1
00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:28,159
This meeting will come back to order.
Regents and guests, as a reminder, this

2
00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:33,600
meeting is being livereamed and
recorded. Um, we will have Regent uh

3
00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:38,240
Vanril and Regent Hood joining us
remotely for the for the meeting today.

4
00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:42,240
The meeting will be back to order. We
are joined today by Dr. Jay Albreight

5
00:01:40,479 --> 00:01:46,880
Albbright for a presentation on
pediatric sports medicine and to give us

6
00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:54,200
an introduction of Dr. Albbright uh
we've asked Chancellor Elellman to

7
00:01:50,479 --> 00:01:54,200
speak on his behalf.

8
00:01:55,119 --> 00:02:01,360
» Uh good morning regents. when uh Leonard
called me and said that he wanted to uh

9
00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,799
he wondered who our speaker was going to
be today and he said it's got to be

10
00:02:02,799 --> 00:02:09,280
something about athletics and I
threatened to put our ultimate frisbee

11
00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:12,480
team uh up here but decided that we
would get serious and have have

12
00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:16,800
something that we're really proud of
which is our pediatric sports medicine

13
00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:21,200
program. It's uh we all know the stories
about about youth and sports and the

14
00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:26,959
injuries that that are that can somehow
be sometimes be lifealtering um for

15
00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:31,200
young kids and our pediatric sports
medicine program is a is one of the best

16
00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:36,546
in the nation. So with that I'm going to
turn it over to Dr. Albbright who uh who

17
00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:39,599
heads it up. Dr. Albbright,
[snorts]

18
00:02:37,599 --> 00:02:44,000
» thank you very much. It's uh quite an
honor and privilege to be here. I'd like

19
00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:48,959
to thank the board and Chancellor Hman
for uh giving me an opportunity, but

20
00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:53,519
plus he told me that the uh the captain
of the ultimate frisbee team was

21
00:02:50,959 --> 00:03:01,040
otherwise pre predisposed and couldn't
be here. Um so um just to give you an

22
00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:06,959
overview of who we are, I'm a associate
professor of the CU orthopedics

23
00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:16,239
department uh under the the watchful eye
of Eve Berger uh who is the first female

24
00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:19,200
uh chairwoman of uh orthopedics. Um uh I
work with Christina Wilson. She's our

25
00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:23,920
medical director. I'm the surgical
director of the sports program. I've

26
00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:30,400
been in in Colorado for 13 years. uh
moved from Florida originally from Iowa.

27
00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:34,400
Uh I am a NEPA baby that's my father's
an orthopedic surgeon sports started

28
00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:39,440
sports medicine University of Iowa 50
plus years ago. Uh so he ap and he

29
00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:44,720
trained me too so he apologizes in
advance for what I'm about to say as

30
00:03:40,959 --> 00:03:49,840
well. Um but uh in general we team up
with uh Children's Hospital Colorado who

31
00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:54,080
gives us some fantastic support as well
as teaming up with our adult sports

32
00:03:51,920 --> 00:04:02,640
medicine providers like Eric McCarti who
heads up see sports in general. Um this

33
00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:07,920
is a busy slide. Um 13 years ago this
was a much smaller slide. Um we've grown

34
00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:12,480
tremendously over the time. Last year,
you heard from David Howell, uh, who is

35
00:04:10,319 --> 00:04:16,560
our our director of clinical research,
but also heads up our concussion

36
00:04:14,319 --> 00:04:21,440
research at at Children's and at the
university. Um, we brought him in. Uh,

37
00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:26,160
we're fortunate to steal him from Boston
Children's. Uh, but, uh, you can see

38
00:04:23,919 --> 00:04:29,680
Christina Wilson is one of our primary
care. She's a medical director, primary

39
00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:35,440
care sports provider. We have seven now.
When I started, we had three. Uh, we had

40
00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:42,080
one surgeon and and no APS, and we had
one research assistant. We had about 14

41
00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:46,720
uh athletic trainers. We had about six
sports medicine the physical therapists

42
00:04:44,479 --> 00:04:54,560
and no clinical nutrition. Now we have
all this um and we have a huge vast um

43
00:04:52,000 --> 00:05:01,120
network of team providers that can give
care to the kids that we have in the

44
00:04:56,639 --> 00:05:06,880
state. Um so when I first got here uh we
had these partnerships uh across uh the

45
00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:11,840
area
mostly front range Denver metro in

46
00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:19,039
Broncos came in and over time you can
see we kind of sprouted wings so to

47
00:05:14,639 --> 00:05:25,039
speak and now we as we keep going and
then as of last year whoops went one too

48
00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:31,919
many as of last year we now take care of
over two million kids in the state of

49
00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:38,320
Colorado um and all these partnerships
and we only do it with again 11

50
00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:43,360
providers s, you know, between PAS,
surgeons, and primary care sports

51
00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:48,960
providers. Uh, but, you know, just to
kind of put it in perspective, we're not

52
00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:53,919
just in the state of Colorado. We take
here's all the different sites, schools,

53
00:05:51,360 --> 00:06:00,000
everything that we kind of take care of.
Uh, from a school standpoint, we reach

54
00:05:56,639 --> 00:06:05,360
as far north as Longmont, as far south
as Colorado Springs. I get to go

55
00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:10,080
everywhere uh out to Conifer uh to
Elizabeth

56
00:06:07,039 --> 00:06:17,280
the but the entire front range we again
take care of uh you know seven statewide

57
00:06:14,479 --> 00:06:22,400
region. I get kids from Montana that fly
in for me to take care of their ACL. Uh

58
00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:29,199
we get kids from New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Texas. Uh you name the state uh in this

59
00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:33,360
region, we we get a kid from there. Um
so again we started with about 14

60
00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:41,840
athletic trainers. I'm proud to say we
have 82 uh athletic trainers at this

61
00:06:36,319 --> 00:06:48,000
point. Um and counting. So my goal of of
conquering the world of sports medicine

62
00:06:43,759 --> 00:06:52,080
is coming along. Um but uh we have
athletic trainers that work with us in

63
00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:58,720
clinic. I have uh two we have four or
five athletic trainers that assist us in

64
00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:03,840
surgery as well. uh Dr. Vanderberg, Ker
Vandenberg and I are two surgeons. Uh we

65
00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:09,440
have athletic trainers that train in
residency. We have one the first

66
00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:16,560
pediatric athletic training residency in
this country. Uh at Children's um we uh

67
00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:21,199
have um
athletic trainers in our clinics. Not

68
00:07:19,039 --> 00:07:24,800
just now you started off in sports
clinics, now we have them across the

69
00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:32,080
entire orthopedic institute at
Children's from spine to hand to hip to

70
00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:39,039
sports uh and everywhere in between. Um
we have uh kid uh we have 28 a uh uh

71
00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:44,720
high schools around this area that we
take care of with uh around 33 athletic

72
00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:50,000
trainers there and we have all the clubs
that you saw uh on the previous slides.

