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In this edition of Faculty 101, we meet students who get real world experience working at Memorial Stadium. The stadium provides is a unique training ground for students in a variety of programs. Show notes: Learn more about MAIAA ›› bit.ly/2CVFs5T, learn more about the sports communication major ›› bit.ly/2NLZBBu

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[00:00:00.222](crowd cheering)
[00:00:04.090]Before kick-off at Memorial Stadium,
[00:00:06.250]fans enjoy an experience like no other.
[00:00:09.783](upbeat music)
[00:00:12.000]Music blares,
[00:00:13.610]fireworks pop, (popping)
[00:00:15.470]the crowd roars when the Huskers come out of the tunnel.
[00:00:18.539](crowd cheers)
[00:00:20.510]And here come the Nebraska Cornhuskers taking the field.
[00:00:24.560]In the press box high above the field,
[00:00:26.750]students Ryan Beer and Jake Bartecki
[00:00:29.090]are ready to call the game
[00:00:30.460]between the Huskers and the Wildcats of Northwestern,
[00:00:33.830]a private university in Evanston, Illinois
[00:00:36.340]just north of Chicago.
[00:00:38.100]Both students are sports media and communication majors
[00:00:41.280]at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
[00:00:43.408]I think it's big for both teams.
[00:00:44.616]I think you look, it's big in different ways.
[00:00:46.772]Northwestern wants to get--
[00:00:48.180]Jake is from Chicago and attends a lot
[00:00:50.300]of Northwestern sporting events with his dad.
[00:00:53.000]But when it came to choosing a university,
[00:00:55.180]a tour of UNL was the deciding factor.
[00:00:58.400]I knew the opportunities that I would get here
[00:01:00.740]were gonna be big
[00:01:02.080]and gonna be important just right off the bat.
[00:01:04.340]And I knew I wasn't gonna have to wait
[00:01:05.600]to like get on air and start getting experience.
[00:01:08.590]Nebraska has won the toss
[00:01:09.960]and they had to defer to the second half.
[00:01:12.200]Ryan has been prepping for this day.
[00:01:14.950]He's armed with detailed laminated charts
[00:01:17.940]of player information and statistics for both teams.
[00:01:21.800]And basically it has starting offense, starting defense.
[00:01:24.920]And if I flip it over,
[00:01:27.590]here's the defense on the backside
[00:01:28.910]and basically all this is for is to get all the information,
[00:01:33.137]all the players you can, any quick facts you need.
[00:01:35.710]Overseeing the broadcast is Austin Ormand,
[00:01:38.380]a senior with a lot of experience under his belt.
[00:01:41.400]He's sports director for KRNU,
[00:01:43.560]the FM radio station operated by students,
[00:01:46.130]faculty and staff.
[00:01:47.653]90.3 KRNU has your coverage of Nebraska football
[00:01:51.190]starting right now with Husker countdown.
[00:01:53.690]I'll host the pre-game show.
[00:01:55.430]Then after the pre-game show's done,
[00:01:56.500]I'll go down, I'll be producer for the game,
[00:01:59.160]tap people on the shoulder,
[00:02:00.010]get 'em in and out of breaks and whatnot.
[00:02:01.480]And then I'll host the half-time show,
[00:02:03.290]go back to producing,
[00:02:04.250]and then I'll start the post-game show here on the radio
[00:02:06.420]before we throw it back.
[00:02:07.401](light music)
[00:02:09.884]In class, students learn about sports journalism.
[00:02:13.020]But now, it's showtime.
[00:02:15.270]John Shrader, associate professor
[00:02:17.120]of broadcasting and sports media,
[00:02:19.100]says nothing compares to Memorial Stadium
[00:02:22.060]for real-life experience.
[00:02:24.330]Well, this is like a big, giant laboratory
[00:02:26.800]for these students.
[00:02:27.910]We've tried to teach them the principles;
[00:02:29.750]expose them to the principles of play-by-play
[00:02:32.860]including analysis and calling the game,
[00:02:35.550]how to analyze it,
[00:02:37.020]and spot and stad and all the jobs.
[00:02:39.740]And then we just kinda throw 'em in the cold water,
[00:02:41.998]deep end of the pool, and hope they swim.
