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CFAES relies on state and federal capacity funds as well as county funding to support our land-grant mission. To continue to best serve Ohioans, we are refining processes to determine priorities within the capacity funds and which help define our land-grant mission. In essence, we are exploring a process to determine the minimum we should do to be responsive and accountable, and then ways to integrate that into a larger portfolio of our overall work.
You are invited to the first phase of this work, which is one of the planned discussions to consider how best to interpret our funding obligations with the state and federal funds, and to give input on data sources to help us refine our priorities. These discussions will guide the development of a process focused on the distribution of capacity fund resources for infrastructure and to ensure essential expertise among faculty and staff across our CFAES Columbus, Wooster, and statewide campuses.
These discussions are only focused on state and federal capacity funds – not all sources of CFAES funding and not all research, Extension, or educational programs.
While we will be hosting several sessions, I would like to personally invite you to attend the session on Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. or the session on Friday, Nov. 15 from 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. both sessions will be held on the Columbus campus. This invitation is uniquely for you; please do not forward it to others. The session format will be:
- 30 min - Gathering, welcome, and networking
- 60 min - Presentation and discussion/feedback from you
If you have questions, please reach out to either Keith DiDonato.11@osu.edu or me.
Please let me know if you will be able to join me for this important discussion by responding to this email with the session you would like to attend. Thank you for your partnership.
Sincerely,
Vice President and Dean Kress
Cathann A. Kress, Ph.D.
Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Dean
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
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