MBB interview vs. Creighton

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Ronnie Green talks about the successful completion of fall semester and UNL's national leadership in early childhood education research.

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[00:00:00.000]Welcome back it's halftime.
[00:00:01.280]at Huskers match over the Creighton Bluejays.
[00:00:03.030]Greg Sharpe back on our Husker Sports Network Studios
[00:00:05.600]and a real treat for us tonight
[00:00:07.120]to sit down and chat with the Chancellor
[00:00:08.670]of the University of Nebraska Lincoln Ronnie Green.
[00:00:11.330]Basketball is here a few games under the guy's belt.
[00:00:14.230]What do you think of the team so far this year, Chancellor?
[00:00:17.890]Well, it's great to see us back on the basketball court
[00:00:20.910]and even though we're not at PBA today or tonight
[00:00:24.070]nowhere we've had a couple of great games already
[00:00:26.930]with our men's team and they're all still a great star.
[00:00:29.950]Coach Hoiberg has assembled largely
[00:00:32.710]a new roster and new talent
[00:00:35.600]that we're seeing come to life on the team
[00:00:37.640]they're gonna be exciting to watch I think this year.
[00:00:40.560]And our women's team off to a great start as well
[00:00:44.050]with a couple of games now under their belt doing very well.
[00:00:47.460]So great to see the teams back in action
[00:00:50.630]and tonight to be up against this kind of a rival
[00:00:54.010]we call crate.
[00:00:56.240]Chancellor usually on December the 11th
[00:00:58.110]school would still be going on.
[00:00:59.490]We'd be probably approaching finals
[00:01:01.290]but you moved up the calendar
[00:01:02.570]you've finished your fall semester.
[00:01:04.740]In person it seemed like it was a huge success
[00:01:07.860]do you carry on with that now
[00:01:09.560]as we look to the second semester
[00:01:11.230]or do you have some new things in the plans?
[00:01:14.530]Well, Greg we did finish
[00:01:16.370]just before thanksgiving with our fall term
[00:01:19.420]that was planned to best address the times of Covid-19
[00:01:23.810]that we're living in.
[00:01:24.690]We're glad we planned it that way.
[00:01:26.990]And our students are now in their intersession period
[00:01:30.930]between fall and spring semesters.
[00:01:33.750]We'll come back January the 25th for our spring semester.
[00:01:37.890]Now in two three week winter rooms
[00:01:40.670]we're calling them intersessions in between that students
[00:01:44.930]are enrolled in the first three week one
[00:01:46.810]that's underway currently and going real well.
[00:01:49.700]We learned a lot in the fall.
[00:01:51.540]We were immensely successful and in having a full semester
[00:01:55.680]with our full student body on campus
[00:01:57.667]and we're very pleased about that.
[00:02:00.390]As we go back into the spring,
[00:02:03.100]we're coming back at a different time of year in the winter.
[00:02:06.640]Obviously one we're more confined indoors
[00:02:09.250]with the ongoing challenge of Covid-19.
[00:02:12.180]So we're going to have enhanced
[00:02:13.640]testing protocols to keep our community safe.
[00:02:17.220]We're also kind of pivoting
[00:02:18.930]to even a larger percentage of our courses
[00:02:22.340]that will be fully in person
[00:02:24.040]where all of our classes that are 75 students
[00:02:26.930]or less are going to be staged
[00:02:29.100]fully in person for the spring semester
[00:02:32.042]and we're very pleased about that.
[00:02:34.190]So really looking forward to both these three week
[00:02:37.570]intersessions that were new for us this winter
[00:02:41.580]and for our students to be back on campus in full for
[00:02:44.583]late January and for the spring term.
[00:02:47.660]Very good. Well, despite the pandemic
[00:02:49.470]I know the university has continued to build on its
[00:02:51.530]leadership and advancing research
[00:02:53.810]as it relates to learners and infants and toddlers.
[00:02:57.020]Can you give us the latest in the research in that area?
[00:03:01.360]Well Greg, you know we've
[00:03:02.540]we for a long time have been considered a national and
[00:03:05.390]international leader in early childhood education
[00:03:08.370]and development in our college
[00:03:10.510]of education and human sciences
[00:03:12.540]and our research work continues in that arena
[00:03:15.860]to impact Nebraska families and beyond Nebraska.
[00:03:20.820]Recently our research team
[00:03:23.150]and the national center for research on children,
[00:03:26.270]youth and families in the college where much of this
[00:03:29.320]research is centered and focused,
[00:03:32.020]received word that they have been the recipient
[00:03:34.730]of a new $1.6 million grant
[00:03:37.220]from the US Department of Education
[00:03:40.080]focused on helping infants and toddlers
[00:03:42.740]who are not developing typically.
[00:03:45.060]So we were having some early developmental challenges
[00:03:48.720]or problems.
[00:03:49.970]The work of this grant will support
[00:03:52.470]early intervention services
[00:03:54.240]provided by the Nebraska early development network
[00:03:57.620]for families and with infants
[00:04:00.000]and toddlers with disabilities that have a setback
[00:04:05.010]in their own personal development.
[00:04:07.710]Nearly 400,000 infants and toddlers
[00:04:10.320]received these services nationally.
[00:04:12.460]So we're very pleased
[00:04:14.830]about this new grant, new opportunity
[00:04:17.050]for our our center for research on children, youth
[00:04:20.310]families and schools led by Lisa Knoche.
[00:04:23.570]The director of the Nat Nebraska Academy for early childhood
[00:04:27.060]and research in the center
[00:04:28.750]with her colleagues Rachel Shakur,
[00:04:30.610]Sue Sheridan and Gwen Nugent .
[00:04:32.300]So another important development and funding new work
[00:04:36.350]moving forward in this area in early childhood youth
[00:04:39.098]and development.
[00:04:40.840]Very good.
[00:04:41.673]Chancellor thank you so much for the update.
[00:04:43.100]Enjoy the second half.
[00:04:45.180]I'm looking forward to a great second half go big red.
[00:04:48.360]There he is running green with us here at halftime.
[00:04:50.140]We've got more coming up next.

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