[00:02:44.969](instrumental music)
[00:02:47.810]Other students, from a variety of disciplines,
[00:02:50.020]dive in at Memorial Stadium and practice their craft.
[00:02:53.690]In this edition of Faculty 101,
[00:02:55.570]a look at this laboratory and how students benefit
[00:02:58.960]from being part of the team.
[00:03:00.838](upbeat music) Okay you should
[00:03:02.010]switch partners now.
[00:03:02.893]To be able to inspire young people...
[00:03:05.367](laughing)
[00:03:06.290]Ace your finals.
[00:03:07.370]It's really rewarding.
[00:03:08.400]I love the students.
[00:03:10.380]Welcome to Faculty 101,
[00:03:12.630]life hacks and success stories from Nebraska faculty.
[00:03:18.620]Hi there, I'm Ryan Beer alongside Jake Bartecki.
[00:03:20.970]We're here at Memorial Stadium.
[00:03:22.250]It's a beautiful afternoon, perfect day for football.
[00:03:25.150]It's hours before kick-off.
[00:03:27.190]Ryan and Jake are on the sidelines
[00:03:29.220]producing pre-game content for Twitter.
[00:03:31.870]Well, I really like what I see
[00:03:33.240]out of Northwestern's offense.
[00:03:34.470]I think-- But Jake says
[00:03:35.830]game prep began long ago.
[00:03:38.270]I can't cram all on like a Friday night
[00:03:40.440]before a Saturday game.
[00:03:41.860]So you know I kind of, I go to the Monday press conference
[00:03:45.460]and I get the game notes for Nebraska.
[00:03:48.140]And just right there,
[00:03:48.973]I start highlighting things
[00:03:49.870]that I think are gonna be important.
[00:03:51.316]20, Smith and the gun.
[00:03:52.430]He'll hand to Drake Anderson.
[00:03:54.050]For this game, Ryan calls the plays
[00:03:56.240]and Jake provides color commentary.
[00:03:58.660]Drake Anderson, he's a small running back.
[00:04:00.440]He's only 5-11, 190 pounds.
[00:04:01.910]The booth is professional with a full view of the field
[00:04:05.290]and a window that opens to let in the crowd noise.
[00:04:07.753](crowd cheering)
[00:04:10.100]It's a far cry from the press box
[00:04:12.270]John Shrader sat in when he was a UNL student.
[00:04:15.857]We did the games in the old press box
[00:04:18.150]on top of the stadium.
[00:04:20.598]I believe the last game I did when I was a senior,
[00:04:24.110]I think I was a junior or senior,
[00:04:25.596](wind blowing) it was about 10 degrees maybe.
[00:04:28.450]And it was sleeting and snowing and the wind is blowing.
[00:04:31.550]And we're in this little space
[00:04:33.370]with a tarp over the top of it, just thrilled to be there.
[00:04:36.410]Freezing but thrilled to be there.
[00:04:39.012](instrumental rock music)
[00:04:42.730]After leaving Nebraska,
[00:04:44.050]Shrader spent more than 30 years
[00:04:46.070]in sports radio and TV in San Francisco.
[00:04:49.030]He taught at California State University-Long Beach
[00:04:51.780]before returning to UNL to coordinate
[00:04:54.260]the Sports Media and Communication program.
[00:04:56.860]Professor Shrader says the challenge
[00:04:58.620]facing current students is to provide information
[00:05:01.210]that meets the demands of today's media consumer.
[00:05:04.700]What we're doing as reporters is gathering information
[00:05:07.810]but more and more and more we have to do it in real-time,
[00:05:10.730]social media and delivery and digital,
[00:05:12.690]on your phone, wherever it is.
[00:05:14.700]We can no longer, and haven't for awhile now,
[00:05:17.500]decide where people watch our media.
[00:05:20.460]We can't decide that.
[00:05:21.550]They do that themselves.
[00:05:23.230]From sideline reports for social media
[00:05:25.500]to a post-game wrap-up,
[00:05:27.180]students learn to be versatile, nimble, ready for anything.
[00:05:31.710]Valia Bangora watches the game through binoculars
[00:05:34.540]and passes information on to Ryan.
[00:05:37.020]Like who's making the tackles
[00:05:38.600]and who's making the big plays and--
[00:05:41.320]She has dreams of working for ESPN
[00:05:44.020]and this broadcast will help take her there.
