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  Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing World
  
  RELEASED MARCH 4, 2009
     - 4-page Report Brief
     - Full Report

• ASHS Meeting
• Transforming Agricultural Education will form the basis of a 4-hour colloquium at the 2009 Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences, July 25-28 in St. Louis, MO

• AIBS Meeting
• Transforming Agricultural Education formed the basis of a session at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, May 18-19 in Arlington, VA

A LEADERSHIP SUMMIT TO EFFECT CHANGE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
October 3-5, 2006
National Academy of Sciences
2100 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20418


Agenda


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2006

12:00 p.m.    Registration in the lobby

2:00 p.m.    Welcome and Introductions

• Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
• James L. Oblinger (Committee Chair), Chancellor, North Carolina State University
  [Download 437 KB PDF presentation]

2:25 p.m.     The USDA interest in agriculture education
Session Chair: W.R. "Reg" Gomes, Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California System; Chair, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources

• Gale A. Buchanan, Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  [Download 75 KB PDF remarks]

2:50 p.m.    A call to action: Opening Keynotes
Session Chair: Susan J. Crockett, Vice President and Senior Technology Officer, Health and Nutrition, General Mills, Inc. (committee member)

• A Look Ahead: Gary Rodkin, Chief Executive Officer, ConAgra Foods, Inc.
• University of the future: Michael V. Martin (committee member), President, New Mexico State University
  [standing in for Peter McPherson, President, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges]

3:50 p.m.    Undergraduate Education: Reflections on the Past and Future
Session Chair: Vernon B. Cardwell, Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota (committee member)

• C. Eugene Allen, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Former Dean of the College of Agriculture; Vice President for Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics; and Provost for Professional Studies, University of Minnesota
  [Download 609 KB PDF presentation]

4:20 p.m.    Introduction to breakout session 1

• A. Charles Fischer, Past President and Chief Executive Officer, Dow AgroSciences LLC (committee member)

4:30 p.m.    Breakout session 1: Defining the goals of an education in agriculture

This breakout session will seek to answer questions such as: What is agriculture? What are the goals of an undergraduate education in agriculture? What are we preparing students for? Does it depend upon the institution?

6:00-7:30 p.m.    Welcome Reception and Poster Session

Poster session in the 2nd Floor Gallery and Great Hall Foyer [Download Poster Abstracts]

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2006

8:00 a.m.    Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.    Overview of program for the day

• James L. Oblinger (Committee Chair), Chancellor, North Carolina State University

8:45 a.m.    Remarks from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

• The Honorable Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture
  [Read transcript from USDA]

9:15 a.m.    Panel on the agriculture classroom
This panel will include current discussions on teaching and learning.
Session Chair: Janet Guyden, Associate Vice President of Research and Dean of Graduate Studies, Grambling State University (committee member)

• How People Learn: M. Suzanne Donovan, Program Director, Strategic Education Research Partnership Institute; Study Director, How People Learn, National Research Council
  [Download 489 KB PDF presentation]
• Re-envisioning our classrooms as learning laboratories: Robin Wright, Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development; Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota
  [Download 1.26 MB PDF presentation]
• Moving towards institutional change in teaching and learning: Jose P. Mestre, Professor of Physics and Educational Psychology, University of Illinois and Urbana-Champaign
  [Download 136 KB PDF presentation]
• The convergence of culture and pedagogy: Implications for teaching and learning in STEM disciplines: Wynetta Y. Lee, Associate Vice President for Academic Planning, Research & Graduate Studies, California State University, Monterey Bay
  [Download 278 KB PDF presentation]

10:45 a.m.    Break


11:15 a.m.    Agriculture education in the context of other disciplines
This session will feature speakers from primarily non-agriculture disciplines on the ways that agriculture contributes to research and develop in other fields, highlighting the need to work together on reforming undergraduate education for mutual benefit.
Session Chair: Michael W. Hamm, C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Michigan State University (committee member)

• Rural development: John C. Allen, Director, Western Rural Development Center; Professor of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology, Utah State University [by videoconference]
  [Download 333 KB PDF presentation]
• Regulatory affairs: Two views: Jay Ellenberger, Associate Director, Field and External Affairs Division; Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Sally L. Shaver, Associate Counselor for Agricultural Policy, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  [Download 519 KB PDF presentation (Shaver)]
• Medicine: Jay Moskowitz, Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Research; Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University
  [Download 750 KB PDF presentation]
• Nutrition: Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University

