Recruit, retain, and develop top faculty and staff to be the best-in-class institute.
Aspire to be a destination of choice for top performing faculty and staff from recruitment forward.
Highlights and Success
UT College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Paul Plummer joins an international cohort of scientific leaders
Shawn Hawkins Named to Lead Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science Department
Biosystems engineer will lead talented statewide team of experts across the institute
Steckel Elected Fellow by Weed Science Society of America
UTIA weed scientist recognized for career achievements
Sorochan Named One of Two 2026 Chancellor’s Professors
The distinction honors exceptional faculty members for outstanding scholarly achievement and contributions to their fields, with the recipients named by Chancellor Donde Plowman
Strategies and Actions
UTIA will provide the needed infrastructure to attract quality candidates.
- Increase the quality of candidates applying for both faculty and staff positions.
- Improve compliance with the completion of the six-month probation assessment for staff.
- Increase the percentage of faculty promoted and tenured.
- Develop a process and toolbox to assist faculty with spousal accommodations and employment opportunities in the region.
- Create a process that tracks the time to fill positions.
- Decrease pay gap between market rates vs. actual.
UTIA will establish opportunities for faculty and staff growth.
- Increase the number of employees engaged in active individual development plans.
- Develop opportunities and a pathway for succession planning within UTIA.
- Establish a UTIA leadership program for mid-level leaders.