73
00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:54,400
Um what is an athletic trainer you may
ask? A lot of people don't know what an

74
00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:58,800
athletic trainer is. uh it's a
profession of medical profession where

75
00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:06,240
they are not just the trainer that you
see for the Broncos or for for CU uh but

76
00:08:02,479 --> 00:08:11,360
they do are encompass prevention
examination diagnosis treatment rehab of

77
00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:16,479
emergent acute or chronic illnesses and
medical conditions a lot of it's

78
00:08:13,039 --> 00:08:20,720
muskeletal but a lot of it's all over um
there six years of muskal training and

79
00:08:19,199 --> 00:08:25,759
they carry their own certification
including the state of Colorado. Um,

80
00:08:23,759 --> 00:08:31,199
what we do, what I get to do, what we
all get to do is we get to teach the

81
00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:35,760
next generation as well, which is where
I love uh working for the University of

82
00:08:33,519 --> 00:08:40,959
Colorado. [snorts] uh we get to teach
fellows both uh non-surgical as well as

83
00:08:38,479 --> 00:08:45,920
surgical fellows residents from all
these different uh whether it's uh

84
00:08:43,519 --> 00:08:50,480
physical medicine rehab family medicine
pediatrics emergency medicine as well as

85
00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:54,320
our ortho residents that I get to teach
both in clinic and in surgery we teach

86
00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:59,279
medical students we teach the physician
assistant students uh you can see we all

87
00:08:56,959 --> 00:09:04,800
do a lot of things including our PT
residents our dietetic interns um all

88
00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:10,240
that so which which is fun for me
because uh I get to make fun of them all

89
00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:15,279
in a way. Um we teach our community
partners, our our coaches, our parents,

90
00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:18,720
our uh patients and their families. Um
we have all these different things that

91
00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:23,440
we do throughout the day throughout the
year uh that we get to teach. We teach

92
00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:28,640
our not just that we get we get to teach
at our uh annual conference every year

93
00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:34,320
that happens on campus. Uh we do
concussion symposiums. we are online

94
00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:40,160
which is a bit new for a Gen Xer trying
to do podcasts and uh pediatric download

95
00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:46,800
things. It's uh I I talk in the
microphone a lot of times but mostly in

96
00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:51,040
front of people not online uh per se. Um
our athletic trainers are in different

97
00:09:48,399 --> 00:09:57,360
roles like I said we get to cover all
day events uh 200 plus team soccer

98
00:09:54,560 --> 00:10:02,800
tournaments in the summers. we got to
take care of uh uh you know whether it's

99
00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:08,240
high school football games. I have 30
high school football games I'm covering

100
00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:13,279
this this uh fall alone. And we have
over 150 football games that we have to

101
00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:18,240
cover as a group uh with the 28 high
schools we cover. I actually cover two

102
00:10:15,519 --> 00:10:22,800
local high schools that aren't exactly
partners uh with Children's or the

103
00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:28,160
university. I just do them. Yeah.
Because I have extra time, I guess. Um,

104
00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:30,959
recapping our just our encounters with
our just our athletic trainers. These

105
00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:36,000
aren't even clinic encounters. Over
43,000 athletic encounters, uh, you

106
00:10:34,079 --> 00:10:41,360
know, 6,000 injury evaluations,
treatment, rehab, uh, preventive care,

107
00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:46,800
patient education, and wound care. Even,
uh, lots of our athletic trainers doing

108
00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:51,920
a lot of great care in the community. uh
our clinical side of things, the seven

109
00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:58,720
primary care sports riders, the two
surgeons, two auh physician assistants,

110
00:10:55,519 --> 00:11:04,320
we see close to 26,000 patients a year.
It's a few uh I would like to see more.

111
00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:09,920
Between Dr. Vandenberg and I, we do a
thousand surgeries on pediatric

112
00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:16,160
athletes, adolescent athletes a year.
Um, coming soon in o October, November,

113
00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:20,800
we'll be moving into a new clinic space,
uh, including a new sports performance

114
00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:26,720
facility as well. The goal of sports
performance in my eyes is transitioning

115
00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:33,440
from an injury or surgery back onto the
field as safely as we can. Uh, as well

116
00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:37,839
as, uh, enhancing their athletic
performance. But you'll see my goal is

117
00:11:35,839 --> 00:11:43,200
to prevent injuries or reduce the risk
of injuries because um I love doing

118
00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:47,600
surgery. Let's put not put it not
mistake anything. But I would love in

119
00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:51,920
some instances like ACL reconstruction
or ACL injuries to put myself out of

120
00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:57,519
business. I would love to be able to
avoid reconstructing things. So, but I

121
00:11:55,760 --> 00:12:00,800
do get to do cool things. We get to do
cool things all the time. You heard from

122
00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:04,560
David How last year about the concussion
research. I would love to take

123
00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:09,279
responsibility for all that research. I
can't because I'm an orthopedic surgeon.

124
00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:14,240
I am not a primary care sports. When I
was in Orlando before I moved to

125
00:12:11,519 --> 00:12:16,639
Colorado, I did a lot of concussion as
an orthopedic surgeon, but that's

126
00:12:15,279 --> 00:12:21,519
because we didn't have the same team
type of team that we have now. Um, we

127
00:12:19,279 --> 00:12:27,040
get to do things. My team, uh, Aubrey
Armentoto

128
00:12:24,079 --> 00:12:31,600
scientist does female athlete clinic,
relative energy deficiency syndrome,

129
00:12:28,959 --> 00:12:35,680
which called reds. I had to look that up
a few times just because it used to be

130
00:12:33,279 --> 00:12:40,720
called female athlete triad but now it's
called reds but females aren't the only

131
00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:46,560
ones that get it. Men can males can get
it as well. Uh she also runs our runners

132
00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:53,040
clinic redundant. She also runs so I
guess that's a triple R. Um and um uh

133
00:12:50,639 --> 00:13:00,320
Emily Sweeney does our gymnastic clinic.
She also works with USA gymnastics. Um

134
00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:05,519
we also have uh part of our concussion
care is Julie Wilson who obviously works

135
00:13:02,079 --> 00:13:10,000
at US soccer. Uh we have we do national
collaborations a rock study group which

