The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) is at the core of the land-grant mission. We fulfill that mission through the excellent and innovative work of outstanding faculty, staff, and students.     The challenges ahead of us are significant as we look to find Real. Life. Solutions. for our state and the world’s most pressing agricultural issues. We know that audiences outside of our agricultural community are not as aware of the critical role agriculture plays in their daily lives from the food they eat, to the clothes they wear, to the homes in which they live. Our role is to educate and assist the public with this understanding.   We have brought together a group of faculty, staff, students, and constituents to assist UTIA in developing our 10-year strategic plan. Governor Bill Haslam has laid out a vision for advancing the agricultural community with the 10-year Governor’s Rural Challenge. This, along with the priorities of food, economic development and the environment, recently developed by our faculty, will help guide our process.   Our strategic planning process will be completed by March 2018 and will be shared with our constituents. The result will be a framework that crosses all units of UTIA, and connects with each of the current or future unit plans.         RESOURCES Strategic Plan (PDF) Strategic Plan (text-only web page) ADDITIONAL INSTITUTE AND UNIT PLANNING DOCUMENTS Herbert College of Agriculture UT AgResearch UT Extension  UT CVM UTIA Priorities Herbert College of Agriculture Graduate Survey   Herbert College of Agriculture Undergraduate Survey   UTIA Faculty and Staff Survey   UTIA Stakeholder Survey   UTIA Strategic Planning Team: David Anderson, Professor and Head, Large Animal Clinical Sciences Barbara Berry, Agent and Director, UT-TSU Extension Gibson County Office Max Cheng, Professor, Department of Plant Sciences Chris Clark, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics* Lisa Ford, Manager of Strategic Research, UTIA Institutional Advancement David Golden, Executive Assistant to the President, UT President's Office Bob Hayes, Director, West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center Diane Hendrix, Professor, Small Animal Clinical Sciences Frank Loeffler, Governor’s Chair Professor, Department of Microbiology April Moore Massengill, Editor, UTIA Marketing and Communications Bonnie Ownley, Professor, Entomology and Plant Pathology Kyle Hensley, Program Coordinator for Recruitment, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Justin Rhinehart, Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science Rhedona Rose, Tennessee Farm Bureau and UT Board of Trustees Mike Stanley, Systems and Video Conferencing Administrator, UTIA Information Technology Services Carrie Stephens, Professor, 4-H/Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Julia Wells, The Pictsweet Company and UT Board of Trustees Leslie Wereszczak, Senior Veterinary Technician, Small Animal Clinical Sciences Charles Wharton, UT Board of Trustees   *Team leader   Serena Matsunaga will be supporting the team as an external consultant.