2023 Celebration of Service

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2023 Celebration of Service, held October 27th, 2023

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[00:00:03.810]Welcome to our annual Celebration of Service event.
[00:00:08.610]Thank you for joining us.
[00:00:09.660]Coming out on the brisk autumn morning to be here.
[00:00:13.560]I'm Rick Alloway.
[00:00:14.400]I am an associate professor of broadcasting
[00:00:16.380]in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications,
[00:00:19.410]and it's my pleasure to serve again as your emcee
[00:00:22.230]for this brief program as we honor 914
[00:00:27.150]of our university colleagues
[00:00:28.770]for their service award milestones
[00:00:30.960]and also to honor our entire campus community
[00:00:34.260]for their dedication to this institution
[00:00:36.210]and there is no doubt about that.
[00:00:37.560]People are our greatest asset
[00:00:39.750]and have been since the founding
[00:00:41.370]of this place 154 years ago.
[00:00:44.130]Special thanks go out to Chancellor and Mrs. Bennett
[00:00:46.410]for joining us today.
[00:00:47.850]Welcome.
[00:00:49.091](audience clapping)
[00:00:53.400]We look forward to hearing from the Chancellor
[00:00:54.960]in just a few moments.
[00:00:56.340]Today's event is also being live streamed on the UNL website
[00:00:59.910]and for those of you who could not join us today in person,
[00:01:02.430]we send you our congratulations
[00:01:04.440]and thanks for your service as well.
[00:01:06.720]Going to do an abbreviated version of my usual
[00:01:08.881]walk down short-term memory lane presentation this year
[00:01:12.990]so you can all keep enjoying lunch
[00:01:15.150]and continue to socialize with these great folks,
[00:01:17.850]the colleagues that are around us.
[00:01:20.040]But we'll start with recognizing our five-year award
[00:01:22.620]recipients who date back to 2018,
[00:01:25.740]which was the year of the Me Too movement
[00:01:28.230]that went global that year.
[00:01:30.000]Democrats reclaimed the US House of Representatives,
[00:01:33.240]and here on the UNL campus, leaders were making plans
[00:01:36.330]to celebrate the university's 150th anniversary.
[00:01:40.230]UNL was in the top 100 institutes for US patents awarded
[00:01:44.970]and a record 16 Nebraska students earned Fulbright awards
[00:01:48.960]and the campus welcomed a newly constructed
[00:01:51.450]University Health Center.
[00:01:53.160]Let's ask our five year award recipients to stand
[00:01:55.770]and let us thank you for your five years of service.
[00:01:57.840]Congratulations everybody.
[00:01:59.221](audience clapping)
[00:02:08.640]Next up our 10 year award recipients
[00:02:10.830]dating to 2013 when Barack Obama
[00:02:13.380]took the oath of office for the second time
[00:02:15.480]in January of that year.
[00:02:17.280]Two bombs exploded near the finish line
[00:02:19.470]of the Boston Marathon.
[00:02:21.150]While on campus the Princeton Review ranked UNL
[00:02:24.060]among the nation's best value colleges.
[00:02:27.120]The School of Music received an $8 million endowment
[00:02:30.180]from Glenn Korff and Bo Pelini's football team
[00:02:33.420]finished the season nine and four,
[00:02:35.580]capped off by a New Year's Day victory over Georgia
[00:02:38.460]in the Gator Bowl.
[00:02:39.420]Let's have our 10 year award recipients stand
[00:02:41.670]and thank you for your service.
[00:02:42.988](audience clapping)
[00:02:51.690]Next, we recognize our 15 year award recipients.
[00:02:54.720]2008 was a year of political firsts
[00:02:57.690]as America elected an African American President.
[00:03:00.810]On the UNL campus, a record crowd
[00:03:03.000]attended the annual spring game
[00:03:04.710]to get a look at the 2008 football team
[00:03:07.290]and to talk about a new head coach, Bo Pelini.
[00:03:10.590]On the university's east campus,
[00:03:12.330]the new International Quilt Study Center and Museum opened
[00:03:15.330]to rave reviews and a brand new campus look took shape on
[00:03:19.110]the former state fairgrounds
[00:03:21.000]as university officials approved the Innovation Park.
