Dr. Ronnie D. Green is the 20th Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he oversees an enrollment of over 25,000 students and 6,000 faculty and staff.
Green previously led the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (since 2010), and served as interim Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the university's highest academic office, from 2015 to 2016.
A Virginia native, he received bachelor's and master’s degrees in animal science from Virginia Tech and Colorado State University, respectively. His doctoral program was completed jointly at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the USDA-ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in animal breeding and genetics.
He has announced he will retire from the university by June of this year, or sooner if his replacement is found.
On this episode of KRNU's Campus Voices series, he looked back on his years in higher education.