State of Our University 2021 | Leadership Report

David Fitzgibbon Author

02/11/2021 Added

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln leadership team reports on significant accomplishments and honors during the past year.

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[00:00:05.250]The academic enterprise,
[00:00:06.930]the knowledge that our faculty create,
[00:00:09.170]the students in whom it is embodied
[00:00:11.440]and the communities that they enrich are
[00:00:13.560]at the heart of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
[00:00:16.880]They are the reason the university exists.
[00:00:20.120]2020 was not the year we planned for.
[00:00:22.990]I am proud we remain committed
[00:00:24.820]to three core values that define UNL,
[00:00:28.030]access, innovation and academic excellence.
[00:00:31.860]This year numbers of incoming diverse students
[00:00:34.670]again increased up 83% since 2010.
[00:00:40.200]Departments develop more than a dozen new degree
[00:00:42.920]in certificate programs, even as faculty move thousands
[00:00:46.560]of classes to remote learning last spring,
[00:00:49.340]rethought summer and fall and enrolled 4,000 students
[00:00:53.490]for newly developed winter room classes.
[00:00:56.210]It is good to see strong and increasing national recognition
[00:00:59.750]of the reach and caliber of our academic programs reflected
[00:01:03.422]in our rankings and in the thousands of national
[00:01:06.470]and international students who are joining us as part
[00:01:09.670]of the Husker community.
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[00:01:13.760]At no time have architecture design and planning
[00:01:17.070]had as much public awareness
[00:01:18.950]of their impact and importance as now.
[00:01:22.510]Then it is no wonder values established
[00:01:25.320]during our recent strategic planning process guide us
[00:01:28.780]in shaping the professions, establishing a culture
[00:01:32.130]within our college and impacting others through our work.
[00:01:36.990]Our faculty shaped the future of the professions
[00:01:39.779]and education by serving on national accreditation
[00:01:43.830]and professional education association boards.
[00:01:47.160]Our reputation for academic excellence
[00:01:49.970]has fostered record enrollment
[00:01:52.090]and numerous prestigious national awards,
[00:01:55.022]even in a pandemic.
[00:01:57.040]Our students and faculty partnered with extension
[00:02:00.210]and assisted the town of Brownsville with flood recovery
[00:02:03.700]and planning, explored affordable housing solutions
[00:02:07.290]for valentine and investigated concepts
[00:02:10.310]for biodiversity and environmental justice.
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[00:02:15.240]In response to the challenges of COVID 19,
[00:02:17.370]our college launched an emergency support fund,
[00:02:19.740]Cas Cares to help students stay on track
[00:02:21.950]for degree completion.
[00:02:23.350]Over 30 students benefited from these funds last fall.
[00:02:26.570]The college will complete a year long
[00:02:28.040]comprehensive strategic planning process this spring.
[00:02:31.010]Our guiding vision is succinct and ambitious.
[00:02:33.610]Through imagination, innovation and collaboration,
[00:02:36.550]we will transform lives and improve our world.
[00:02:38.880]Some of our key goals include promoting the liberal arts
[00:02:42.300]lifelong learning, timely degree completion
[00:02:44.260]and career development opportunities,
[00:02:46.300]leading in inclusive excellence and diversity
[00:02:49.040]and leveraging areas of research strength to address
[00:02:51.350]some of today's most important
[00:02:53.510]including systemic racism and inequity, climate change,
[00:02:56.820]resiliency and environmental sustainability,
[00:02:59.550]rural drug addiction and rural community vitality
[00:03:02.335]and quantum materials and technologies.
[00:03:05.200]The College of Arts and Sciences is united
[00:03:07.150]by a shared commitment to collaborate
[00:03:08.880]in the discovery of new knowledge
[00:03:10.470]and to advance interdisciplinary solutions
[00:03:12.620]to challenges critical to Nebraska and the world.
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[00:03:16.490]We maintain our commitment to drive discovery,
[00:03:19.270]create opportunity
[00:03:20.470]and empower individuals to lead the future of business.
[00:03:23.650]We innovate and expand opportunities
[00:03:25.840]for students that will further distinguish Nebraska Business
[00:03:28.880]as a world-class business school.
