% >> THANK YOU.
% >> THE NEW UW-MADISON CHANCELLOR
% STARTED THE JOB THIS WEEK.
% DR. JENNIFER BECOMES THE 30TH 3H
% CHANCELLOR.
% SHE JOINS US NOW.
% THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
% >> THANKS VERY MUCH FOR HAVING
% ME.%>> WELCOME.
% WHAT IS YOUR ORDER OF BUSINESS
% AS YOU TAKE THIS JOB?
% >> THANK YOU.
% WELL, TODAY IS DAY ONE, AND IT'S
% A VERY BUSY DAY, AND IT'S REALLY
% THE BEGINNING OF A CHANCE TO
% LISTEN AND LEARN AND TALK TO
% LOTS OF MEMBERS OF THIS
% COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS BROADER
% STAKEHOLDERS AROUND WISCONSIN.
% ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR
% UW-MADISON IN ITS NEXT CHAPTER.
% I AM VERY EXCITED TO BUILD A
% VISION COLLECTIVELY BUT STRONGLY
% BELIEVE WE'VE GOT TO START WITH
% TALKING TO LOTS OF PEOPLE ABOUT
% WHAT'S WORKING WELL RIGHT NOW
% AND WHERE THERE MIGHT BE
% OPPORTUNITIES.%>> YOU HAVE A
VERY IMPRESSIVE
% VITAE.
% YALE, MIT, HARVARD.
% HOW DO YOU RELATE TO A LARGELY
% IN-STATE UW-MADISON STUDENT
% POPULATION?%>> I'VE ACTUALLY
SPENT MY ENTIRE
% CAREER AT LARGE PUBLIC
% INSTITUTIONS.
% NOT IN WISCONSIN.
% I AM IN YOU TO WISCONSIN.
% BUT I'VE SPENT MY CAREER AT THE
% UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND THEN
% UCLA AND LARGE PUBLICS ARE
% REALLY THE FORM OF EDUCATION IN
% WHICH I MOST DEEPLY BELIEVE.
% I THINK THEY OFFER THE
% OPPORTUNITY FOR TRANSFORMATION
% AT SCALE FOR MAKING A REAL
% DIFFERENCE IN INDIVIDUALS' LIVES
% AND ALSO FOR THE STATES IN WHICH
% THEY EXIST.
% SO I'M NEW TO WISCONSIN BUT NOT
% NEW TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.
% >> IN READING UW-MADISON'S
% BUDGET REPORT ABOUT THE COST OF
% ATTENDANCE, IT STATES THAT HALF
% OF OUR RESIDENT STUDENTS HAVE
% ANNUAL UNMET FINANCIAL NEED
% AVERAGING $5,470.
% I KNOW THAT BUCKY'S TUITION
% PROMISE GIVES FREE TUITION TO
% ABOUT 3500 UNDERGRADUATES BUT
% HOW DO YOU KEEP THE COST OF
% GOING TO UW-MADISON ATTAINABLE
% OR SUSTAINABLE?
% >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
% I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, TO
% BE FOCUSING ON AFFORDABILITY.
% I THINK AFFORDABILITY IS A
% CRITICAL ISSUE.
% HERE AT UW-MADISON, ABOUT 60% OF
% OUR STUDENTS DO GRADUATE WITH NO
% DEBT.
% I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT NUMBER EVEN
% HIGHER, BUT IT IS A PRETTY
% STRONG NUMBER COMPARED TO MANY
% OF OUR PEER INSTITUTIONS.
% SO KEEPING OUR EYE ON
% AFFORDABILITY AND HOW WE CAN
% MAKE SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS WHO
% ARE ADMITTED CAN BE HERE AND
% THRIVE AND FLOURISH AND GRADUATE
% WITHOUT REALLY BRUTAL DEBT LOADS
% IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE A
% PRIORITY.%>> RACIAL DIVERSIT
Y AT
% UW-MADISON IS OBJECTIVELY VERY
% LACKING.
% WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS TO RECRUIT
% AND RETAIN MORE STUDENTS OF
% COLOR?
% >> I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE
% NEED TO BE LOOKING CLOSELY AT.
