Red-White Spring Game

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04/25/2018 Added

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Ronnie Green discusses state budget reductions resulting in smaller cuts than anticipated for the university. Ronnie also discusses the hire of Bob Wilhelm to lead research and economic development with strengths in public-private partnerships and the news of a biotech connector space opening at Nebraska Innovation Campus.

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[00:00:02.750]Welcome back of our coverage
[00:00:03.810]of the Husker Red-White Spring Game.
[00:00:05.440]Delighted you could join them at
[00:00:06.290]University of Nebraska-Lincoln
[00:00:07.440]Chancellor Ronnie Green.
[00:00:08.273]I know you were out and around the state
[00:00:09.950]for the last couple of months.
[00:00:11.450]How many times were you asked
[00:00:13.070]about Scott Frost and the football program?
[00:00:15.230]Oh my gosh!
[00:00:16.848]I can't count them, how many times
[00:00:19.450]I was asked, and how many times I was told
[00:00:22.040]about how excited folks are about the future
[00:00:25.490]and about Scott now being here as our head coach
[00:00:28.280]and bringing the staff that he's brought with him.
[00:00:30.990]So, today's a big day,
[00:00:33.150]a big venue, and to have the opportunity
[00:00:36.170]to bring these Nebraska fans together
[00:00:38.800]in this new era is really exciting.
[00:00:40.720]Glad to be here.
[00:00:41.553]Yeah, great to have you here with us as well.
[00:00:43.150]Spring, always a fun time of year.
[00:00:45.170]We're getting ready to wrap up a semester.
[00:00:47.450]We've had an extended winter.
[00:00:48.960]We can't quite kick this bad weather
[00:00:50.550]but we know better days are ahead.
[00:00:52.979]And you've been concerned about the state budget process
[00:00:56.150]and how that's gonna affect the University budget
[00:00:57.940]but you got some good news this month, didn't you?
[00:01:00.430]We did, Greg, and it does seem like
[00:01:02.800]winter's kind of hanging on for dear life here
[00:01:07.220]but we have been very pleased in the last few weeks
[00:01:10.660]as the legislature finished up its work
[00:01:12.770]and resolved the budget challenges
[00:01:15.010]that they've been working on this session.
[00:01:17.231]That we got better news than what originally
[00:01:21.170]thought might be the case,
[00:01:23.050]where we were facing some
[00:01:24.180]significant additional budget cuts
[00:01:25.950]this year beyond what we saw last year
[00:01:30.470]but we're very pleased that we came in
[00:01:33.060]at a much lower level.
[00:01:34.180]So while we're making a few cuts
[00:01:36.100]and we've started that process
[00:01:38.030]to address that budget gap for us,
[00:01:41.000]we're very pleased that it's
[00:01:42.290]at a much more manageable level
[00:01:44.010]while we're partnering with the state
[00:01:45.390]to get through this kind of downturn
[00:01:47.630]in state revenue, particularly pleased
[00:01:50.330]that we had such strong voices and support
[00:01:53.610]for the University through the legislature
[00:01:56.240]and through that process this spring,
[00:01:59.680]just a huge outpouring of support
[00:02:02.560]for the University as a major economic driver
[00:02:05.110]in the state and as a leader
[00:02:07.290]for the State of Nebraska
[00:02:08.750]so we can't thank all those folks enough
[00:02:11.510]for those conversations.
[00:02:14.220]Really good news that we don't expect
[00:02:16.230]that we'll need to look at tuition further.
[00:02:19.920]The Board of Regents had already
[00:02:21.480]considered tuition levels this year
[00:02:24.167]and next year.
[00:02:25.810]For next year at a tentative level
[00:02:28.220]assuming what might happen in the budget
[00:02:31.210]so we're pleased that we think where we're gonna be
[00:02:33.940]probably moving forward and that's a very good outcome
[00:02:37.160]for our students as well.
[00:02:39.000]That's fantastic, thank you for sharing that
[00:02:41.210]with us as well.
[00:02:42.320]That's really good news.
[00:02:43.180]We know about the hirings you made in athletics
[00:02:46.340]last semester with Bill Moos and Scott Frost
[00:02:48.850]that's created such a buzz around the state,
[00:02:50.770]but you've made another hire
[00:02:52.434]that's gonna play a critical role
[00:02:54.210]in energizing the state in a different way.
[00:02:56.670]What can you tell us about this?
[00:02:58.120]Yeah, Greg, we're very excited
[00:02:59.820]that here in about a month's time,
[00:03:02.780]we'll have our new Vice Chancellor
[00:03:04.310]of Research and Economic Development,
[00:03:05.950]Dr. Bob Wilhelm, will be coming to join us