[00:03:24.570]Let's have our 15 year recipients stand and recognize them.
[00:03:27.723](audience clapping)
[00:03:36.900]We'll move on to our 20 year award recipients.
[00:03:39.660]2003, the year of Operation Iraqi Freedom
[00:03:43.860]and that country's leader, Saddam Hussein,
[00:03:46.470]being captured later that year,
[00:03:48.120]hiding in a hole in the ground.
[00:03:50.130]Nebraska's longtime House of Representatives member
[00:03:52.740]Doug Bereuter stepped down after 25 years of service.
[00:03:56.670]It was the last year of the Frank Solich era
[00:03:59.370]of Husker football.
[00:04:00.690]But the first year for the UNL Road Show
[00:04:03.360]and the Student Advisory Board,
[00:04:05.340]congratulations to all of our 20 year recipients.
[00:04:08.070]Please stand.
[00:04:09.163](audience clapping)
[00:04:17.170]In 1998 it was the year Nebraska won
[00:04:20.280]the Collegiate Computer Programming Regional
[00:04:22.890]to qualify for the world finals.
[00:04:25.530]A $125 million Othmer gift would begin
[00:04:28.950]to support chemical engineering library's
[00:04:31.440]expansions and technology upgrades.
[00:04:34.230]Work continued on the new sky boxes
[00:04:36.570]on the west side of Memorial Stadium
[00:04:38.670]and the Husker football team capped the 1997 record
[00:04:41.792]with another national championship for Tom Osborne
[00:04:45.120]in his last game as Nebraska's head coach.
[00:04:48.060]And it was the year that our 25 year award recipients
[00:04:50.910]began their work with us.
[00:04:52.110]Please stand and be recognized.
[00:04:53.723]Congratulations.
[00:04:55.043](audience clapping and cheering)
[00:05:03.780]In 1993, we had a new president named Clinton
[00:05:08.400]and in Lincoln we began the search for a new president
[00:05:11.130]as well for the University of Nebraska
[00:05:13.110]as Martin Massengale announced he was stepping down.
[00:05:15.960]Morrill Hall reopened after a much needed upgrade.
[00:05:19.590]Construction continued on the new Beadle Center.
[00:05:22.620]Chancellor Graham Spanier announced plans
[00:05:24.690]for expansion of the Nebraska Union
[00:05:26.580]and also really promoted free email accounts for students,
[00:05:30.330]faculty, and staff arguing it would radically change the way
[00:05:34.170]the university does business.
[00:05:36.511]That was the year our 30 year recipients joined us.
[00:05:39.390]Please stand and and let us thank you
[00:05:41.460]for your service to the university.
[00:05:43.472](audience clapping)
[00:05:53.483]Next up our 35 year award recipients.
[00:05:56.910]1988 minimum wage was a whopping $3.36 an hour.
[00:06:03.120]You could buy a stamp for just a quarter
[00:06:05.280]or a new B-2 stealth bomber for just 500 million.
[00:06:09.030]George HW Bush was elected president.
[00:06:11.730]The space shuttle program was on again
[00:06:14.130]after a 32 month shutdown
[00:06:16.080]following the 1986 Challenger explosion.
[00:06:19.620]And in Nebraska, arguments got heated as spent fuel rods
[00:06:23.100]that year over their proposed five year
[00:06:25.530]radioactive waste compact.
[00:06:28.290]Let's have our 35 year recipients stand
[00:06:30.450]and thank them for their outstanding service.
[00:06:32.632](audience clapping and cheering)
[00:06:33.510]Congratulations.
[00:06:40.800]Next up 40 years.
[00:06:43.470]Nebraska's new governor Bob Kerrey was being hailed
[00:06:46.260]as a rising star in 1983,
[00:06:49.350]at Andy's which was the happenin' place for UNL students.
[00:06:53.460]You could get a sloppy joe, fries, and a drink for a buck.
[00:06:57.990]The men's gymnastics team won
[00:06:59.550]a fifth straight NCAA National Championship.
