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Comprehensive Review of Horticultural Science

As part of its mission to provide innovative teaching, research, and outreach in the art and science of horticulture, the Department of Horticultural Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University will be conducting its comprehensive review in May of 2001.

The review will be conducted by a team from outside the university working with the CSREES. The team consists of:

Unless otherwise listed, meetings will be held in 159 Kilgore Hall.

*All Horticultural Science faculty are expected to attend these sessions.

Schedule of events:

Time

Title / Event

Speaker/Moderator (Affiliation)

Sunday, May 20

7:00 pm

Review team organizational meeting

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

Monday, May 21

7:00 am

Breakfast with Dept Head (Velvet Cloak Inn)

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

8:30 am

Administrative visit (Patterson Hall)

Dean and Directors (CALS)

10:00 am

* Departmental overview

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

11:00 am

Tour Kilgore Hall and greenhouses

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

12:00 n

* Lunch with faculty

Horticultural Science faculty

1:15 pm

* Academic programs: 2-year and 4-year

Bryce Lane (Hort.Sci.)

3:00 pm

Break

-

3:15 pm

* Academic programs: graduate programs

Stu Warren (Hort.Sci.)

6:30 pam

Dinner (518 Restaurant)

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

Tuesday, May 22

7:00 am

Breakfast (Velvet Cloak Inn)

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

8:30 am

* Research - physiology / biochemistry / biotechnology

John Williamson (Hort.Sci.)

9:30 am

* Research - plant breeding (cucurbits, potato/sweet potato, tomato, small fruits, tree fruits, ornamentals)

Randy Gardner (Hort.Sci.)

10:30 am

Break

-

10:45 am

* Research - crop management

Sylvia Blankenship (Hort.Sci.)

12:30 n

Lunch with graduate students; meet with graduate review team (121 Kilgore)

Horticultural Science graduate students

1:30 pm

* Extension programs - vegetables, fruit crops

David Monks (Hort.Sci.)

3:00 pm

Break

-

3:15 pm

* Extension programs - floriculture, ornamental crops

Dick Bir (Hort.Sci.)

4:00 pm

Meet with staff

Horticultural Science staff

5:00 pm

Meet with undergraduate students

Horticultural Science undergraduates

7:30 pm

Dinner

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

Wednesday, May 23

7:00 am

Breakfast (Velvet Cloak Inn)

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

8:30 am

* Special programs - Pesticide Education, IR-4 Field Research Center, Weed Science

Joe Neal (Hort.Sci.)

9:00 am

* Special programs - Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Specialty Crops Program, Multi-State Programs

Jeanine Davis (Hort.Sci.)

9:30 am

* Special programs - JC Raulston Arboretum, 4-H, Consumer Horticulture

Bob Lyons (Hort.Sci.)

10:30 am

Tour Horticulture Field Laboratory and JC Raulston Arboretum

Bob Lyons (Hort.Sci.)

10:30 am

Graduate review team meets with Tom Monaco and Stu Warren (121 Kilgore)

Tom Monaco, Stu Warren (Hort.Sci.)

11:00 am

Graduate review team meets with Dean Bob Sowell (121 Kilgore)

Bob Sowell (Grad School)

12:30 n

Lunch (University Club)

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

1:45 pm

Report preparation

Optional meetings with faculty

7:00 pm

Dinner

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

Thurdsay, May 24

7:00 am

Breakfast (Velvet Cloak Inn)

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

8:00 am

Report preparation

Review team

12:00 n

Lunch (Velvet Cloak Inn)

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

1:00 pm

Meet with CALS Administration (Patterson Hall)

Dean and Directors (CALS)

2:30 pm

* Meet with the Department of Horticultural Science

Horticultural Science faculty

4:00 pm

Depart

Tom Monaco (Hort.Sci.)

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