August 24, 2005
- TO:
- Tamera Jahnke, Chair
Bill Alter
Cory Bomgaars
Anson Elliott
David Gourley
Michelle Granger
Marilyn Odneal
Innocent Onwueme
Wenping Qiu
Charlie Schumacher
Mary Sheid
Carol Silvey
Jim Taylor
Kent Thomas
Pamela Trewatha
Jan Wooten
Patsy Worrel - FROM:
- Jim Baker
Vice President for Research and Economic Development - SUBJECT:
- Mountain Grove Campus Task Force
The Missouri State University-Mountain Grove Campus continues to build upon and expand the services provided to Missouri fruit growers for the past 105 years. Those services are provided through two major units: the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station and the Mid-America Viticulture and Enology Center.
President Nietzel recognizes the important role that the Missouri State University-Mountain Grove Campus plays in enabling the Missouri State University System to meet its mission. With this in mind, he has requested that I establish a Task Force, to be chaired by Dr. Tamara Jahnke, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, to make recommendations on how we can continue to expand the role of the Mountain Grove Campus. To that end, I am establishing the Mountain Grove Campus Task Force. It is my hope that findings and recommendations of the Task Force will be reported to me no later than December 15, 2005. I will then share those recommendations and findings with the President, as well as the Board of Governors.
The charge to the Task Force is to determine the role that the Mountain Grove Campus will play in support of the Missouri State University System. The Mountain Grove Campus includes a number of partnerships that will also play a role in the discussions. These partnerships include the Mountain Grove community, other universities within the state, and the Missouri fruit and wine industry. Suggested questions to be examined by the Task Force include but are not limited to:
- How will the State Fruit Experiment Station be operated? As a campus? As a research institute such as the Center for Applied Science and Engineering?
- How will the campus maximize its relationship with the Missouri wine and grape industry, particularly through the Mid-America Viticulture and Enology Center?
- What should the relationship be between the departments of fruit science and the department of agriculture?
- Should we develop a horticulture program in the long-term?
- What relationships can the campus play (i.e., partnerships) with the University of Missouri-Columbia and other universities?
- What will be the major focus of research on the campus short-term? Long-term?
- How will the State Fruit Experiment Station support fruit industries other than grape?
- How will the Mountain Grove Campus be structured to ensure maximum efficiency? Who will be in charge of the campus, and who will that person report to?
- Will the campus be run on a cost-center model?
- Who will operate the campus winery and distillery?
- How will the winery/distillery be incorporated into the department of agriculture’s food processing and beverage program? How will they be integrated into the hospitality and restaurant administration program?
- What actions are necessary to ensure that the campus responds to the needs of the Mountain Grove community?
- Other issues as identified by the Task Force.
Dr. Jahnke will be contacting you shortly to provide the time and location for the first meeting of the Task Force. Thank you for participating on this very important Task Force.
cc: Dr. Michael Nietzel, President