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we call the Faculty of Engineering also required that we bring focus and order to our graduate programs.

Retreat Foundations

Leadership of the effort to refocus on the departmental graduate programs begins with the department head and flows through the graduate coordinator, who works with the departmental graduate committee. Our process began with a pre-retreat of the departmental graduate committee in an off-campus location (September 1999). The following issues surfaced at that retreat:

* The University as a whole is placing increased emphasis on graduate programs.

* Graduate engineering courses are extremely limited, with adverse impacts on recruiting and student experience.

* Given the sources of students, engineering needs around the state, and the range of faculty expertise in the department, there may be new and creative graduate options.

* There is a major need to create a more comprehensive engineering program in UGA which would provide the foundational support for meeting the contemporary needs of agricultural engineering programs and meeting the contemporary needs science disciplines across campus.

Successful identification of issues such as these requires, particularly of the graduate coordinator, an interest in national and local university trends along with a philosophic orientation. Specific recommendations with respect to faculty hiring, faculty evaluation, student recruiting, the admissions process and the curriculum were passed to the department head and faculty.

Retreat Agenda

The excellent work of the graduate committee required additional events to stimulate action. The idea of devoting an annual departmental meeting to the subject was appealing to the d epartment head, and thus the retreat concept was born. The graduate committee was charged with developing an agenda for such a process. An annotated version of the agenda is given below.

1. (1 pm to 1:15) Welcome and Introduction a. “Shaping the Future” report (the report of the graduate committee pre-retreat) b. Overall plan and desired outcome i. Define graduate program excellence in BAE ii. How we will enhance our graduate program iii. Develop a strategic plan for graduate program in BAE c. Logistics 2. (1:15 to 2:15) Strategic Vision presentations and panel discussion a. Faculty of Engineering Development -- Departmental Implications (Department head) b. University growth management strategy – Implications for Graduate Programs (Assoc. Dean of Graduate School) c. Graduate Programs and their role in a comprehensive university setting (Assoc. Dean, your college) Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Tollner, B. (2002, June), Departmental Graduate Program Strategic Planning Process Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--11078