[00:07:03.030]In computer science students
[00:07:04.710]disgruntled over crowded computer labs
[00:07:07.830]held a sit-in at Chancellor Massengale's office.
[00:07:11.010]Let's have our 40 year recipients please stand.
[00:07:14.323](audience clapping and cheering)
[00:07:24.570]Next, a special group of folks
[00:07:25.950]who are celebrating 45 years of service to this institution.
[00:07:30.493]Dating back to 1978 when the ag economy was struggling,
[00:07:35.130]farmers across the country went on strike,
[00:07:37.860]at UNL a computer science student
[00:07:40.020]funded by a $13,000 grant
[00:07:42.300]from the National Science Foundation,
[00:07:44.340]built a micro computer that was the size of a desk drawer.
[00:07:49.020]UNL enrollment topped 21,000 for the first time,
[00:07:51.957]and the university administration considered using
[00:07:54.450]photo ID cards.
[00:07:56.400]Tuition increased to $22.50 a credit hour,
[00:08:00.750]which almost equaled the cost
[00:08:02.550]of a student season football ticket,
[00:08:04.140]which was a steal for only 25.
[00:08:07.140]There are eight recipients
[00:08:08.790]in the 45 year category this year,
[00:08:11.370]five of them could not join us,
[00:08:12.840]but let's congratulate them in absentia.
[00:08:15.660]Michael Arthur from athletics.
[00:08:17.520]Martha Bonner from sponsored programs.
[00:08:20.310]Rex Nielsen from
[00:08:21.480]the Panhandle Research and Extension Center,
[00:08:24.060]Lynn Niemann from Food Science and Technology
[00:08:26.880]and John Rajewski from Agronomy and Horticulture.
[00:08:29.610]Congratulations to them.
[00:08:31.291](audience clapping)
[00:08:37.830]But we are honored
[00:08:39.030]that three of those 45 year recipients
[00:08:41.340]are here with us today.
[00:08:42.420]And we want to ask Chancellor Bennett to join us up here now
[00:08:45.150]to present the 45 year recipients with their service awards
[00:08:49.320]and our congratulations and to have a photo taken as well.
[00:08:52.680]We begin with Marlene Beyke of ASUN
[00:08:55.740]known to hundreds of students
[00:08:57.210]who have crossed her doorway
[00:08:59.070]as the Director of Administration and Student Government.
[00:09:02.130]She works with students to plan, develop,
[00:09:04.350]and implement ASUN Student Legal Services
[00:09:07.560]and graduate student projects and programs.
[00:09:09.990]Congratulations.
[00:09:18.420]Congratulations Marlene.
[00:09:19.941](audience clapping)
[00:09:27.081]Next is Vicki Capazo from athletics,
[00:09:29.370]the Communications Administrative Support Associate.
[00:09:31.770]She's in charge of the day-to-day operations of the office
[00:09:34.800]and the supervision of their student staff.
[00:09:37.260]She wears a lot of hats as many of us do.
[00:09:39.360]She's also responsible for media credentials requests
[00:09:42.630]and serves as the media host
[00:09:44.100]for Nebraska football and men's basketball events.
[00:09:47.160]Vicki.
[00:09:48.784](audience clapping)
[00:10:07.472](audience clapping)
[00:10:14.550]Vicki's put up with a lot of annoying phone calls
[00:10:16.800]from me over the years asking
[00:10:18.180]for one more media credential for a football game
[00:10:20.670]for our radio students.
[00:10:22.590]Next is Rose Johnson from the Glenn Korff School of Music,
[00:10:25.770]known as the glue that holds the band department together.
[00:10:29.460]For 45 years, Rose is the first person band alumni
[00:10:32.880]stop to see when they return to campus.
[00:10:35.070]She's well respected by our campus community
[00:10:37.410]and deserves our congratulations.
[00:10:39.243](audience clapping and cheering)
[00:10:54.443](audience clapping)
[00:11:00.690]1973 was a year of budget cuts on campus
[00:11:04.290]due to an oil crunch.