[00:03:09.100]and to lead the University in this very important area.
[00:03:11.680]Our research mission is so critically important
[00:03:15.900]to the state's land grant university.
[00:03:18.450]So Bob's coming, replacing Prem Paul,
[00:03:22.680]who many of our listeners will remember
[00:03:24.899]who we lost a couple of years ago to cancer.
[00:03:28.550]Steve Goddard has served as the interim
[00:03:30.960]for now almost two years in that role
[00:03:33.580]as we've been searching for our new replacement.
[00:03:37.040]So, very excited that Bob's coming to us
[00:03:39.510]from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte,
[00:03:42.270]where he's been since 2011 as the Vice Chancellor
[00:03:46.340]for research for that campus,
[00:03:48.332]has tremendous experience not only as an engineer,
[00:03:51.720]which is his field, but in particular
[00:03:54.480]around public-private partnerships
[00:03:56.560]between universities and the research
[00:03:59.670]in those universities so he's gonna
[00:04:02.180]bring that expertise to us
[00:04:04.590]which is an area that we are doubling down on ourselves
[00:04:08.800]as we move forward.
[00:04:10.050]And he's got this little challenge where
[00:04:12.260]over the last 10 years we
[00:04:13.650]doubled our research output at the university
[00:04:15.990]and over the next several we'd like to double it again.
[00:04:19.000]So, he's joining us and we couldn't be more thrilled
[00:04:22.160]to have Bob here just in a few weeks
[00:04:24.150]to join us.
[00:04:25.020]You mentioned Bob's experience at Charlotte,
[00:04:27.310]equivalent of Nebraska's Innovation Campus.
[00:04:30.470]NIC has recently opened the new facility
[00:04:32.500]that opens up some new opportunities
[00:04:34.350]for business partnering with the University, correct?
[00:04:37.010]Well, that's right.
[00:04:38.010]We, in our first phase of development
[00:04:40.760]of Innovation Campus, we slated to build out
[00:04:45.190]what's called a biotech connector
[00:04:47.560]as part of our Food Innovation Center on
[00:04:49.930]Innovation Campus and we just opened that.
[00:04:53.640]That's a partnership that will give
[00:04:56.510]a wet lab business incubator space
[00:04:59.370]for companies that aren't yet big enough
[00:05:01.360]to be able to afford that kind of,
[00:05:02.960]build out of space themselves.
[00:05:05.285]We already have companies that are using
[00:05:07.590]this new facility that brings together
[00:05:10.590]those kinds of start-ups.
[00:05:11.960]The partnership is a collaboration
[00:05:14.250]between the Nebraska Innovation Campus,
[00:05:16.630]the US Department of Commerce's
[00:05:18.290]Economic Development Administration,
[00:05:21.000]the Nebraska Department of Economic Development
[00:05:23.250]here in our state, Bio-Nebraska,
[00:05:25.350]which is the bio sciences trade group
[00:05:27.901]in the State of Nebraska, Invest Nebraska,
[00:05:30.670]which is involved in new start-up companies,
[00:05:33.170]as well as, of course, UNL, is the university.
[00:05:36.410]So, we're excited about it,
[00:05:37.730]excited about the opportunities
[00:05:39.330]it's going to bring for new companies
[00:05:41.300]to get up on their feet in the biotech sector
[00:05:44.800]that we think will be a
[00:05:46.030]continually growing part of Nebraska's economy.
[00:05:49.410]That's very, very exciting.
[00:05:50.840]Well, enjoy the day today.
[00:05:52.660]We know we have so many folks
[00:05:54.000]from around the state that travel to Lincoln
[00:05:56.300]to see this spring game.
[00:05:57.690]Sometimes this is the only game
[00:05:58.960]they get to see all year.
[00:05:59.910]They can't get season tickets
[00:06:01.160]but they come to watch it anyway.
[00:06:01.993]Yeah, it's a really cool tradition
[00:06:03.600]that we have here and, of course,
[00:06:04.960]we're always one of the biggest spring games.
[00:06:07.160]I think this year we may be
[00:06:08.750]the biggest spring game in town
[00:06:10.363]and giving people an opportunity
[00:06:13.250]to be part of that experience at Memorial Stadium.
[00:06:15.890]So, great to look forward to this today
[00:06:19.370]and to see our players, get a first glimpse
[00:06:22.500]of what they're going to look like
[00:06:23.870]as they go through their spring practices
[00:06:25.790]and to welcome Scott and his team to Nebraska.
[00:06:28.270]All right, have fun.
[00:06:29.530]You bet, go Big Red!
[00:06:30.580]UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green with us.
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[00:06:41.950]Pre-game continues for the Red-White Scrimmage
[00:06:43.840]when we come back a sit down chat with
[00:06:45.830]the head coach, Scott Frost.
[00:06:47.130]That's next.

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