136
00:13:07,839 --> 00:13:16,000
is surgical study group on a condition
called osteocondritis desicans. Yes,

137
00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:22,399
OCD, not that kind, not the kind I have,
but uh it's a muskeletal disease that uh

138
00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:25,600
takes a national effort in order
actually international effort in order

139
00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:30,560
to try to figure out how to take better
care of this uh disorder which affects

140
00:13:27,839 --> 00:13:35,120
the joints and particularly the knee and
ankle and elbow. um as well as Prism

141
00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:39,760
which is pediatric research and sports
medicine which I'm founding member of

142
00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:45,600
and happy to be have served on boards
but a lot of national things. So we get

143
00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:51,279
to do surgical things too. So I'm just
going to switch gears to something I'm

144
00:13:48,079 --> 00:13:56,320
kind of passionate about um the ACL
injuries and children adolescence. It's

145
00:13:53,360 --> 00:14:00,800
uh taking a healthy active individual uh
and potentially bright athletic future.

146
00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:05,040
So, you don't know what a kid is going
to be when they're 12 or 13. How good

147
00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:09,600
they're going to be. Uh, good example is
a kid that I took care of when he was

148
00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:13,839
12, did an ACL reconstruction on him.
Three years, four years later, he is one

149
00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:19,360
of the fastest kids in the country,
literally. Uh, he ends up getting a full

150
00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:25,360
ride scholarship to play uh, college
football at a different university. Uh

151
00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:30,959
and then he ends up going to the pros,
ends up uh going into medical careers

152
00:14:28,399 --> 00:14:38,160
doing sales for medical devices. Got a
email from him uh couple about a year

153
00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:42,959
ago thanking me for the care of his ACL.
I did when I look at him never would

154
00:14:40,639 --> 00:14:47,519
have guessed he would have been one a
good athlete in general but two one of

155
00:14:45,279 --> 00:14:51,760
the fastest kids in the country. No way
you would predict that. Uh so we have to

156
00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:57,839
take care of every kid that we see no
matter how young or how old like they

157
00:14:55,120 --> 00:15:00,959
can have that kind of future and my goal
is to bring them back from the thing

158
00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:06,160
that takes them out of the thing that
they love into what they can. Um uh

159
00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:10,880
their identity is try is tied to their
participation. They don't say I'm Jay

160
00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:15,760
Albbright. I'm a 4.0 student that you
know good grades. Yeah. I'm still in

161
00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:20,800
49th grade. Uh, I did 28 years of school
from kindergarten to 20 to to where I

162
00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:26,079
started my practice, but I still teach.
So, I'm 49 years into it. Um, traumatic

163
00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:29,199
injury, definitely a traumatic injury.
It's worst thing they've had in their

164
00:15:27,199 --> 00:15:34,639
life. Then, if they're a growing child
or even without it that if you mismanage

165
00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:39,600
the their care either leads to repeat
injury, growth arrest, where you have to

166
00:15:36,639 --> 00:15:45,680
change your name, Diane, or does one leg
shorten the other? So, they lean just to

167
00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:50,800
explain that joke. Um so it's a problem.
It's been rising. It might be leveling

168
00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:56,399
off now but as s [clears throat] as
recently as 2007 2011 the increased

169
00:15:54,320 --> 00:16:01,199
incidence or rate of ACL tears was
rising in 5 point in 5 to nine year olds

170
00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:07,600
10 to 14 year olds and 15 to 19 year
olds. It's it's good for me

171
00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:10,959
because I like doing surgery as I tell
my patients. It's bad for them because

172
00:16:09,759 --> 00:16:15,199
it's the hardest thing they'll do in
their life. Uh, more importantly in my

173
00:16:13,279 --> 00:16:19,759
opinion and one of the reasons why I got
to innovate in my career is young women

174
00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:24,160
have a six to eight times higher
likelihood of tearing their ACL playing

175
00:16:21,839 --> 00:16:29,040
similar sports like basketball uh now
flag football uh soccer and other

176
00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:33,839
cutting twisting jumping sports compared
to their male colleagues. And

177
00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:40,720
traditionally we have these other graphs
that we can use to try to re remake a

178
00:16:36,399 --> 00:16:46,000
new ACL. uh none of them do did great uh
for the adolescent population that nine

179
00:16:43,279 --> 00:16:50,079
to 19 year old. Um if you look at
hamstrings which when I first came out

180
00:16:47,839 --> 00:16:53,920
and practice was really the only source
of graft which is you know the things in

181
00:16:52,639 --> 00:16:59,839
the back of your leg that make a knee
bend um there was a 14 to 22% failure

182
00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:04,720
rate which if you look at adult
literature it's about 5% at maximum

183
00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:09,439
usually. So that was not adequate for
me. So I by necessity uh started

184
00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:13,679
thinking of different graphs, different
things. Did some research for a few

185
00:17:10,959 --> 00:17:18,559
years, tried to convince my father that
it was the right thing to do when I came

186
00:17:15,360 --> 00:17:22,799
up with this thing called um can well
I'll talk about that in a second. But uh

187
00:17:20,959 --> 00:17:26,000
you know we had to do better. I had to
think about how can we do better at

188
00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:32,000
least as strong as hamstrings. Protect
your growth points. No loss of strength.

189
00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:37,600
be smarter than than uh that's my gown
that my fellow put on the cords there to

190
00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:41,200
to keep things sterile and also delay me
from trying to get into the operating

191
00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:45,360
room as quickly as I wanted to because
they had to get another gown. So that's

192
00:17:42,799 --> 00:17:50,720
a smart fellow who tries to do more kind
of idea. Um limit anterior knee pain uh

193
00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:58,559
have a better retail rate than in
adolescence than uh 14 to 17%. So hala

194
00:17:55,440 --> 00:18:04,960
we found that's my wife's sign in her
office at home but uh uh we found the

195
00:18:02,559 --> 00:18:08,640
quadriceps as a graft. So instead of
taking what's called bone tendon bone

196
00:18:07,039 --> 00:18:12,960
which is from your kneecap down to your
tibial tubacle and the patellar tendon

197
00:18:10,799 --> 00:18:18,160
we found the quadriceps above which has
been around for 50 to 60 years when I

198
00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:23,120
when we found it quote unquote but I
started researching it. It's really a

199
00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:28,799
good graft. So I developed a surgical
technique on how to harvest it through a

200
00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:34,799
small incision. Uh how to prepare it and
get it uh to be able to place into a