[00:03:30.950]In collaboration with the College of Law,
[00:03:33.100]we await final approval of a new undergraduate law
[00:03:36.480]and business major complimenting the successful minor.
[00:03:40.150]The major will prepare students for roles
[00:03:42.470]and careers like regulatory compliance, employment law
[00:03:45.720]and contracts.
[00:03:47.063]Building upon the success of our top ranked MBA
[00:03:50.410]at Nebraska Program, we launched
[00:03:52.027]the human resource management graduate certificate
[00:03:54.584]and our new masters of science
[00:03:56.580]and supply chain management program
[00:03:58.240]is accepting applications for this summer.
[00:04:00.690]In fall 2020,
[00:04:02.150]we introduced the inclusive excellence gathering space
[00:04:05.710]in support of our guiding principle , "be inclusive."
[00:04:09.190]This along with our new inclusive excellence advisory board
[00:04:12.337]and a new student organization helps us
[00:04:14.498]to increase diversity and create a stronger
[00:04:16.867]more inclusive community.
[00:04:18.889](upbeat music)
[00:04:20.680]2020 proof that when society is faced with challenges,
[00:04:24.590]CEHS has solutions that enhance lives
[00:04:27.760]and strengthen relationships.
[00:04:29.900]In response to COVID-19,
[00:04:32.020]our reading center rapidly transitioned
[00:04:34.400]its tutoring programs online and piloted a remote program
[00:04:38.740]with Sydney public schools.
[00:04:40.960]When sports and other activities were canceled,
[00:04:43.900]our extension faculty created a virtual marathon kids club
[00:04:48.150]with participants logging over 4,200 miles.
[00:04:52.230]The college also took important steps to enhance our journey
[00:04:55.730]toward inclusive excellence.
[00:04:57.710]Through a fire
[00:04:58.800]and our Racial Literacy Round Table Programs,
[00:05:01.820]over 700 people participated in educational workshops
[00:05:05.840]that promoted inclusion, respect, and equity.
[00:05:09.530]And in research and creative activity,
[00:05:12.070]we earned a record high number of grant awards.
[00:05:15.500]So as our new home on city campus rises,
[00:05:18.740]so too does the impact of CEHS.
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[00:05:23.600]Progress continues
[00:05:24.530]on our $160 million investment in engineering facilities.
[00:05:28.740]Phase one is the $75 million rebuild
[00:05:31.800]of the link and renovation of Scott Engineering Center.
[00:05:35.420]The research conducted
[00:05:36.500]in these buildings is increasing the competitiveness
[00:05:39.112]of Nebraska industry,
[00:05:41.210]generated valuable intellectual property
[00:05:43.540]and creating new companies and jobs.
[00:05:45.930]We're building Kiewit Hall,
[00:05:47.160]thanks to a $20 million naming gift
[00:05:49.210]from Kiewit Corporation and other donor support.
[00:05:52.420]Opening in the fall of 2023, Kiewit Hall will help us
[00:05:56.050]provide a world-class engineering education
[00:05:58.840]and meet the workforce needs of the state
[00:06:00.830]and region.
[00:06:02.220]In partnership with senior executives
[00:06:04.010]and University of Nebraska alumni at Kiewit Corporation,
[00:06:07.530]we created the Kiewit Scholars Program,
[00:06:10.100]a full tuition scholarship combined
[00:06:11.945]with a rigorous leadership program
[00:06:14.200]that will support 40 undergraduate students.
[00:06:17.340]This program is unparalleled among our big 10 peers
[00:06:20.310]and other top ranking colleges of engineering.
[00:06:23.230]We are living our values of community, impact and inclusion.
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[00:06:28.930]What a year we had.
[00:06:30.420]Despite a global pandemic, we continued to learn,
[00:06:33.770]teach, perform, and exhibit the arts in a safe way.
[00:06:37.830]I'm very proud of how our college excelled
[00:06:40.209]during these challenging times.
[00:06:42.600]For instance, our college saw a 4% increase
[00:06:45.570]in undergraduate enrollment last fall.
[00:06:47.960]Our Glenn Korff School of Music's Opera Program
[00:06:50.250]safely produced its opera, "The Cunning Little Vixen"
[00:06:53.370]with live outdoor performances.
