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09/06/2022 Added

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Ronnie Green talks about the large number of home games across fall sports in September, major construction projects across campus in addition to the Go Big project, the sports media and communication major and the Cornhusker Marching Band.

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[00:00:00.270]Back inside our Huskers Radio Network Broadcast Center
[00:00:02.340]which is sponsored by Acres.
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[00:00:11.040]And what a treat for us to have in studio with us,
[00:00:12.990]the chancellor of the University of Nebraska Lincoln,
[00:00:14.580]Ronnie Green.
[00:00:15.413]Last time I saw you, we were not in this country.
[00:00:17.370]We were over in Dublin, Ireland.
[00:00:18.930]How was your trip minus the end of the football game?
[00:00:21.960]Hey, it was a great trip.
[00:00:23.255]We don't get that opportunity very often.
[00:00:25.740]Now, we talked about it when we were in Dublin last week
[00:00:29.100]that it's only the second time in recent memory
[00:00:32.190]and recent a while back that the Huskers have gotten to play
[00:00:36.377]outside the country for an official game.
[00:00:37.860]So a way to kick off the season in Dublin,
[00:00:40.170]we'd been looking forward to it for almost three years.
[00:00:42.828]Finally came around and had the opportunity to do it,
[00:00:46.110]I think our students learned a lot.
[00:00:47.730]I think we showed Dublin what traveling fans means
[00:00:51.540]when Husker nation showed up in the numbers that it did.
[00:00:54.087]Don't know what the final numbers were,
[00:00:56.370]but it looked like it was about four to one
[00:00:58.740]in that category against Northwestern
[00:01:00.810]and just a great trip overall.
[00:01:03.690]Irish people are some of the most hospitable in the world.
[00:01:07.415]And we certainly saw that from our Huskers
[00:01:10.770]that were over in Dublin for the week.
[00:01:12.900]But now we're back.
[00:01:14.010]And I know you're glad.
[00:01:14.910]I'm really glad to be back
[00:01:15.990]in this stadium for the next month
[00:01:17.490]with four straight home games.
[00:01:18.720]I bet you're looking forward to these next-
[00:01:20.550]Oh, we sure are.
[00:01:21.420]You know, we have a pretty long stretch, right?
[00:01:24.540]Going into early October being at home and have a bi week
[00:01:28.560]stuck in there in the latter part of the month.
[00:01:30.900]So looking forward to these next three straight weeks,
[00:01:33.030]three games coming up here in Memorial Stadium
[00:01:36.240]and seeing Husker Nation back together again
[00:01:38.880]for those games and then we got volleyball as well.
[00:01:42.630]And women's soccer competing,
[00:01:44.850]volleyball team had a great kickoff weekend
[00:01:47.430]last weekend here.
[00:01:49.230]And all of their matches in September are here in Nebraska
[00:01:53.430]with exception of one, a big match with Kentucky
[00:01:55.937]later in September, but lots for our fans to be able to see
[00:02:00.292]and participate in being back together as a group.
[00:02:03.631]That's another one of the things that felt so good in Dublin
[00:02:08.190]was just to be able to be with people and be, be normal.
[00:02:12.210]Right?
[00:02:13.260]So looking forward to a great month of September.
[00:02:15.600]Chancellor, we get a chance to see updated progress
[00:02:18.120]on the go big project right outside our window here
[00:02:20.400]and it's made amazing advancements since the spring game,
[00:02:23.430]I'm looking forward for our fans to get here on campus
[00:02:25.410]over the weekend and see all the progress there.
[00:02:27.060]But you've got other projects going on campus as well.
[00:02:30.240]Lots of building happening around here.
[00:02:32.220]Yeah.
[00:02:33.053]You know what?
[00:02:33.886]I'm reminded back six or seven years ago
[00:02:36.030]when I first started in this job that we talked about,
[00:02:39.030]we'd just come out of a time
[00:02:40.770]what we called the era of the Cranes in Downtown Lincoln.
[00:02:43.313]It's when we were building our business building
[00:02:46.020]here on campus.
[00:02:47.040]It's when we were building PBA
[00:02:48.630]finishing up the building of PBA and Haymarket
[00:02:50.880]and so much activity in Downtown Lincoln.
[00:02:53.130]We kind of are back to that again, right?
[00:02:55.847]So when you drive into Downtown Lincoln,
[00:02:57.510]when our fans come in this weekend for the game
[00:03:00.570]they're gonna see Cranes again all over Downtown.
[00:03:03.720]It looks a lot like it did in 2014 and 15.
[00:03:06.738]On campus here, we just opened Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall
[00:03:10.890]that is being used for its first term.
[00:03:14.010]We'll officially cut the ribbon on it here
[00:03:16.080]in a couple of weeks for the College of Education
[00:03:18.150]and Human Sciences,
[00:03:19.470]brand new facility for our teachers college
[00:03:22.097]particularly early childhood education
[00:03:24.649]and teacher learning and teacher education,
[00:03:27.462]that's now open here on 14th Street,
[00:03:30.900]just down the way from us.
[00:03:33.075]The Keywood Hall project and engineering,
[00:03:36.725]just today, we signed the beam.
[00:03:39.990]That is the top beam going up on that structure
[00:03:42.840]over a little bit further East
[00:03:45.120]for the college of engineering,
[00:03:46.710]largest privately funded project
[00:03:48.740]in the history of the university,
[00:03:50.550]115 million new instructional facility
[00:03:53.760]for the college of engineering.
[00:03:54.870]Our law library completely renovated
[00:03:57.270]and open for the college of law.
[00:03:59.123]This fall architecture hall,
[00:04:01.075]the oldest building on our campus,
[00:04:03.525]the original library of the University of Nebraska
[00:04:07.062]just redesigned for design studios.