[00:11:05.490]Enrollment was strong at 20,553 students
[00:11:09.060]even though they had to pay an increase in tuition
[00:11:11.580]that brought it up to $18 an hour.
[00:11:14.370]The Apollo 9 space capsule landed in front
[00:11:17.130]of Morrill Hall for a multi-year stay.
[00:11:19.080]Remember that?
[00:11:19.913]I sure do.
[00:11:20.850]A ceasefire was declared in Vietnam.
[00:11:22.950]Chancellor James Zumberge canceled classes in observance.
[00:11:26.370]Roe v. Wade became the law of the land that year
[00:11:29.130]and fallout from the Watergate scandal would lead
[00:11:31.380]to the resignations of four of Richard Nixon's top aides
[00:11:34.980]and to a Pulitzer Prize in journalism
[00:11:36.720]for the Washington Post.
[00:11:38.640]We have one 50 year recipient this year
[00:11:40.890]who started with us in 1973,
[00:11:42.567]and I believe this was the only place
[00:11:44.490]he worked in his entire career.
[00:11:46.500]That would be Danny Ladely.
[00:11:48.120]Danny was not able to join us today,
[00:11:49.860]but I think almost all of us know Danny
[00:11:52.260]for the work he has done
[00:11:53.580]as the Director of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
[00:11:56.700]Through Danny's leadership the Ross garnered a national
[00:11:59.340]and perhaps even an international reputation
[00:12:01.260]as being one of the best screening venues
[00:12:02.924]for independent films.
[00:12:05.070]We congratulate Danny in his absentia today
[00:12:07.500]on his retirement and 50 years with us.
[00:12:09.510]Danny, well done.
[00:12:10.985](everyone clapping)
[00:12:18.330]1968 was a difficult year at a national scale.
[00:12:22.620]Lyndon Johnson announced he would neither seek nor accept
[00:12:25.410]the nomination for another term in office.
[00:12:27.810]Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis
[00:12:31.200]and Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed
[00:12:33.120]following a campaign event in California,
[00:12:35.700]the Democratic National Convention in Chicago turned violent
[00:12:39.180]in front of a national television office or audience.
[00:12:42.300]The Navy ship USS Pueblo was seized in the Sea of Japan
[00:12:46.020]by North Korean patrol boats
[00:12:48.450]and Vietnam Reds launched the Tet Offensive.
[00:12:51.720]But things were looking up on campus
[00:12:53.910]literally as Oldfather Hall and Hamilton
[00:12:56.160]became the university's first high rise buildings
[00:12:59.550]and a 20 year plan was proposed for the campus that year
[00:13:03.570]for the university also created a pedestrian campus
[00:13:06.570]with shuttle bus service.
[00:13:08.400]And so at this point we would like to recognize
[00:13:10.710]a truly remarkable achievement that started in 1968
[00:13:14.730]and that was the service of Dr. Brett Ratcliffe,
[00:13:17.820]who retired September 30th
[00:13:19.440]after serving 55 years
[00:13:22.350]as Professor at Entomology and
[00:13:24.360]former Curator of the University of Nebraska State Museum.
[00:13:27.780]Congratulations.
[00:13:29.167](audience cheering and clapping)
[00:13:44.670]Outstanding.
[00:13:53.970]So let's congratulate all of our valued employees
[00:13:56.190]one more time this afternoon.
[00:13:58.235](audience clapping)
[00:13:59.340]Our thanks to you all.
[00:14:03.150]I thank you for your time.
[00:14:04.530]And turn the podium over to our Chancellor, Dr. Bennett.
[00:14:07.516]Thank you.
[00:14:10.868]Good afternoon.
[00:14:12.900]Thank you Rick.
[00:14:14.100]I wanted to take a point of chancellor privilege
[00:14:17.700]and ask our 55 year recipient if he might come to the podium
[00:14:22.260]and just say a word to us
[00:14:23.670]about what it has meant to serve the state of Nebraska
[00:14:27.750]and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
[00:14:30.090]over the last 55 years.
[00:14:31.740]Please make him to feel welcome.
