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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kenneth A. Feldmann</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Department Head and Professor</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Department of Plant Sciences</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Arizona</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></span></font><font
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color:navy'>P.O. Box</span></font></st1:Street><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> 210036</span></font></st1:address><font
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color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Tucson</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Arizona</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">85721</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Telephone: 520.621.1945</span></font><font
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Fax: 520.6217186</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Email: <a
href="mailto:feldmann@cals.arizona.edu">feldmann@cals.arizona.edu</a></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Visit our Department website at <a
href="http://www.cals.arizona.edu/pls">www.cals.arizona.edu/pls</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=red face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:red;font-weight:bold'>1. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Eugene Sander
[mailto:egsander@Ag.arizona.edu] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 05, 2009
8:58 AM<br>
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</u>CALS Faculty,<br>
<br>
I sense a growing uneasiness on the part of our junior faculty about their
futures at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Arizona</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. While
there is no sugarcoating a $142 million reduction in the budgets of the three
state universities, I can assure you that the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Agriculture</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
and Life Sciences has no plans to eliminate tenure-eligible or
continuing-eligible faculty.<br>
<br>
If one examines the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>University Handbook for
Appointed Personnel (UHAP)</span></i>,<i><span style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>you
will find procedures for closing budgeted units, the result of which after
extensive vetting could, under very specialized circumstances, result in the
non-reappointment of all faculty, including those with tenure or continuing
status. Further reading of these regulations will show that this cannot
be accomplished immediately, it takes a full year, and the university is
obligated to try to find positions for such impacted faculty in other
university units. While I share this with all of you in an attempt to be
totally transparent, I believe that the release of either
tenured/tenure-eligible, continuing/continuing-eligible faculty to be a remote
possibility. Finally, our CALS Staff Council is hosting an open forum on
Wednesday, February 11 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in Social Sciences 206 where
Im willing to take and answer all questions for which I know the answer.<br>
<br>
Gene Sander<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=red face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:red;font-weight:bold'>2. </span></font></b>We
are working through the budget numbers that we received from the Dean and I
will be talking to all affected faculty in the next week about what we need to
do to balance the budget.<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:red;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=red face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:red;font-weight:bold'>3. </span></font></b>We
interviewed 9 candidates for admission to the MS or PhD programs in the Department.
Four of these students were found to be acceptable by everyone who has filled
out an evaluation form or who has talked with me. Four of these students are “on
the fence” meaning that most of the faculty who responded felt that they
were admissible but where 1 or 2 faculty felt that they were inadmissible. One student
was found to be inadmissible by most of the responding faculty. I want to get
letters sent out no later than very early next week. If you have an interest in
any one of these students, please send me an email or give me a call. Please let
me know if you are going to have money to cover them after 1 year (MS students)
or two years (PhD students). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- For the PhD students, I am going to offer them $19,992 per year plus
$2,000 for summer compensation, from the Department, with another $2,000 paid
by the major advisor. I am going to guarantee this for the first two years so
you must have financial support to cover that $2,000 per year if you accept one
of these students. I am also going to write them a letter that guarantees support
for their degree program as long as they are making acceptable progress toward
the degree. Some of this support will come from TAships, faculty grants and
fellowships. I really hope that we can work together to graduate students in 5
years so that we can continue to offer this kind of financial support.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- Same for the MS students except that it is approximately $2,000 less
per year and only one year from the Department.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We have yet to interview 2-3 students but it is my goal to recruit 6
students this year. Even with these difficult economic times, this year I would
rather overshoot it than undershoot, <font color=red><span style='color:red'>as
long as there are enough good applicants and there is interest from the faculty
to educate and train these students.</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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