[00:06:56.130]our School of Art, History and Design
[00:06:58.150]presented virtual exhibits of student artwork.
[00:07:01.540]And the Nebraska Repertory Theatre
[00:07:03.300]launched a two year partnership
[00:07:05.530]with the St. Louis Black Repertory Company
[00:07:07.800]to bring about positive social change to our university
[00:07:10.818]and beyond.
[00:07:12.350]And our JoJohnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts
[00:07:15.650]received an AIA Nebraska Architecture Merit Award
[00:07:19.280]for its building design.
[00:07:20.899]And finally, I'd like to thank our community who rose
[00:07:23.660]to support our dance program.
[00:07:25.940]It's the only undergraduate dance degree in the state
[00:07:28.920]and it will be better than ever things
[00:07:30.910]to overwhelming support from many of you.
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[00:07:35.050]While the pandemic forced us to make some adjustments,
[00:07:37.690]it didn't slow us down.
[00:07:39.450]Our students covered the Iowa caucuses
[00:07:41.310]and track political news coverage.
[00:07:43.300]They covered COVID-19 for the New York Times
[00:07:45.620]and received national attention
[00:07:47.020]for depth reporting on the climate crisis.
[00:07:49.430]They covered Husker Sports,
[00:07:50.980]even when they couldn't attend games.
[00:07:53.070]They worked on advertising and public relations campaigns
[00:07:55.520]for more than 50 university
[00:07:56.870]and community partners and distributed hundreds
[00:07:59.280]of stories to news organizations across the State
[00:08:02.140]through the Nebraska News Service.
[00:08:04.040]Art cabinets are once again
[00:08:05.470]busting at the hinges with awards
[00:08:07.030]for outstanding student work,
[00:08:08.179]which we are now able to show off
[00:08:10.410]in our renovated Anderson Hall lobby.
[00:08:12.970]This spring we'll wrap
[00:08:13.890]up our inclusive strategic planning process,
[00:08:16.190]which involved over 75 faculty, staff, students, alumni
[00:08:19.490]and industry partners to develop new initiatives
[00:08:22.355]like a college wide experiential learning practicum,
[00:08:25.270]new graduate and research programs and expansion of course
[00:08:28.590]offerings in the media, social justice and democracy.
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[00:08:33.900]I am excited to share some College of Law successes.
[00:08:37.210]Our Civil Clinical Law Program joined with several area
[00:08:39.940]non-profits to create the tenant assistance project
[00:08:43.600]pairing residents facing eviction with volunteer
[00:08:46.090]and student attorneys trained to provide limited
[00:08:48.810]free representation in court.
[00:08:50.810]They leveled the legal playing field for tenants
[00:08:53.210]during the pandemic.
[00:08:55.020]The new Nebraska Governance and Technology Center
[00:08:57.390]launched an ambitious set of projects,
[00:08:59.750]including a podcast series
[00:09:01.550]of faculty and student fellows program
[00:09:03.800]and research on complex tech policy issues,
[00:09:06.720]such as solving the rural digital divide.
[00:09:09.779]During the past year, the College of Law
[00:09:11.730]finished a $6 million fundraising effort
[00:09:14.530]to renovate the Schmid Law Library.
[00:09:16.900]This renovation will add to state-of-the-art classrooms
[00:09:19.760]and allow our talented librarians to teach our students
[00:09:22.880]and the broader legal community, the latest techniques
[00:09:25.790]for using technology and digital resources
[00:09:28.490]to solve problems and advanced justice.
[00:09:31.550]The College of Law has responded to this year's
[00:09:33.380]multiple challenges in these
[00:09:34.950]and so many other ways that make me proud to be a Husker.
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[00:09:40.790]I'm delighted to show off
[00:09:41.900]the Dinsdale Family Learning Commons
[00:09:43.620]after a 19 month renovation
[00:09:45.810]of the former CY Thompson Library.
[00:09:48.260]This space is now shared by the libraries,
[00:09:51.240]the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program
[00:09:53.660]Husker Tech, the East Campus Exam Commons
[00:09:56.530]and the East Campus Visitor Center.
[00:09:59.050]Our other major achievement was migration
[00:10:00.990]to a cloud-based enterprise library services platform.