[00:05:46.640]You just get experience from it.
[00:05:48.630]So you just learn like what you have to do
[00:05:51.120]and things that you have to improve
[00:05:53.140]to take it to the next level.
[00:05:55.380]Ryan says Professor Shrader
[00:05:56.950]provides expertise and encouragement.
[00:06:00.030]He helps us out during the week, you know, in class,
[00:06:03.160]gives us advice, tells us what we need to work on.
[00:06:04.930]He listens to all the broadcasts, records them,
[00:06:07.580]listens to them back and gives you feedback
[00:06:09.400]on what you need to improve on.
[00:06:10.903](crowd cheering)
[00:06:13.290]Professor Shrader never tires of seeing the change
[00:06:15.890]in his students over time.
[00:06:17.950]So exciting to see when somebody gets it.
[00:06:21.010]I mean you probably you heard this a million times,
[00:06:22.870]when the little light goes on over the head
[00:06:24.870]and they get it, it's like wow!
[00:06:26.690]You know, that's why we do it.
[00:06:27.800]It's a really satisfying feeling.
[00:06:30.274](instrumental rock music)
[00:06:33.250]Memorial Stadium is a training ground
[00:06:35.110]for students from other disciplines.
[00:06:37.020]Athletic training majors have clinical experiences
[00:06:39.790]in the stadium's athletic medicine facility.
[00:06:42.630]And graduate students in a College of Business program
[00:06:45.870]are prepared for careers in intercollegiate athletics.
[00:06:50.740]So this is the 6th floor.
[00:06:52.620]During game day, this is where all the media is,
[00:06:55.660]so every news outlet that we have pretty much
[00:06:57.600]up here in Nebraska and national news coverage.
[00:07:00.600]Joe Lang takes me on a tour of some of the areas
[00:07:03.220]of the stadium that are restricted to most fans.
[00:07:06.190]Joe is working on his Master of Arts in Business
[00:07:08.880]with a specialization in Intercollegiate Athletics.
[00:07:12.030]In addition to classwork,
[00:07:13.330]students in the program spend their second year
[00:07:15.710]as interns with the Athletic Department.
[00:07:18.210]After our first year,
[00:07:19.050]we interview and apply to all these different positions,
[00:07:22.300]kind of whatever your interests are.
[00:07:24.000]So we have somebody in nutrition.
[00:07:25.380]We have somebody in communications, life skills.
[00:07:28.632]Yeah, there's a little bit of everything.
[00:07:31.260]Joe is interested in fundraising,
[00:07:33.120]so he's a development assistant.
[00:07:35.320]I think one of the things that makes it so special
[00:07:37.300]is that you get to work in one of the best
[00:07:39.400]athletic departments in the country.
[00:07:41.670]It's Big Ten.
[00:07:42.960]They have every major sport.
[00:07:44.740]They compete at a very high level in every major sport.
[00:07:47.490]So, that's awesome to be around.
[00:07:50.520]But then also you just get experience
[00:07:54.720]as a full-time position almost.
[00:07:57.410]Even though you're a grad student,
[00:07:58.840]they treat you as if you're a member of the team.
[00:08:01.810]We really pride ourselves on the fact
[00:08:03.640]that we're preparing the next cohort
[00:08:06.730]of athletic administrators,
[00:08:08.890]specifically with business principles in mind.
[00:08:12.690]That's Kasey Linde,
[00:08:14.040]assistant director of the Teaching and Learning Center
[00:08:16.630]in the UNL College of Business
[00:08:18.400]and an instructor in Joe's program.
[00:08:20.780]She says athletic organizations
[00:08:22.680]have grown increasingly complex,
[00:08:24.830]sparking a need for a new class of professionals.
[00:08:28.400]And so to be able to prepare somebody
[00:08:30.530]who has a passion for sports
[00:08:32.450]and maybe student athlete development
[00:08:35.230]and then give them the pieces of the puzzle
[00:08:37.240]that they need to manage a budget, understand revenues,
[00:08:41.600]understand how to work within an organization,
[00:08:46.280]those are the skillsets that really makes a student
[00:08:49.860]a whole, well-rounded applicant
[00:08:52.080]as they go out and apply for these jobs.
