Mark Button

Curt Bright Author

02/10/2023 Added

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The dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and his team blow off some steam throwing axes.

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[00:00:00.450]I'm Mark Button.
[00:00:01.283]I'm the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences,
[00:00:02.940]the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
[00:00:04.637](upbeat music)
[00:00:10.260]It's an an incredible privilege to serve
[00:00:12.390]as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
[00:00:14.527](upbeat music)
[00:00:16.860]I think it's the people that we work with.
[00:00:18.720]It's the opportunity to learn about a whole range
[00:00:21.870]of different research areas and creative activity.
[00:00:24.690]I love the complexity,
[00:00:26.310]I love the diversity of the college,
[00:00:28.230]and above all the people who make it up.
[00:00:30.510]It's what keeps me going every day.
[00:00:33.482]Well, something that's really big for us right now
[00:00:35.520]is delivering on our promise to make sure
[00:00:38.370]that every student has an experiential learning opportunity
[00:00:41.160]before they graduate.
[00:00:42.322]And so, building our team,
[00:00:44.460]making sure students have opportunities for internship,
[00:00:47.280]research opportunities, study abroad,
[00:00:49.770]and making sure that they're successful in those.
[00:00:51.480]That's a big focus for us right now.
[00:00:53.950](axe thuds)
[00:00:54.916](onlookers cheering and applauding)
[00:00:59.070]So we're here at Craft Axe Throwing
[00:01:00.570]with the Dean Cabinet -
[00:01:01.934](axe thuds)
[00:01:02.767]Ooh.
[00:01:03.600]from the College of Arts and Sciences.
[00:01:05.833]Bringing the group together and having a great time,
[00:01:08.730]blowing off some steam and trying not to hurt anybody.
[00:01:12.996](laughing)
[00:01:14.205](upbeat music)
[00:01:15.038]There we go.
[00:01:16.466](onlookers cheering and applauding)
[00:01:17.610]My two daughters challenged me to do some axe throwing
[00:01:21.120]and try something a little different.
[00:01:22.440]So, we got out here, enjoyed it,
[00:01:24.510]and now I'm trying to bring that out
[00:01:26.280]to some of my colleagues in the college.
[00:01:28.340](axe thuds)
[00:01:29.173]Oi!
[00:01:30.006]Well, it's always fun to sort of bring people together,
[00:01:32.610]have a little competition,
[00:01:33.930]do something outta your comfort zone
[00:01:35.610]and just sort of have another chance to be together.
[00:01:40.980]Yeah, well I grew up being responsible
[00:01:43.140]for stoking the family's fire stove.
[00:01:46.142]It was my job as a youth to chop up the wood
[00:01:49.830]and keep everything moving.
[00:01:50.940]And so this is just an extension of that.
[00:01:52.925](axe thuds)
[00:01:54.192]Yeah, I mean we spend so much time working hard
[00:01:57.360]to advance the college,
[00:01:58.500]It's a nice chance to get outside of that.
[00:02:00.653]Oh, that was good. Okay.
[00:02:02.637]Get to know one another on a more personal level
[00:02:05.100]and just blow off some steam together.
[00:02:06.960]And I think it just keeps us working well as a team
[00:02:10.200]and keeps us sort of well bonded
[00:02:13.170]as we move through what we're doing.
[00:02:15.317](upbeat music)

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