201
00:18:31,919 --> 00:18:41,520
child's knee. Uh and then how to avoid
growth plates. So this is an 11-year-old

202
00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:44,880
BMX crash. Uh the ACL is the well the
arrows are pointing at the growth

203
00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:48,720
plates, but the ACL is that oblique
stripe that's going through the knee

204
00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:53,520
that isn't well it's not there anymore,
but it's partly there. Um and so we had

205
00:18:51,679 --> 00:18:56,720
to figure out how do we respect the
growth plates and not have to injure

206
00:18:55,520 --> 00:19:01,280
their growth plates. So this is a
technique we developed here at

207
00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:08,080
Children's uh borrowing from one of my
colleagues Alan Anderson who passed away

208
00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:12,960
quite a few years ago. Um he uh uh use
this technique to avoid the growth plate

209
00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:17,120
and I've adapted it so that now we can
use it in even really young kids down

210
00:19:15,039 --> 00:19:20,160
the age of nine. The other option, if
you're not doing that one, is a thing

211
00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:25,679
called the McKilly technique. Came out
of Boston, uh, which works really good.

212
00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:30,559
Uh, by the way, your your copyrights on
this one, by the way. Um, but

213
00:19:28,533 --> 00:19:34,720
[clears throat] we avoid the growth
plates as long as they have enough bone

214
00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:41,360
in the growth center at the below the
growth plate of the femur, uh, we can do

215
00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:46,240
this technique. So we use the quad. We
keep it during surgery. We keep it below

216
00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:51,120
the growth plate uh going out to the
side there on the femur. The tibia we

217
00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:55,840
can cross safely but only with a small
tunnel. Uh and we can then use the graph

218
00:19:53,919 --> 00:20:00,960
like this and place the bone from the
kneecap into the femoral side and the

219
00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:06,160
tendon across the knee to reconstitute
the ACL. And then we attach it down

220
00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:12,880
below with these suspensory little
buttons. So, as I tell my parents, we

221
00:20:09,039 --> 00:20:15,440
will be able to um we'll be able to uh
show you where to push, but they'll

222
00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:20,720
always be able to push their kids'
buttons, not just figuratively, but

223
00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:27,039
literally. Um we can do it safely and
and we do that with an X-ray to hold it

224
00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:30,320
in place. Um uh there's an X-ray of our
pin that's now this drill bit and I can

225
00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:33,919
check and make sure I'm not going to
injure the growth plate, but I also can

226
00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:37,919
put it in what's called the anatomic
position where the ACL is supposed to

227
00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:42,549
be. Uh so do that on a tibia as well.
Sorry it's not projecting as well but uh

228
00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:47,360
we can do it both safely on both sides.
[clears throat] Uh the quadriceps tendon

229
00:20:44,559 --> 00:20:52,080
autographed uh if you do a bone tendon
bone you have about 60% chance of having

230
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:58,240
some kneeling or squatting pain going up
and down stairs long term 10 to 15 20

231
00:20:54,960 --> 00:21:03,440
years after. In our kids, we have a 80
to 90% report their knee is near normal,

232
00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:07,600
but they have about a well in my hands
about a 1 to 2% chance of having pain

233
00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:12,720
going up or downstairs, kneeling,
squatting. Uh the good thing is that

234
00:21:09,919 --> 00:21:17,440
button always, you know, usually hurts
for years and so I can always push on

235
00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:20,960
that and when they come in clinic and
offer that as a start stop button for my

236
00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:24,799
parents. They're not doing their
homework, push the button, they start.

237
00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:30,159
they're doing something stupid, push it,
they stop kind of idea. Um, our fa more

238
00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:38,159
importantly, our failure rates uh with
with this adolescent group is not 14 to

239
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:41,919
20%, now it's 1 to 5%. Uh, which uh I
was the first in the country to start

240
00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:46,559
doing this technique in kids and volume.
Now 80% of my colleagues around the

241
00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:53,679
country and world use this graph on a
routine basis was very prideful for me.

242
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:57,440
Um, what's the future? uh the future. So
the one thing I'll say about ACL

243
00:21:55,520 --> 00:22:03,280
reconstruction, as good as we are with
it, it doesn't stop arthritis from

244
00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:06,720
coming. So I want to protect kids, get
them back to their livelihood, be able

245
00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:11,600
to get them back to the things that they
love to do, but also hopefully prevent

246
00:22:09,919 --> 00:22:16,000
them from having arthritis. I want their
knees to be like mine at my age. My

247
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:19,200
knees don't hurt. Can't say anything
about anything else in my body, but my

248
00:22:17,679 --> 00:22:24,000
knees don't hurt.
um and I want don't want their knees to

249
00:22:21,039 --> 00:22:27,919
hurt when they're my age. So the the
goal is to be able to stabilize the knee

250
00:22:25,919 --> 00:22:32,400
and prevent arthritis at the same time.
So there's newer techniques, newer uh

251
00:22:30,159 --> 00:22:39,360
things that coming down the pike such as
ACL repair. I did that 10 years ago um

252
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:43,520
here and we found that we had a 50%
failure rate. So just repairing an ACL

253
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:48,880
in an adolescent by itself, not good
enough. So now we have a new biologic

254
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:53,600
thing that's out on the market um
developed at Boston Children's by Martha

255
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:59,840
Murray that we can institute and that's
where the exciting uh research in kids

256
00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:07,039
and adult care uh team seems to be
because we can with that technique if we

257
00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:13,919
can get an ACL to heal uh we can uh
reduce the risk of arthritis would seem

258
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:18,240
by up to six times reduction. So, uh,
yesterday I did three ACL surgeries. One

259
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:22,320
I was able to repair, two I couldn't,
and I did reconstruction. Uh, I'm not

260
00:23:20,559 --> 00:23:27,200
upset about having to reconstruct them.
I just like the idea of being able to

261
00:23:24,799 --> 00:23:33,679
repair. So, what that looks like is this
is an ACL. Top left picture, um, is ACL

262
00:23:31,039 --> 00:23:38,880
where it's torn right off the femur. Uh,
you can see the red streaking down down

263
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:43,200
the the length of the ACL, but for the
most part, it looks good. So, we can use

264
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:47,840
these sutures, pull the ACL back to the
femoral side. Uh, and then we have this

265
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:52,799
upper right picture. You can I'm pulling
on the ACL showing it's actually once we

266
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:59,520
Z that grows in everybody out. I'm glad
I left the other pictures. I have these

267
00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:02,960
» I have this I have a lot of other
pictures I took out because I didn't

268
00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:07,520
have time. But yeah, I would have made
somebody pass out maybe, but that's

269
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:12,880
okay. Uh, and then so this that blue and
white suture you see in the top right is

270
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:17,840
what's called a a rebar suture so to
speak. So it helps reinforce it. But

271
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:22,400
over that we put this graft that then uh
we push into the knee with mixing it

272
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:26,799
with the patient's blood which forms a a
clot or forms an environment where the

273
00:24:24,559 --> 00:24:31,520
ACL is much better chance of healing.
Normally it won't heal because the fluid

274
00:24:28,799 --> 00:24:35,600
in the joint, the joint fluid dilutes
blood, dilutes the healing factors and

275
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:41,679
keeps it from healing. Well, this new
technique, which you can see the whole

276
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:45,919
construct in the lower right, can help
change that environment, help us heal.