[00:10:04.460]You'll see us refer to this as our online catalog,
[00:10:07.190]but it's really the library's nerve center and how we manage
[00:10:10.570]and provide access to all of our collections.
[00:10:13.660]We think students and faculty will only notice
[00:10:15.902]that their access is fast, seamless and easy.
[00:10:19.740]We've just released the UNL Library's strategic plan
[00:10:22.840]woven throughout with a commitment to information justice
[00:10:26.410]and to building an anti-racist future.
[00:10:29.160]We're committed to tackling the information problems
[00:10:31.900]that must be solved to achieve UNL and 2025 goals.
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[00:10:38.640]Agriculture and natural resources
[00:10:40.460]are woven into the fabric of the University of Nebraska.
[00:10:44.200]We have the third largest Ag economy in the United States
[00:10:47.760]in large part because of our state's history in innovation.
[00:10:52.790]In 2020 UNL was recognized as one of the top 20
[00:10:56.670]agricultural research programs in the US
[00:11:00.040]and 50th around the globe.
[00:11:02.670]We focus on innovating new ways to provide fuel, food,
[00:11:06.830]feed and fiber for a growing world
[00:11:09.530]while conserving and sustaining our natural resources.
[00:11:13.520]In 2021, we'll continue to innovate.
[00:11:16.530]We will also reconnect with Nebraskans with our students
[00:11:20.322]and with our producers and partners
[00:11:23.400]from across Nebraska, the region and beyond.
[00:11:28.110]The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
[00:11:31.670]is in the midst of an exciting time.
[00:11:34.010]In 2020,
[00:11:34.990]we launched the Changemaker Scholarship Competition
[00:11:38.140]to recruit innovative students from around the world.
[00:11:41.330]Through the Changemaker program,
[00:11:42.970]students bring to life a big idea that addresses
[00:11:45.676]a worldwide problem.
[00:11:48.080]We announced the new
[00:11:48.990]LPS CASNR Early College and Career STEM Program.
[00:11:52.480]It offers Lincoln Northeast students
[00:11:54.500]the opportunity to earn early college credits
[00:11:57.240]and digital badges.
[00:11:58.750]We anticipate this program will be replicated
[00:12:01.210]across Nebraska, and we are transforming graduate education
[00:12:05.830]in the Institute of Ag and Natural Resources.
[00:12:09.690]Nebraska extension helped our state's producers,
[00:12:13.040]educators, families, and others successfully navigate
[00:12:17.430]the pandemic.
[00:12:18.680]Our local extension offices remained open for business.
[00:12:22.140]For each fairs engaged tens of thousands of youth.
[00:12:24.963]And we launched a new program, Rural Prosperity Nebraska.
[00:12:29.140]Our impacts were wide ranging in 2020.
[00:12:32.350]We worked with entrepreneurs
[00:12:33.750]to launch 60 Latino business startups.
[00:12:36.560]Nearly 15,000 childcare professionals
[00:12:38.840]utilized our online continuing education resources.
[00:12:42.660]Extension volunteers produced 28 tons of food
[00:12:45.800]given to Nebraskans facing hunger.
[00:12:48.070]Our beef website drew more than 730,000 unique page views.
[00:12:52.660]The list goes on and on.
[00:12:54.460]We will continue to reach Nebraskans
[00:12:56.090]in person and online in 2021.
[00:12:59.170]INR Faculty in the Agricultural Research Division
[00:13:03.060]demonstrated incredible resilience
[00:13:05.400]and innovation in their responses to COVID-19.
[00:13:09.600]Despite the timing of the onset of the pandemic
[00:13:13.350]at the beginning of planning and calving seasons,
[00:13:16.270]our faculty leaders quickly developed lab
[00:13:18.982]and field operation plans
[00:13:21.790]that achieved all critical function safely.
[00:13:25.530]2020 was a record year for INR
[00:13:28.600]and externally funded research expenditures
[00:13:31.290]and grant awards.
[00:13:32.487]And our faculty received many national awards in 2020,
[00:13:37.460]including the addition of two new fellows
[00:13:40.267]in the prestigious American Association
[00:13:43.550]for the Advancement of Science.
[00:13:46.440]I'm looking forward
[00:13:47.480]to 2021 to keep our momentum going, go big red.

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