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NU Chancellor Harvey Perlman pens a guest column in the U of Iowa student newspaper
http://www.dailyiowan.com/2010/06/24...ons/17659.html
Huskers more than happy to join the Big Ten
BY HARVEY PERLMAN - GUEST OPINION | JUNE 24, 2010 7:30 AM
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is proud to be the newest member of the storied Big Ten. As we get to know one another better in the next year or so, I’m confident you’ll find that Nebraska is a natural fit with the Big Ten in terms of culture, athletics, and academics.
Most of you are certainly familiar with the athletics program. Whether it is football or volleyball, wrestling or women’s soccer, all of our teams pride themselves on competing hard and in honoring the traditions their predecessors have worked to establish.
We look forward to the start of athletics competition in 2011 and especially to our “away†games in your venues. You will find our fans passionate and friendly and willing to follow our teams wherever they may go. It’s a safe bet that you will be seeing a lot of Husker red.
We’re eager to host many of you when you visit our campus, as well. We’ve been told that a football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln is one of the best experiences in all of intercollegiate athletics, thanks to a potent combination of school spirit and sportsmanship. Hawkeye fans — like all visitors to our athletics events — will be treated well.
The opportunity to join the Big Ten was open to us because of the historic strength of our athletics program and the strong upward trend of our academic programs.
Our university is poised to enhance its research and other academic collaborations with its new colleagues. As a member of the Association of American Universities, we share academic credentials and core values with our new conference family. We have for years compared our academic standing with our friends in the Big Ten; the nine-member peer group assigned to Nebraska by our Board of Regents contains five Big Ten schools, including the University of Iowa.
The research mission of our universities is critical to strengthening our economy and our security in the years ahead. Collaboration among faculty and among institutions is essential if we are to find solutions that are productive and enduring.
We already have many faculty ties to the Big Ten; more than 300 of our faculty members earned their highest degrees from a Big Ten institution. And we enjoy a number of ongoing collaborations with some Big Ten universities, from digital humanities to transportation engineering to interdisciplinary research involving environmental change in Antarctica. We hope for an expanded agenda in the years to come.
There is much being written about conference realignment — that it is about money, about ego, or about power. I don’t believe these motivations drive the Big Ten universities and it certainly didn’t drive our decision.
We are joining you because we believe we share your values and culture, your traditions, your respect for athletics competition and your ambitions for the academic enterprise.
We will enter the Big Ten knowledgeable and respectful of your traditions and accomplishments. We look forward to contributing to them, both in athletics and academics in the years ahead. And I can assure you our teams will compete. Go Hawks! Go Huskers!
Harvey Perlman is the chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a member of the Board of Directors of the NCAA, and the chairman of the Bowl Championship Series Presidential Oversight Committee.
NU Chancellor Harvey Perlman pens a guest column in the U of Iowa student newspaper
http://www.dailyiowan.com/2010/06/24...ons/17659.html
Huskers more than happy to join the Big Ten
BY HARVEY PERLMAN - GUEST OPINION | JUNE 24, 2010 7:30 AM
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is proud to be the newest member of the storied Big Ten. As we get to know one another better in the next year or so, I’m confident you’ll find that Nebraska is a natural fit with the Big Ten in terms of culture, athletics, and academics.
Most of you are certainly familiar with the athletics program. Whether it is football or volleyball, wrestling or women’s soccer, all of our teams pride themselves on competing hard and in honoring the traditions their predecessors have worked to establish.
We look forward to the start of athletics competition in 2011 and especially to our “away†games in your venues. You will find our fans passionate and friendly and willing to follow our teams wherever they may go. It’s a safe bet that you will be seeing a lot of Husker red.
We’re eager to host many of you when you visit our campus, as well. We’ve been told that a football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln is one of the best experiences in all of intercollegiate athletics, thanks to a potent combination of school spirit and sportsmanship. Hawkeye fans — like all visitors to our athletics events — will be treated well.
The opportunity to join the Big Ten was open to us because of the historic strength of our athletics program and the strong upward trend of our academic programs.
Our university is poised to enhance its research and other academic collaborations with its new colleagues. As a member of the Association of American Universities, we share academic credentials and core values with our new conference family. We have for years compared our academic standing with our friends in the Big Ten; the nine-member peer group assigned to Nebraska by our Board of Regents contains five Big Ten schools, including the University of Iowa.
The research mission of our universities is critical to strengthening our economy and our security in the years ahead. Collaboration among faculty and among institutions is essential if we are to find solutions that are productive and enduring.
We already have many faculty ties to the Big Ten; more than 300 of our faculty members earned their highest degrees from a Big Ten institution. And we enjoy a number of ongoing collaborations with some Big Ten universities, from digital humanities to transportation engineering to interdisciplinary research involving environmental change in Antarctica. We hope for an expanded agenda in the years to come.
There is much being written about conference realignment — that it is about money, about ego, or about power. I don’t believe these motivations drive the Big Ten universities and it certainly didn’t drive our decision.
We are joining you because we believe we share your values and culture, your traditions, your respect for athletics competition and your ambitions for the academic enterprise.
We will enter the Big Ten knowledgeable and respectful of your traditions and accomplishments. We look forward to contributing to them, both in athletics and academics in the years ahead. And I can assure you our teams will compete. Go Hawks! Go Huskers!
Harvey Perlman is the chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a member of the Board of Directors of the NCAA, and the chairman of the Bowl Championship Series Presidential Oversight Committee.