277
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:48,720
So, if we can do that and get it to
heal, we have a much better chance of

278
00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:53,200
avoiding arthritis in the future, which
is where I think we that we go. So,

279
00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:59,600
thank you for your time and attention.
Uh I could talk about this for literally

280
00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:04,159
three days, let alone 20 minutes. So uh
any questions I'm happy to ask.

281
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:09,200
» Yeah. Reading speaker.
>> Great. Thanks, Chair Monter. Um Dr.

282
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:13,120
Albbright, you know, you you started and
uh Chancellor Elellman started by

283
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:18,240
talking about the lifealtering work that
you do. Um the two million patients, the

284
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:23,039
thousand surgeries you do a year. Um,
and you we're telling some of those

285
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:26,080
stories about like you not knowing um
when you're treating someone what the

286
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:31,120
potential is and what their bright
future is and how much their identity is

287
00:25:28,159 --> 00:25:36,559
tied up in that. So almost exactly six
years ago um and I have permission from

288
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:43,919
the patient to talk about this today. Um
you um treated in the middle of COVID a

289
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:48,159
young 13-year-old who had an OCD lesion
that you just described earlier. It's

290
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:52,640
you know unusual. you need national
teams and doctors like you that are here

291
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:58,159
that understand how to treat it to both
preserve their knee joint um and to make

292
00:25:55,919 --> 00:26:04,159
sure that you're maximizing um their
ability to have a bright future and um

293
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:09,840
it was in the middle of COVID and um you
had you had told them at the time that

294
00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:17,360
it was one of the largest lesions you
had seen um and you um didn't want to

295
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:21,600
have to tell this young woman that she
would have to retire medically from her

296
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:26,880
sport because you knew how much their
identity was tied up in it. But you

297
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:32,960
wanted to be able to help not only
repair her knee and make sure she had a

298
00:26:29,279 --> 00:26:37,600
bright future, but that um she still had
that drive in her. Um, and six months

299
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:42,640
later when you saw her, you you said,
"I'm not gonna, you know, you know, she

300
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:45,200
came into your office and said, um, you
you were not willing to clear her and

301
00:26:43,919 --> 00:26:50,640
you told her it'd be another two years
until she could tumble." Um, and she

302
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:54,640
asked, "Can I go do something else?" And
you said, "Absolutely." And she said she

303
00:26:52,640 --> 00:27:00,480
wanted to go dive.
Um, and you said, "I'm 100% okay with

304
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:06,080
that. Um, just watch out for your
shoulders." Yeah. [laughter]

305
00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:10,880
» Um that that young woman is now a full
scholarship division one diver and it's

306
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:16,559
thanks to you and she wanted me to make
sure um to thank you and I as her mom I

307
00:27:14,159 --> 00:27:20,080
want to thank you because I think um you
can share these incredible things and

308
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:28,240
those stories especially about these
unusual cases. You truly um the work

309
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:32,400
that you do like truly changes lives and
alters them. And um you know I told her

310
00:27:31,279 --> 00:27:34,559
this morning that you were going to be
here. I said, "What do you want me to me

311
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:39,760
say?" And she said, "Thank you." And you
were right about the shoulders. Um so um

312
00:27:37,279 --> 00:27:46,320
Dr. McCarti's got that covered. So um
but I I think you know there's these big

313
00:27:43,279 --> 00:27:49,760
numbers and and just really thank you
for your work that you're doing because

314
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:53,279
it makes a difference in those two
million patients and in these individual

315
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:57,840
ones. So I just wanted to thank you
personally.

316
00:27:56,164 --> 00:28:03,369
» [applause]
>> Thanks for sharing that reg

317
00:28:01,679 --> 00:28:07,039
I'll pay her later. By the way,
[laughter]

318
00:28:04,559 --> 00:28:09,360
» she keeps those pictures under her bed.
>> Sounds like you already have. Doctor,

319
00:28:08,609 --> 00:28:14,240
[laughter]
um, thank you, Mr. Chairman. You talked

320
00:28:12,159 --> 00:28:20,320
a little bit about uh growth plates
being one of the challenges of treating

321
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:25,840
young people versus adults. Um will will
you share with us some of the other

322
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:30,640
issues that um pediatric sports medicine
has with sports medicine that helps

323
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:35,120
treat adult patients?
>> Uh you mean differences between peds and

324
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:40,720
sports or peds and adult? Well, I think
the biggest difference besides growth

325
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:45,520
plates is the window of activity if you
think about it. So if you look at high

326
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:51,200
school athletes, 1% of them make it
college for a sport depending on the

327
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:57,760
sport. Uh and then 1% of those are lucky
enough to play a professional sport. So

328
00:28:54,320 --> 00:29:02,799
if you look at our adolescents though,
they're all playing sports. They're all

329
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:06,880
trying to get to that next level or just
have fun with their friends. And so

330
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:12,399
their window is pretty short, but their
exposure is huge. And so the that's the

331
00:29:09,679 --> 00:29:18,320
challenge of pediatric uh sports in
general is the idea that we're going to

332
00:29:16,399 --> 00:29:23,279
train a 100 hours a week that we're
going to

333
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:29,520
you know I I think the business of youth
sports is is great in some sense but is

334
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:34,799
also really detrimental in others. you
know, uh the idea that we're going to

335
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:40,000
when I played sports, uh I was okay at
them, uh was enough to get offers from

336
00:29:38,159 --> 00:29:44,880
different schools and stuff like that
and go into college, but I went to

337
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:48,960
Michigan instead. Sorry. Uh especially
about the 1991 game, but that's

338
00:29:47,515 --> 00:29:50,960
[laughter] I tried to forget that one.
Didn't work.

339
00:29:49,679 --> 00:29:55,279
» Well, we we'll just take one more
second.

