state of the department 24 april 2006. biology is seventy five years old this year
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State of the Department
24 April 2006
Biology is Seventy FiveYears Old This Year
75th YearDepartment
Accomplishments
+ Summary AY 2005-2006 ++Maintained leadership in research
+ Continued teaching prowess
+ Outstanding new hires
+ Markedly increased endowment
+ Summary AY 2005-2006 ++Meaningful raises
+Effective start-up funding
+Animal facility cost will be borne byOffice of Research
– Summary AY 2005-2006 –
-Insufficient course funding
- Chronic space needs, aging building
- Higher GTA stipends strain budget
- Building security issues
– Summary AY 2005-2006 –
- Increased gas prices will curtail field activities
Students
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2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006
Total Student Enrollment
Graduates
Undergraduates
Total
Note: 2005-2006 Data are not complete
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20
40
60
80
100
120
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
Total Graduate Enrollment
Total Graduate Enrollment
MS Students
PhD Ecological Sciences
PhD Biomedical Sciences
0
500
1000
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2000
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2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
Biology and College of Sciences Majors
Biology Majors
College of SciencesMajors
Students
-Enrollment steady
-Graduate enrollment good
$MONEY$
0
1000000
2000000
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2001-2002
2002-2003
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2004-2005
2005-2006
Total Department Budget
Earnings fromEndowments
Extramural Funding
State Budget
Total
*Excludes start-up funds
0
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1000000
1500000
2000000
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3000000
Dollars
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006Years
Faculty and Classified Salaries (Including Benefits)
Total Wages
Budget
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Ergo—most of our funding is for salaries and benefits
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ODU Doctoral Int/Ext Public Land Grant
Comparative Salaries in Biology
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WHAT PROFESSORS EARN: AVERAGE SALARIES FOR FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS, 2004-5
All Public Private, independent
Salary1-year change Salary
1-year change Salary
1-year change
Doctoral institutions
Professor$104,41
1+3.7% $97,948 +3.5%
$127,214
+4.0%
Associate professor
$71,077 +3.5% $68,576 +3.4% $82,456 +4.0%
Assistant professor
$60,567 +3.4% $58,310 +3.5% $70,640 +3.0%
Instructor $40,760 +2.5% $39,398 +3.0% $44,380 -1.6%
Lecturer $47,285 -- $46,007 -- $52,601 --
No rank 53,269 -- $48,483 -- $59,405 --
All 78,236 +3.1% $74,083 +2.9% $95,370 +3.5%
SOURCE: American Association of University Professors
WHAT PROFESSORS EARN: AVERAGE SALARIES FOR FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS, 2004-5
All Private, independent
Salary1-year change Salary
1-year change Salary
1-year change
Doctoral institutions
Professor$104,41
1+3.7% $97,948 +3.5%
$127,214
+4.0%
Associate professor
$71,077 +3.5% $68,576 +3.4% $82,456 +4.0%
Assistant professor
$60,567 +3.4% $58,310 +3.5% $70,640 +3.0%
Instructor $40,760 +2.5% $39,398 +3.0% $44,380 -1.6%
Lecturer $47,285 -- $46,007 -- $52,601 --
No rank 53,269 -- $48,483 -- $59,405 --
All 78,236 +3.1% $74,083 +2.9% $95,370 +3.5%
SOURCE: American Association of University Professors
Public
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50000
100000
150000
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2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
Funding for Graduate Teaching Assistants
Total Dollars
Increasing the GTA stipend 50% with no added funds is themost serious strain on our budget.
We receive approximately fifty dollarsin supply money for every student in our courses. The actual cost is much more
than that.
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
BIOL 103 BIOL 315
Disparity of Lab Fees and Actual Lab Instruction Costs
Lab Fee
Actual Cost per Student
Got the point?Got the point?
Start up allocations have averaged more than
$263, 400 for our new faculty
$0
$200,000
$400,000
$600,000
$800,000
$1,000,000
ODU Research IUniversity
PrivateUniversity
Comparative Start-up Costs in Biology
New Assistant Professor
Senior Faculty
Source: Academic Sourcebook November 2005
All start-up funds for our newhires have been transferred.
This added about $1,000,000to department coffers.
Research Funding
0
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10000000
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2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
Research Proposals and Awards
Proposals
Awards
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
Grant Indirect Funds Returned to Department
To fund the rising cost of start up packages, a portionof the indirect costs will be
retained in the dean’s office
Indirect Cost Distribution
35% ODURF/65% University
21% Office of Research/35% Colleges
College of Sciences to Department-30%
Department Endowments
0
1000000
2000000
3000000
4000000
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
Endowments
Endowment 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
Bagley 162,612 179,825 190,521
Dabel 27,417 30,413 32,475
Hogan 576,836 766,170 770,943
Kaplan 0 0 5,000
Marshall 0 0 26,269
Natural History 0 0 2,139
Sonenshine 0 0 15,000
Stiffler 0 1,174,532 1,269,176
Total Endowment 2, 311, 523
Department endowmentshave quadrupled in the past
two years
Department Gifts
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2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
Department Gifts
We need to provide resourcesfor our teaching faculty todevelop instructional grants.
Funding summary
--budget unchanged from last year
--poor support for courses
--competitive starting salaries
--average raises parallel national trend
Funding summary
--grant funding consistent
--start-ups greatly increased
--endowments significantly higher
--gift account stable
Facilities
Space—Our last frontier
Proposed New Building
Orchid and Research GreenhouseComplex
Mills Godwin Building
Gifts for this facility will totalmore than $1,500,000
It will consist of a conservatory andresearch space
Space Allocation in MGB
This summer we will have a lotof moving with our building. Pleasemake a serious effort to throw outanything that is not absolutely essential to your program. We willbe especially crowded this fall!
Staff
Classified Staff
Laurie CampMarla HarveyMary HaywardKatie LittonKelly ProctorLatisha Ricks-GuityJo RosenblumKelly Smith
Faculty
We lose an esteemed colleague with the
retirement of Keith Carson!
We have been fortunate to hire two excellent new
faculty
Alex GreenwoodTim Motley
Alex Greenwood is a virologistcurrently working in Germany
Tim Motley joins us as the StifflerProfessor, specializing in plantmolecular systematics.
Both new faculty will be involved in some teachingtheir first semester here.
We are in the final stages ofhiring two new faculty intotemporary positions for thenext two years.
During the past three yearsour faculty have won
numerous grants and awards,held offices in national and international organizations,
been nominated for the mostprestigious university awards
---and much more!
Many of our faculty are involved in international
activities
This past year alone we have hadthree Fulbright Scholars in our
department
Moving ahead
The Year Ahead
*Self assessment
*Carson replacement
*New chair
*Budget
*Team teaching
The Year Ahead
*Self assessment
-Two consultants
-Role of Executive committee
The Year Ahead
*Carson replacement
-Specialty
-Search committee
The Year Ahead
*New chair
-Open search
-Search committee
-Role of self-assessment
-Date
The Year Ahead
*Budget
-Under funded but not overspent!
-Travel budget next year
The Year Ahead
*Team teaching
-We will initiate our program of team-taught courses next academic year
Please note the followingimportant dates:
Friday 28 April Annual Department Party
Wednesday 23 August Department graduate Student Meeting for allgraduate students. Details anon
Thanks to all of you for making this such a great place to be a scholar andteacher