[00:14:33.607](audience clapping)
[00:14:40.620]Well, actually I had hoped to die in the saddle,
[00:14:43.620]but instead I wanted to continue my research unabated
[00:14:46.200]so I had to give up teaching to allow time for that.
[00:14:49.320]And that was a difficult decision
[00:14:50.670]because students are the first thing
[00:14:51.900]we think of when we go to a university.
[00:14:55.200]Conversely, I was able to change a hobby into a profession.
[00:14:58.740]So I really never worked at UNL.
[00:15:00.720]I had a passion and that passion continues after.
[00:15:06.360]Thanks to all of you.
[00:15:08.399](audience clapping)
[00:15:15.900]Rick, if I could get you to come back to the podium
[00:15:18.000]just for a second.
[00:15:21.660]Yes, sir.
[00:15:24.240]I guess two decades,
[00:15:27.150]Rick has presided over this very important program.
[00:15:31.290]So we wanted to present you Rick today with a small token
[00:15:34.470]of our appreciation for what you have done
[00:15:37.470]and what you bring to this beautiful ceremony.
[00:15:40.140]It's my first ceremony,
[00:15:41.250]but I can already tell
[00:15:42.300]that it would not be the same without you.
[00:15:44.940]So thank you, sir, for what you do.
[00:15:47.359](audience clapping and cheering)
[00:15:48.192]Thank you Chancellor, much appreciated.
[00:15:58.710]And then last but not least,
[00:16:00.120]I really want the university community to get
[00:16:02.310]to meet my wife Temple,
[00:16:04.020]since June or so you all have heard a lot about me
[00:16:06.990]and read about me, and Googled me,
[00:16:09.360]but for the last 35 years, five years of dating
[00:16:13.740]and on September 4th,
[00:16:15.030]Temple and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary,
[00:16:18.720]and she is just as committed
[00:16:20.880]to public higher education as I am.
[00:16:22.830]And so I wanted her to have an opportunity
[00:16:25.230]to get to see you all and you all her.
[00:16:27.300]So I want you to come all the way up.
[00:16:29.327](Chancellor Bennett chuckles)
[00:16:30.630]All the way up.
[00:16:32.057](audience clapping)
[00:16:36.360]We are thrilled to be here.
[00:16:40.380]We are having the time of our lives.
[00:16:42.690]We could not imagine being anywhere
[00:16:44.790]other than Lincoln, Nebraska
[00:16:47.280]at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with each of you.
[00:16:52.020]I am having a just, I cannot believe
[00:16:55.470]that they're actually paying me to have this much fun.
[00:16:58.380]I know that we have some things that we have to work through
[00:17:01.350]and we will work through them,
[00:17:03.540]but I want everybody to be encouraged about our future.
[00:17:06.750]However good, however good you think it has been at UNL,
[00:17:12.600]the best days for this university
[00:17:15.240]and this community are ahead of us.
[00:17:18.000]So I encourage you to look through the windshield
[00:17:20.850]and not the rear view mirror
[00:17:23.280]are best days are ahead of us.
[00:17:26.190]Each of you are a part of our success,
[00:17:29.820]past, present, and future.
[00:17:32.790]As Rick said in his comments,
[00:17:34.980]our greatest asset as an institution are our people
[00:17:39.600]and each of you are our people.
[00:17:42.510]Thank you for what you do for the state of Nebraska.
[00:17:45.570]Thank you for what you do for the university.
[00:17:48.090]But most importantly,
[00:17:49.830]thank you for what you do for our students,
[00:17:52.320]the primary reason for which each of us are here.
[00:17:56.490]Congratulations to all of our service award winners today.
[00:18:00.690]Hope you have enjoyed your lunch.
[00:18:02.820]I hope you have a great homecoming Friday
[00:18:05.940]and a great day at the ball game tomorrow,
[00:18:09.150]and the volleyball match tonight and tomorrow.
[00:18:12.570]And as we always say,
[00:18:15.007]Goooooooooooo, biiiiiiiiiiiig, reeeeeeeeed
[00:18:20.730]Go big red.
[00:18:22.320]Thank you all.

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