[00:04:10.890]And what was the library for architecture,
[00:04:13.650]now is three big new design studios
[00:04:16.230]for the college of architecture
[00:04:17.790]that they're enjoying a lot there.
[00:04:19.920]And the list just goes on and on of projects that we have
[00:04:23.689]either underway, under construction,
[00:04:26.246]almost a billion dollars of construction on our campuses
[00:04:31.080]here at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
[00:04:32.880]Wonderful.
[00:04:33.713]Just adding to what is already just such a beautiful campus,
[00:04:36.060]again, visiting with University of Nebraska Lincoln
[00:04:39.075]chancellor Ronnie green here on Sports Nightly.
[00:04:40.530]Lot of topnotch programs in the university as well.
[00:04:43.320]I wanna get your thoughts about one of those
[00:04:45.420]and it's preparing Husker students for work in my industry,
[00:04:48.990]the sports media industry.
[00:04:50.190]What makes this program unique?
[00:04:52.110]Yeah, Greg, we pretty proud of this,
[00:04:54.420]our journalism college
[00:04:55.770]the college of journalism and mass communications
[00:04:57.960]just a few years ago,
[00:04:59.340]I think this is our third year in this new major
[00:05:03.060]and in the J school that is sports media and communications.
[00:05:07.500]It's unique.
[00:05:08.460]It's the only program like it in the country.
[00:05:11.196]There's a few other institutions
[00:05:13.680]that have certificate programs or specialization programs,
[00:05:17.610]but no one else offers a full blown major
[00:05:20.580]in sports media and communications like this.
[00:05:23.099]It has been very rapidly taken up by a lot of students.
[00:05:27.060]We now have several hundred majors
[00:05:29.190]in that sports media and comm area.
[00:05:31.562]And I should add, there's been a lot of talk
[00:05:36.090]around about USC and UCLA joining the big 10 here in 2024
[00:05:41.130]big news in the conference, certainly.
[00:05:43.890]And in the intercollegiate sports world,
[00:05:46.410]they don't even have a program in this area.
[00:05:48.360]USC is pretty known for their work in this area,
[00:05:53.010]but they don't have a program.
[00:05:55.017]So very proud of it.
[00:05:55.850]It's great opportunity for our students.
[00:05:57.960]And so all the sports fans that are out there listening
[00:06:00.930]on Sports Nightly,
[00:06:01.980]if you know someone that has a passion for sports
[00:06:05.430]and reporting on sports
[00:06:07.050]and have strengths in writing and talking about it,
[00:06:09.405]this would be a major for them to consider
[00:06:12.210]here at the University of Nebraska Lincoln and our J school.
[00:06:14.700]I've already spoken to one of those classes this week,
[00:06:16.740]I see them at press conferences, at games.
[00:06:18.930]It's a terrific program and I applaud all of that.
[00:06:21.450]They get a chance to really experience Memorial Stadium
[00:06:23.760]on game days in a big way.
[00:06:25.260]Another group of students who get to experience game days
[00:06:27.690]is our marching band.
[00:06:28.740]And I know you're excited to see the band get out there
[00:06:30.900]and do their performances.
[00:06:32.310]Absolutely.
[00:06:33.150]You know, the Cornhusker Marching Band,
[00:06:34.800]the Pride of all Nebraska 300 members strong band,
[00:06:37.935]you know when school is gearing up to start, right?
[00:06:42.600]Because you hear on campus the band tryouts happening
[00:06:47.070]which really start two weeks before the semester starts.
[00:06:50.790]When students come in, they go through warmups
[00:06:53.460]and preparation for tryouts
[00:06:55.260]for the Cornhusker Marching Band.
[00:06:56.940]Those happened then that week before class
[00:06:59.490]and then just a little over a week ago,
[00:07:01.740]the Friday before classes started, they had their exhibition
[00:07:05.370]their band camp exhibition in Memorial Stadium.
[00:07:08.070]And I've never seen anything like it, Greg,
[00:07:11.370]the whole West stadium, lower deck all the way up was full.
[00:07:16.230]Completely full for that exhibition of the band.
[00:07:19.800]They've got a great year ahead,
[00:07:21.600]I wish they could have all gone to Dublin.
[00:07:23.820]You know, we weren't able to have that
[00:07:26.010]as part of the package,
[00:07:27.060]but we had a pep band of about 50 there
[00:07:28.920]that was great to see, but really looking forward
[00:07:31.530]to these students on the field this fall,
[00:07:33.497]we have four drum majors that I wanted to kind of call out
[00:07:37.399]for their leadership that you'll see this fall.
[00:07:41.040]Matt Jackson from Ceresco,
[00:07:43.440]Ian Maltas from here in Lincoln,
[00:07:45.750]Steffani Nolda from North Platte
[00:07:47.700]and Katherine Schmit from Lincoln
[00:07:49.260]will be the ones with the big sticks coming down the field.
[00:07:53.460]So looking forward to their performances
[00:07:55.710]here in these next three home games and September.
[00:07:58.320]Fantastic. Chancellor, always good to see you.
[00:07:59.986]Thank you so much.
[00:08:00.819]Let's have a good weekend.
[00:08:02.070]Looking forward to it.
[00:08:02.903]It's so great to be back in session
[00:08:04.950]and, you know, I wasn't here last week for the first week
[00:08:07.487]with the Dublin event, but seeing students engaged
[00:08:11.010]at the level, it's unlike what we've seen
[00:08:13.560]for the last three years, it's just absolutely super.
[00:08:17.490]I can't tell you how good that feels
[00:08:19.877]for us to be back and as always go Big Red.
[00:08:23.190]There he is. Ronnie Green with us here on Sports Nightly.
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