholars
• Appointment of Assistant Dean for
Diversity
• Development of a Multi-cultural Awareness
Program
• Recruitment of faculty and students
• Change agent states for diversity
Enhancing Facilities
• Renovation of campus buildings -- Bond I (Clark
Laboratory, Schaub Hall, Williams Hall, Polk
Hall, South Gardner)
• Research space on Centennial Campus (Partners
II, III)
• Arboretum Educational Center, Beef Educational
Unit, Feed Mill Animal Nutrition Research Center
• Proteomics Laboratory
Property Sale
159-Acre Tract $14,500,000
Less State of NC 4,000,000
Less State Land Fund 725,000
Less Expenses 230,000
Total $ 9,545,000
Property To Be Acquired
516 Brickhaven Drive
Brickhaven Drive Lot #2
Cherokee Brick Building
Southeastern Container (101 acres -- Mountain Hort Station)
Tetterton Lot (.5 acre at CMAST)
Creative Carpentry (.2 acre at CMAST)
Swart Tract (16 acres at Castle Hayne Research Station)
Fairman Tract (8 acres at Upper Piedmont Research Station)
Williamsdale Farm (612 acres in Duplin County)
Breeze Farm (164 acres in Orange County)
Enhancing Facilities
Exchanged
Trenton Road West 96 acres
Acquired
Joe Lee Tract at Lake Wheeler 94 acres
Eyebeam Building (adjacent to
Arboretum)
Enhancing Facilities
Proposed Sale of Randleigh Field Laboratory
• Modernize Dairy Facilities at Lake Wheeler
• Endow Field Lab Operation
• Build Ruminant Nutrition Laboratory
• Purchase Milling Equipment
Enhancing Facilities
• Short-term space plan
• Long-range space plan
Value-Added and Alternative
Enterprises Including
Bioprocessing
• Research, Extension campus and field faculty
• Critical for agriculture’s future in NC
• Aggressive program underway -- Specialty Crops,
CEFS, Aquaculture, Viticulture, Farmstead Dairy
Products, New Crops, Meat Goat, Bioprocessing
(tobacco, sweet potatoes, soybeans, waste
products)
• Coordination and funding
Life Sciences Enhancement –
Teaching Biology
Student Enrollment
Total (Grad & Ugrad) 4,476
Biological Sciences 1,034
Animal Science 481
Zoology 432
Biochemistry 332
Ag & Resource Economics 316
Hort Science 286
Crop Science 260
Microbiology 214
Bio & Ag Engineering 204
Life Sciences Initiative
“The field of biological science is undergoing an exciting
transformation. The kinds of discoveries we can make
about life will have enormous impacts: from ethics to
philosophy, medicine to agriculture, ecology to economics.
It is beyond anything we ever dreamed possible.”
Steve Tanksley
Cornell
Life Sciences Initiative
Strengthen key research areas:
• Develop strategic plan for life sciences
• Recruit faculty for areas of emphasis
• Provide state-of-the-art facilities
Life Sciences Initiatives
• Strategic plan – Taxonomy of National
Research Council
• Strengthen industrial collaborations
• Promote economic development
• Building stronger partnership and support
base
• Seek additional funding from state and
other sources
Conclusion
• Continue with our mission
• Make incremental quality improvements
• Aggressively pursue initiatives:
– Inclusive community of scholars
– Recruit and retain faculty
– Value-added and Alternative Enterprises
– Investments in Life Sciences Teaching and
Research