12:30 p.m.   : Introduction to breakout sessions 2 and 3

• Karen Gayton Swisher, President, Haskell Indian Nations University (committee member)

12:40 p.m.    Box lunches available in the Great Hall

1:00 p.m.    Breakout session 2: Overcoming barriers to interdisciplinarity (during lunch)

2:30 p.m.    Break

3:00 p.m.    Breakout session 3: Concurrent topics, best practices, and implementation

These concurrent sessions will feature presentations on sample programs and best practices to address particular needs and objectives followed by a moderated discussion on the opportunities and challenges to implementing similar objectives at other institutions.
• Academic-industry partnerships domestically and abroad through internships and cooperative education: Thomas M. Akins, Executive Director, Division of Professional Practice, Georgia Institute of Technology
  [Download 1.55 MB PDF presentation]
• Academic-Industry partnerships: UC-Davis Program in Viticulture & Enology: Andrew L. Waterhouse, John E. Kinsella Chair in Food, Nutrition and Health and Interim Chair, Department of Viticulture & Enology, University of California, Davis
  [Download 71 KB PDF presentation]
• Articulation between community colleges and four-year institutions: Jerry Bolton, Dean of Agriculture, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
  [Download 78 KB PDF presentation]
  [Download 518 KB PDF Articulation Process Examples]
• Faculty development: Project Kaleidoscope: Jeanne Narum, Director, Project Kaleidoscope
  [Download 44 KB PDF presentation]
• Globalization of the science classroom: Robert T. Yuan, Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park; Vanessa Sitler, senior undergraduate student in business management, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park
  [Download 225 KB PDF presentation]
• How can we value teaching at tenure time?: Caitilyn Allen, Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  [Download 125 KB PDF presentation]
• International experiences outside of the U.S.: Frank Fear, Senior Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University; Paul Roberts, Director of Study Abroad and International Training, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University,
  [Download 231 KB PDF presentation (Fear)]
  [Download 106 KB PDF presentation (Roberts)]
• Partnerships for sustainable development of agriculture: Green Lands, Blue Waters Initiative: Nicholas R. Jordan, Professor of Agroecology, Department of Agronomy & Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota
  [Download 861 KB PDF presentation]
• Professional Science Masters: Paul D. Tate, Senior Scholar in Residence and Co-director of the Professional Science Master's Initiative, Council of Graduate Schools
  [Download 162 KB PDF presentation]

4:30 p.m.    Reporting back on breakout session 2
Groups report back on their lunchtime discussion.

• Moderator: Susan Singer, Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of the Natural Sciences, Carleton College (committee member)

5:20 p.m.    Introduction to breakout session 4 (Thursday morning

• Levon T. Esters, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education and Studies, Iowa State University (committee member)

5:30 p.m.    Adjourn for the day



THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2006

8:00 a.m.    Contiental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.    Breakout session 4: Indentifying action items and next steps

These breakout sessions will enable participants to discuss opportunities and responsibilities for implementing change. Participants will divide into common stakeholder groups (e.g., academic administration, teaching faculty, industry representatives, professional societies). Each group will seek to identify action items, challenges, and needed resources for moving forward with implementation.

10:15 a.m.    Break

10:40 a.m.    Reporting back on breakout session 4

• Moderator: Patricia Verduin, Senior Vice President and Director of Product Quality and Development, ConAgra Foods, Inc. (committee member)

11:30 a.m.    Summary and wrap-up

• Michael V. Martin (committee member), President, New Mexico State University
• James L. Oblinger (committee chair), Chancellor, North Carolina State University

12:00 p.m.    Adjourn



The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) building is located along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., close to the Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The entrance to the building is at 2100 C Street, N.W., between 21st and 22nd Streets. The entrance to visitor parking is on 21st Street, N.W., between C Street and Constitution Avenue. Please be aware that C Street is closed to automobile traffic between 21st Street and 23rd Street (NAS is located across from the State Department). Be prepared to show a photo ID to enter the NAS building.

For additional information about this project, please visit the project website: <http:/www.nationalacademies.org/summit>.

Sponsors for this project: U.S. Department of Agriculture, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, National Science Foundation, Farm Foundation, and American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.