340
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:59,919
» Yeah. Uh about [laughter] that. Uh yeah.
No, no. Uh at least Michigan didn't do

341
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:05,760
that one. it was Big 10, cheated,
whatever. But, uh, the the exposure is

342
00:30:03,679 --> 00:30:10,000
so huge because instead of, you know,
having a couple practices a week and

343
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:12,960
having one game on the weekend, now it's
three or four practices a week and it's

344
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:19,440
a tournament on the weekend where you're
playing six games. And so that's huge

345
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:24,240
amount of exposure which is the probably
the biggest challenge that we have in

346
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:28,640
youth sports is both the early
specialization higher competitiveness

347
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:34,159
which leads to more exposure which leads
to more injury and you know uh so that's

348
00:30:31,919 --> 00:30:39,279
the mitigating that or or managing that
kind of load not to use a professional

349
00:30:36,559 --> 00:30:43,520
basketball term load management but that
is kind of true in our youth sports that

350
00:30:41,679 --> 00:30:48,399
that's a big difference that we don't
have in our adult sports. Yeah, they

351
00:30:45,919 --> 00:30:51,760
train hard. They, you know, CU trains
really hard, but they have a prescribed

352
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:55,919
number of games and they don't do
tournaments other than those the

353
00:30:54,000 --> 00:31:01,360
hopefully at the end of the season
tournaments like the NCAA tournament,

354
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:04,080
uh, which I hope we all our teams get to
this year.

355
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,399
» Thank you, doctor. Thank you, Mr.
Chairman.

356
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:09,520
» You bet. You know, it's interesting you
say that. Um, when I was a kid, if you

357
00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:14,799
were a good enough athlete, you could
play three, maybe four sports if you get

358
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:19,360
that summer baseball in. And my kid was
a pretty good soccer player, pretty good

359
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:24,240
basketball and baseball player. And his
coaches forced him into picking one of

360
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:27,919
those sports and he ended up in soccer.
And when he was a junior, um, having

361
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:32,799
trouble with his back, we took him in.
He had a fractured facet. And they said

362
00:31:30,559 --> 00:31:37,120
it was because the overuse of that sport
and kicking with that leg that created

363
00:31:35,279 --> 00:31:41,919
that. and they said if he probably was
allowed to play more sports it would

364
00:31:39,039 --> 00:31:46,480
have given that facet time to heal in
his growth period. So it sounds like

365
00:31:44,399 --> 00:31:52,159
that's a lot of what we're seeing now.
>> Absolutely. uh if you look at gymnastics

366
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:57,279
or uh linemen and football similar risk
of getting a what's called a spondyolyis

367
00:31:55,039 --> 00:32:03,279
or spondolistsis there'll be a test
later uh uh that where you're not only

368
00:32:00,799 --> 00:32:07,200
can fracture that and have pain but your
building blocks your vertebral bodies

369
00:32:05,039 --> 00:32:13,039
can start slipping on one another
>> uh and that can create neurologic in

370
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:18,080
issues which uh are you know can be
really devastating at times and so it's

371
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:21,039
it's definitely something that we need
to watch for all the time.

372
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:24,320
» Yeah.
>> Yeah.

373
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:28,880
» President,
>> thank you. So, thank you very much for

374
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:32,640
the presentation and for your work. So,
just a

375
00:32:30,799 --> 00:32:37,039
a couple questions just on kind of the
structure. So, is the orthopedics

376
00:32:34,559 --> 00:32:39,679
institute part of the center for sports
medicine?

377
00:32:37,679 --> 00:32:43,679
» So, the sports medicine center at
Children's is part of the orthopedics

378
00:32:41,519 --> 00:32:49,279
institute. Got it. So Clay White is our
chair uh as our chief of pediatrics and

379
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:53,919
we sit under uh E Berger who's the
department chair.

380
00:32:50,159 --> 00:33:00,240
» Okay. Um but yeah uh so we're part of uh
that bigger entity of this CU

381
00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:03,679
orthopedics which is 100 surgeons strong
relatively speaking and okay

382
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:09,679
» we have a huge
>> volume not we're just a part of that

383
00:33:06,159 --> 00:33:13,279
» and all and all of the physicians in in
the orthopedics institute are faculty

384
00:33:12,799 --> 00:33:20,640
» correct?
>> Yeah. Yeah, we're uh 16 16 or 17. We

385
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:25,120
keep adding people. Uh 17 pediatric
orthopedic surgeons. There's two of us

386
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:32,159
to do sports predominantly, but we have
people from uh do spine, do hip

387
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:34,240
specific, do hand specific work and so
wide variety.

388
00:33:33,039 --> 00:33:42,240
» Okay.
So, so one, so I've always been

389
00:33:38,799 --> 00:33:48,559
uh so the the number of entities
operating inside the Steman

390
00:33:45,519 --> 00:33:52,399
» clinic or what right on I25 is just
always

391
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:55,519
» I struggle to remember who's on what
floor.

392
00:33:53,120 --> 00:34:02,880
» But um are you in that
>> at times? I uh 90 plus 99% of what I do

393
00:33:59,919 --> 00:34:09,599
is based out of children's but I also uh
do operate at that Steman Denver clinic.

394
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:14,639
Okay. So yeah, so it's a wonderful space
uh and great work is done there with uh

395
00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:19,679
I could go through the list of our
faculty, but all of the Steman Denver

396
00:34:17,599 --> 00:34:25,760
faculty are part of our orthopedics
department along with our CU sports

397
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:30,639
faculty. Uh Jason Drago and Stephanie
Meyer and Michelle Walcott. I can go

398
00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:36,320
through the list, but yeah, they're all
part of it. So and and unfortunately I

399
00:34:32,879 --> 00:34:40,639
want in addition to remembrance for 911
and 25th year of that I also want to

400
00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:44,560
remember Jason Snowmak who was one of
our colleagues that was taken from us

401
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:50,480
recently tragically and very abruptly
and way too soon.

402
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:55,440
» So what what sport produces the most
customers for you?

403
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:59,359
» All of them. Um people say what's a safe
sport said none. It's not even safe to

404
00:34:57,839 --> 00:35:04,800
sit on your couch technically because I
have kids that fall off couches too. Um,

405
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:10,240
volumewise it's football. Uh, just
because it's, you know, whatever number.

406
00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:14,880
So, if you look at CU, it's 99 people on
the roster and there's no other sport

407
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:22,880
like it as far as volume. Uh, but
exposure hours, uh, women's soccer,

408
00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:29,200
women's basketball do produce, uh, quite
a bit of that volume.