[00:08:54.158](upbeat music)
[00:08:58.480]A unique partnership with athletics
[00:09:00.330]provides behind-the-scenes training
[00:09:02.270]in everything from game-day experience
[00:09:04.290]to compliance and marketing.
[00:09:06.130]Business coursework includes classes in accounting,
[00:09:08.800]organizational behavior, and human resources.
[00:09:11.770]But other courses focus on topics that are tailored
[00:09:14.910]to the needs of athletic administrators.
[00:09:17.090]For example, Linde teaches a management seminar
[00:09:19.720]that tackles some of the contemporary issues in athletics.
[00:09:23.390]Do you pay players?
[00:09:24.920]How does the NCAA
[00:09:28.020]involve itself?
[00:09:29.360]How do you make sure that
[00:09:31.170]you have a proper relationship with your community
[00:09:34.100]and have that town and (mumbles) relationship?
[00:09:35.680]So, we really try to highlight the current topics
[00:09:38.550]and the current issues that are facing college sports.
[00:09:42.310]Professor Linde is a former college volleyball coach
[00:09:45.210]who fell in love with the administrative side of athletics
[00:09:48.410]because she saw it as a chance to make a difference.
[00:09:51.670]As an administrator,
[00:09:53.130]you can make decisions
[00:09:54.390]and make an impact for an entire institution
[00:09:58.280]or an entire student athlete body.
[00:10:00.100]And so I think that's what we see a lot of our students
[00:10:03.370]also find a passion for.
[00:10:05.230]That's what drew Joe Lang.
[00:10:06.860]He played college football
[00:10:08.330]and knows firsthand the importance
[00:10:10.290]of fundraising and donors.
[00:10:12.380]I mean I love it.
[00:10:13.560]It feels like I'm giving back a little bit
[00:10:15.850]just because from my time as a student athlete
[00:10:18.670]I know how much their support means
[00:10:20.244]and it helped pay for my school.
[00:10:21.930]So, it's amazing to be able to connect them
[00:10:25.290]with a cause that they really care about.
[00:10:26.970]And for this Washington State native,
[00:10:28.930]it's a chance to be part of an elite program.
[00:10:31.750]You know, the whole reason I moved here
[00:10:32.667]and the whole reason I chose this program
[00:10:34.270]was to be a part of the Huskers brand
[00:10:36.600]and that is pretty powerful.
[00:10:38.900](crowd cheering) (ref whistle blows)
[00:10:42.040]Memorial Stadium is the perfect backdrop
[00:10:44.690]for learning the ropes.
[00:10:46.320]He's got to the 30, to the 20,
[00:10:47.801]to the 10, touchdown Huskers!
[00:10:51.703]Everywhere you go,
[00:10:53.910]you need teamwork.
[00:10:55.040]You need people to work together.
[00:10:57.060]And so I really love watching the students
[00:11:00.620]gain an understanding and appreciation
[00:11:02.510]for every person's unique contribution
[00:11:06.920]and knowing that we need everybody to succeed.
[00:11:10.360]Jake what did you see on that play?
[00:11:11.750]Well, I just saw a terrific amount of speed
[00:11:14.494]from Wan'Dale Robinson--
[00:11:15.560]It's the choreography of the game,
[00:11:17.180]how the broadcast works,
[00:11:18.330]the roles that everybody plays.
[00:11:19.910]And if everybody plays their role well,
[00:11:21.830]it's a little bit like a football team.
[00:11:23.510]If everybody does a good job,
[00:11:24.800]it all just works together.
[00:11:26.472](upbeat music)
[00:11:30.330]That's it for this season of Faculty 101.
[00:11:32.820]I hope you enjoyed our stories of Memorial Stadium
[00:11:35.860]and the students and faculty
[00:11:37.310]who benefit from being a part of Husker Athletics.
[00:11:40.863](upbeat music)
[00:11:43.910]Faculty 101 is produced by
[00:11:45.770]the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
[00:11:48.000](upbeat music)
[00:11:52.264]And I do remember thinking,
[00:11:53.450]here's this kid from Neligh, Nebraska
[00:11:55.850]on top of the press box at Memorial Stadium
[00:11:58.110]announcing the football game.
[00:11:59.373]Like how did I get here?
[00:12:00.770]And wow, wouldn't I love to do this again.

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