Strategic PlanFood Science & Technology

January 2009

Activities

PriorityPriority DescriptionDescription ProgressProgress11 Gather and invest the Gather and invest the

necessary funds to properly necessary funds to properly furnish and equip CITAI furnish and equip CITAI facilitiesfacilities

Furniture ordered. Furniture ordered. Equipment quoted, but no Equipment quoted, but no requisitions, yet. Issues with requisitions, yet. Issues with new systemnew system

22 Improve student services Improve student services (registration, counseling, (registration, counseling, networking with program networking with program graduates, student graduates, student association, association, educational/professional educational/professional opportunities)opportunities)

Not startedNot started

33 Maintain the necessary Maintain the necessary laboratory materials and laboratory materials and equipment to support course equipment to support course offering and thesis workoffering and thesis work

In progressIn progress

Activities

PriorityPriority DescriptionDescription ProgressProgress44 Update academic offeringUpdate academic offering Some courses reviewed. Some courses reviewed.

Needs appointment of Needs appointment of Academic Affairs CommitteeAcademic Affairs Committee

55 Develop new academic Develop new academic programs (BS, PhD)programs (BS, PhD)

Joint PhD program with UNL Joint PhD program with UNL in design phase. BS to be in design phase. BS to be part of CAS’ curricular part of CAS’ curricular reformreform

6ª6ª Increase course offeringIncrease course offering Nutrition course offered – Nutrition course offered – needs to be formalized. needs to be formalized. Current Food Law course. Current Food Law course. Pending: Quality Control, Pending: Quality Control, Functional Properties, …Functional Properties, …

6b6b Increase participation in Increase participation in COOP Plan, internships and COOP Plan, internships and other professional practice other professional practice programsprograms

Not startedNot started

6c6c Recruit talented students Recruit talented students from other countriesfrom other countries

Not startedNot started

Activities

PriorityPriority DescriptionDescription ProgressProgress77 Generate externally funded Generate externally funded

research and creative research and creative activitiesactivities

Not startedNot started

88 Establish MOUs with key Establish MOUs with key national and international national and international partnerspartners

UNL – PhD programUNL – PhD program

NDSU – on holdNDSU – on hold

99 Revise and update Revise and update departmental recruitment departmental recruitment planplan

Plan updated on Aug’08. Plan updated on Aug’08. One faculty to be hired One faculty to be hired (75R/25T). Others pending.(75R/25T). Others pending.

1010 Establish an entrepreneurship Establish an entrepreneurship planplan

UPRM’s incubation plan in UPRM’s incubation plan in the works. CITAI taken as the works. CITAI taken as model. Administrative issues model. Administrative issues being sorted. Two projects being sorted. Two projects making progress.making progress.

Activities

PriorityPriority DescriptionDescription ProgressProgress1111 Establish an administrative Establish an administrative

and services assessment planand services assessment planPlan to be reviewed and Plan to be reviewed and updated by engineering updated by engineering students on course project students on course project during spring’09during spring’09

1212 Indentify need areas, and Indentify need areas, and gather funds, for the gather funds, for the professional development of professional development of personnelpersonnel

SQF trainingSQF training