% OBVIOUSLY THE DIVERSITY NUMBERS
% IN TERMS OF RACIAL DIVERSITY
% HAVEN'T MOVED DRAMATICALLY HERE,
% THOUGH THIS ENTERING FRESHMAN
% CLASS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
% MOST DIVERSE IF NOT THE MOST
% DIVERSE IN UW-MADISON'S HISTORY.
% I THINK MAKING SURE THAT ALL
% STUDENTS DO FEEL A STRONG SENSE
% OF BELONGING HERE NEEDS TO BE A
% PRIORITY.
% THAT, YES, RACIAL DIVERSITY IS A
% PIECE OF THAT, BUT ONLY A PIECE.
% GENDER, LGBTQ, FIRST GENERATION,
% URBAN RURAL, AND DIVERSITY OF
% THOUGHT AND PERSPECTIVE, MAKING
% SURE THAT ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
% FEEL THAT UW-MADISON IS FOR THEM
% AND A PLACE FOR THEM IS
% SOMETHING ON WHICH I BOTH
% APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN
% DONE, BUT IS ABSOLUTELY
% SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE TALKING
% ABOUT AND LOOKING AT.
% >> HAVE YOU MET YET WITH
% LEGISLATIVE LEADERS?
% BECAUSE SOME WERE DECIDEDLY
% UNWELCOMING WHEN YOUR HIRE WAS
% ANNOUNCED, SPEAKER ROBIN VOS
% BLASTING YOU FOR WHAT HE CALLED
% YOUR WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT OF
% CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND YOUR%
FAVOR OF VACCINE MANDATES.
% WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT?
% >> I BEGAN MEETING WITH
% LEGISLATORS, BOTH REPUBLICANS
% AND DEMOCRATS AND I REALLY
% ENJOYED THOSE MEETINGS.
% THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE OVER
% THE WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME AND
% I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO
% IT.
% LOOK, IT'S ELECTION SEASON, I
% GET THAT.
% I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
% GETTING TO MEET PEOPLE AND
% TALKING TO THEM DIRECTLY SO WE
% CAN FIND ALL OF THE PLACES WHERE
% I THINK WE SHARE VALUES AND
% HOPES AND IDEAS.
% >> HAVE YOU YET MET WITH SPEAKER
% VOS?%>> NOT YET, BUT I'M LOOK
ING
% FORWARD TO IT.
% >> ALL RIGHT.
% WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR WHEN
% STUDENTS RETURN IN THE FALL,
% SHOULD COVID CASES CONTINUE TO
% SPIKE?%>> I THINK OUR GOAL WI
LL BE TO
% CONTINUE TO DO WHAT UW-MADISON
% HAS BEEN DOING, WHICH IS TO
% FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES%
AND TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT HOW WE
% CAN BALANCE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
% OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE CRITICAL
% IMPORTANCE OF IN-PERSON
% EDUCATION AND AN ACTIVE CAMPUS
% LIFE.
% I THINK THAT UW-MADISON DID AN
% IMPRESSIVE JOB LAST YEAR.
% THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES AND
% ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED
% IS TO NOT MAKE PRESUMPTIONS
% ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE AROUND
% THE NEXT CORNER, BUT THAT'S WHAT
% WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO.
% >> AS STUDENTS RETURN,
% REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE, AS YOU
% KNOW, HAS DONE AN ABOUT-FACE
% WITH WISCONSIN NOW UNDER AN 1849
% STATUTE THAT OUTLAWS ABORTION.
% WE KNOW UNIVERSITY HEALTH
% SERVICES HAS STATED IT WILL WORK
% WITH STUDENTS TO FIND RESOURCES,
% INCLUDING GOING TO ANOTHER
% STATE.
% WHAT IS YOUR SUPPORT FOR THAT?
% >> WE WILL ABSOLUTELY FOLLOW THE
% LAW.
% THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
% AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL WORK
% TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH OUR
% MEDICAL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO
% THE FULL PANOPLY OF TRAINING
% THAT IS REQUIRED FOR
% ACCREDITATION, AND WE WILL MAKE
% SURE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF
% OUR STUDENTS JUST AS WE'VE
% ALWAYS DONE.
% THAT WILL BE A PRIORITY.
% >> DR. JENNIFER MNOOKIN, NEW
% UW-MADISON CHANCELLOR, THANK YOU