{"id":96298,"date":"2023-02-17T01:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T07:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=96298"},"modified":"2023-02-16T15:12:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T21:12:32","slug":"unmc-for-the-record-feb-17-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/02\/17\/unmc-for-the-record-feb-17-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC for the record, Feb. 17, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clare becomes Board of Regents chair; Schafer elected vice chair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regent Tim Clare, JD, of Lincoln, representing District 1 on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, has assumed the role of chairman of the board after serving as vice chairman in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regent Rob Schafer, JD, of Beatrice, representing District 5, was elected vice chairman of the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clare, a partner at Rembolt Ludtke law firm in Lincoln, was elected to the board in 2008. He served as chairman in 2013 and 2019. Clare earned his bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and his master\u2019s and law degrees from Creighton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He serves on the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency and has held a wide range of civic leadership roles. Clare recently received the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce\u2019s highest individual honor, the Roger T. Larson Community Builder Award, in recognition of his extensive civic engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schafer is a partner at Smith Schafer Davis Gaertig LLC and a livestock owner\/operator. He is a staff judge advocate and lieutenant colonel in the Nebraska Air National Guard. Schafer earned his bachelor\u2019s and law degrees from UNL. He was appointed to the board in 2013, elected in 2014 and served as chairman in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black History Month trivia answers and winners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Who was the first African American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor? Army Sergeant William Harvey Carney<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. This person graduated from the Omaha Medical College (forerunner to UNMC) in 1884 and became the first African American doctor in Nebraska. Who is it? Matthew Oliver Ricketts<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Who was the first African American architect in Omaha? Clarence Wigington<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. She was the first African American woman to be elected to congress. Who is she? Shirley Anita Chisholm<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. This individual was the first African American to be inducted into the Omaha Business Hall of Fame in 1996. Who are they? Mildred Brown<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n