My Meeting with UNL Chancellor Rodney D. Bennett

Chancellor Rodney Bennett helped students get a sweet start to the new semester at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Aug. 21.

Bennett handed out cookies at the Nebraska Union to kick off the first day of classes for the 2023-24 academic year.

Bennett received an assist from Diemhong Tran, team leader at the East Campus Dining Center, who baked and decorated 500 buttery sugar cookies to give away to students. She said the process, which included packaging the cookies with fellow dining staff members, took five to six hours.

At the Union, some students stopped and chatted with Bennett as they made their way to class. Others asked for a picture with him as he wound his way around the union. Mackenzie Noble, sophomore broadcasting major from Algonquin, Illinois, said she was excited to be able to connect with the chancellor face-to-face as he begins his tenure at the university.

“He’s excited, you could tell,” she said. “That helps, when the people in charge are excited. It makes everyone excited.”

Rashedul Hasan, a doctoral student in computer science, was glad students had the opportunity to connect with the new chancellor so they could start to get to know him.

“It’s very important the top executives of the university connect to the students to know actually what they think,” Hasan said.

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