409
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:36,320
So, in fact, 55% of the ACL surgeries I
do are on women and 45% on men. Just to

410
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:39,280
give you an idea of the volume.
>> And by women and men, do you mean boys

411
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:42,800
and girls when you say that?
>> Yeah, boys. Yeah. In general, women,

412
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,839
men, boys, girls.
>> Yeah. But [laughter]

413
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:48,640
» young women, young women, young men.
Yeah.

414
00:35:46,079 --> 00:35:53,359
» Is is a 21 and under? Is that how you
define

415
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:58,400
» uh 9 to 19 the how the WHO um
categorizes adolescence? Uh so early

416
00:35:56,079 --> 00:36:03,680
adolescence is that nine to puberty type
of thing and then early puberty until

417
00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:08,000
young adulthood which is 19 by their
definition. So um vast majority of what

418
00:36:06,079 --> 00:36:12,960
I do is under 19. However, I always tell
my families you don't graduate from

419
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:16,720
seeing me. If you're willing to come to
Children's Hospital where my clinics

420
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:23,040
are, I'm willing to see you. In fact, I
just had one of my patients uh mothers

421
00:36:19,599 --> 00:36:28,160
who um uh tore her ACL playing soccer
with her child uh is coming to see me so

422
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:34,000
that I can take care of her ACL.
>> Do you hear that, Michelle? The mom tore

423
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:39,040
her ASL playing soccer with her kid.
>> So, be careful.

424
00:36:35,119 --> 00:36:42,240
» We got it. Yeah. Yeah. I I'm
>> remind myself every time I try to go

425
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:45,640
skiing with my children and they can
beat me now.

426
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:51,520
Well, Dr. Albbright, we really
appreciate you taking time out of your

427
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:55,920
schedule to inform us on what's going on
and thank you for helping young people

428
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:59,359
across Colorado keep their dreams. I
know there's a young lady in Connecticut

429
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:02,079
that's pretty happy right now because of
you. So, thank you for being here.

430
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:05,960
Appreciate it.
>> Thank you. Appreciate it.

431
00:37:08,335 --> 00:37:14,240
[applause]
>> Okay. The next item on the agenda is a

432
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:20,079
memorial resolution honoring Regent
Ammeritus Robert Bob Caldwell. Members

433
00:37:17,359 --> 00:37:24,079
of Regent Meredis Caldwell's family are
joining us online today and we are

434
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:28,640
grateful to have them with us as we
recognize his service to the University

435
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:32,880
of Colorado. Regent Renison, would you
read the resolution for us?

436
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:39,280
» Honored to.
Whereas Robert Earl Caldwell known as

437
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:45,200
Bob Buffalo Bob and Buff departed this
life on August 4th, 2026 in Boulder,

438
00:37:41,839 --> 00:37:50,800
Colorado at the age of 88. And whereas
Bob was born in Maywood, California and

439
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:56,000
as a young man, Bob worked at his family
swim club, serving as a lifeguard,

440
00:37:53,599 --> 00:38:00,960
instructor, and eventually a swim coach.
And it was there that he met Linda

441
00:37:57,839 --> 00:38:07,119
Harvey. hand. Whereas Bob and Linda were
married on December 28th, 1962,

442
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:12,240
and their 64-year partnership became the
foundation of a life characterized by

443
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:17,599
devotion to family, enduring friendship,
shared adventures, and unwavering love.

444
00:38:15,119 --> 00:38:21,760
And whereas after graduating from Orange
High School, Bob traveled to Boulder,

445
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:26,720
Colorado to attend the University of
Colorado, where he earned a degree in

446
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:31,680
economics and became an active member of
Sigma Kai fraternity. And whereas Bob

447
00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:36,000
developed a love for the University of
Colorado and its community, a devotion

448
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:39,040
that remained an important part of his
identity throughout his life and

449
00:38:37,359 --> 00:38:44,160
affectionately earned him the nickname
Buffalo Bob. And whereas following his

450
00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:49,200
graduation from the University of
Colorado, Bob served his country as a

451
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:54,480
United States Naval Officer and flight
navigator at Moffett Field during the

452
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:59,760
Vietnam War, exemplifying his lifelong
commitment to duty and service. And

453
00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:05,599
whereas Bob began a career in commercial
real estate in 1966 and went on to serve

454
00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:10,720
in leadership roles with Caldwell Banker
Commercial uh Shuck Commercial Brokerage

455
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:15,040
and Grub and Ellis contributing to the
growth and development of commercial

456
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:19,520
real estate markets throughout Colorado,
Washington, Oregon, and Northern

457
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:23,040
California. hand. Whereas Bob and Linda
began donating football scholarships in

458
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:27,680
1978
and continued their generous support of

459
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:32,400
the University of Colorado athletics,
academic initiatives, medical research,

460
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:37,119
and numerous university programs,
ultimately establishing the Caldwell

461
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:40,960
Family Scholarship. And whereas Bob
faithfully championed the University of

462
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:46,720
Colorado throughout his lifetime,
serving on the board of regents from

463
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:51,200
1986 through 1992 and giving generously
of his time and supported the

464
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:54,960
institution he loved. And whereas family
remained at the center of Bob's life and

465
00:39:53,520 --> 00:40:00,480
he treasured the life he built with
Linda and the love he shared with their

466
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:06,240
children Christy, Robert, and Jeffrey.
And whereas Bob took great joy in being

467
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:10,160
a grandfather to Kathleen, Anne, Lucian,
and Robert, and his devotion to his

468
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:15,920
family was among the defining blessings
of his life. And now therefore, be it

469
00:40:13,599 --> 00:40:20,640
resolved that we respectfully recognize
and celebrate the life and legacy of

470
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:25,520
Robert Earl Caldwell, remembering with
gratitude his devotion to family, his

471
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:30,400
service to country and community, his
commitment to the University of

472
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:35,040
Colorado, his generosity toward others,
and the friendship, encouragement, and

473
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:40,480
joy he so freely shared. Hereby adopted
by the University of Colorado Board of

474
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:43,359
Regents on September 11th, 2026. Thank
you, Regent Renison. Do I have a motion

475
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:47,440
to approve the resolution?
>> So moved.

476
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:51,599
» Can I have a second? It's moved by
Regent Renison and seconded by Regent

477
00:40:49,359 --> 00:40:58,720
McNelte to approve the resolution for
Regent Emeritus Caldwell.

478
00:40:54,960 --> 00:41:01,040
Is there any discussion? Any comments?
>> Mr. Chairman, I request a roll call

479
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:04,560
vote.
>> Okay.

480
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:10,640
Uh the question before us says approval
of the memorial resolution. Um,

481
00:41:08,079 --> 00:41:16,119
do I call that?
And our chief legal counsel will make

482
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:16,119
that call.

483
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:22,240
» Regent Chavez,
>> absent.

484
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:25,680
» Regent Hood,
>> yes.

485
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:29,040
» Regent James,
>> Regent McNelte,

486
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,640
» Regent Renison,
>> yes.

487
00:41:29,599 --> 00:41:32,560
» Regent Scott,
>> yes.

488
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:36,720
» Regent Spiegel,
>> yes. Regent Vandreel,

489
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:39,920
» yes.
>> Chair Montter,

490
00:41:37,839 --> 00:41:43,440
» yes.
>> Okay.

491
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:47,040
Um, the motion passes. To Regent
Caldwell's family, we want to thank you

492
00:41:45,119 --> 00:41:50,560
for joining us today. On behalf of the
Board of Regents and the University of

493
00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:55,359
Colorado, we extend our deepest
sympathies and our gratitude for Regent

494
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:58,880
Caldwell's service to the university.
He's an inspiration to many of us that

495
00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:03,480
are on this board today. So, thank you
for taking your time and being with us

496
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,480
today.

497
00:42:03,744 --> 00:42:08,880
» [clears throat]
>> The next item on the agenda is a

498
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:15,680
resolution commemorating the 25th
anniversary of December September 11,

499
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:18,880
2001 terrorist attacks. Regent McNelte
will read the resolution. And before he

500
00:42:17,359 --> 00:42:23,599
does that, I just want to thank Regent
McNelte for spearheading this resolution

501
00:42:21,839 --> 00:42:26,880
and getting in front of it for the
entire board. Frank.

502
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:31,440
» Thank you, Mr. Chairman. in solemn
remembrance of the 25th anniversary of

503
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:36,720
September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks
by regions McNelte, Monta, Renison,

504
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:42,560
Chavez, Hood, James, Scott, Spiegel, and
Vandreel. Whereas on the morning of

505
00:42:39,119 --> 00:42:46,560
September 11th, 2001, 19 Islamic
terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda

506
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:50,560
carried out coordinated attacks against
the United States, hijacking four

507
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:54,880
commercial airliners and crashing them
into the North and South Towers of the

508
00:42:52,319 --> 00:43:00,079
World Trade Center in New York City, the
Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and

509
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:06,400
Flight 93 in a field near Shanksville,
Pennsylvania. And whereas these attacks

510
00:43:03,119 --> 00:43:11,680
claimed the lives of 2,977
innocent people from more than 90

511
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:16,400
nations, including office workers, first
responders, military personnel, airline

512
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:22,480
passengers and crew, and ordinary
citizens going about their daily lives

513
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:26,480
and injured thousands more. And whereas
the selfless courage of New York City

514
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:30,480
firefighters, police officers, Port
Authority personnel, emergency medical

515
00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:35,520
technicians, and countless civilian
volunteers who rushed toward danger to

516
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:41,119
save others, stands as an enduring
example of American valor and sacrifice.

517
00:43:39,359 --> 00:43:46,079
Whereas the passengers and crew of
Flight 93, knowing the fate that awaited

518
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:50,800
them, chose to fight back and thereby
prevented further devastation,

519
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:56,400
demonstrating extraordinary bravery in
the face of certain death. And whereas

520
00:43:53,599 --> 00:44:01,520
the attacks of September 11th, 2001
united the American people in grief,

521
00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:05,599
resolve, and determination, inspiring a
generation of service members who

522
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:11,200
answered the call to defend the nation
in the years that followed. And whereas

523
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:16,079
25 years later, the families of the
fallen continue to bear the weight of

524
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:20,319
profound loss, and the scars of that day
remain visible in the skyline of New

525
00:44:17,839 --> 00:44:25,040
York, the rebuilt Pentagon, and the
quiet field in Pennsylvania. Whereas

526
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:28,480
among those lost were 10 members of the
University of Colorado Boulder

527
00:44:26,319 --> 00:44:35,680
community, alumni and former students,
Nina Patrice Bell, Chris Siridini, Scott

528
00:44:32,319 --> 00:44:41,359
Thomas Coleman, Brian Thomas [ __ ]
Leslie Winningington Falenberg,

529
00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:49,040
Christopher Funen, Alyssa Horseman
Jones, Chandler Chad Keller, Joshua

530
00:44:45,119 --> 00:44:53,760
Rosie Rosenlum, and Adam Shelby White,
whose lives of professional achievement,

531
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:59,119
acade academic distinction and personal
promise were cut short in the World

532
00:44:56,160 --> 00:45:02,880
Trade Center and at the Pentagon. And
whereas the University of Colorado has

533
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:06,720
sustained their memory through lasting
tributes including the Chandler R.

534
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:10,800
Keller Scholarship in aerospace
engineering sciences, the Leslie

535
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:15,359
Whittington Memorial Fellowships in
Economics, the service of faculty who

536
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:19,680
assisted with victim identification in
New York, academic research into the

537
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:26,000
human and organizational dimensions of
the disaster, and ongoing remembrances

538
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:30,400
by alumni and the broader CU community.
And whereas the passage of a quarter

539
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:35,040
century has not diminished the duty of
Americans to remember the victims, honor

540
00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:39,440
the heroes, support the survivors and
first responders still suffering from

541
00:45:37,359 --> 00:45:44,319
related illnesses, and reaffirm the
values of freedom, resilience, and

542
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:48,480
national unity that the attacks sought
to destroy. Now, therefore, be it

543
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:54,400
resolved that we pause to remember and
honor the nearly 3,000 men, women, and

544
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:59,119
children murdered on September 11th,
2001. and all those who have since died

545
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:03,680
from injuries and illnesses related to
the attacks. Be it further resolved that

546
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:08,240
we express our deepest gratitude to the
first responders, military service

547
00:46:05,839 --> 00:46:12,720
members, and ordinary citizens whose
courage and sacrifice define that day

548
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:17,520
and the years that followed. Be it
further resolved that on this 25th

549
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:21,839
anniversary, we renew our commitment to
support the families of the fallen, the

550
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:26,640
survivors, and the responders still
living with the physical and emotional

551
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:30,720
consequences of that day. Be it further
resolved that we affirm the enduring

552
00:46:28,319 --> 00:46:35,359
strength of the American people and our
resolve that the memory of September

553
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:40,400
11th, 2001 shall never fade and that the
United States of America continues to be

554
00:46:37,839 --> 00:46:45,920
a shining city on a hill serving as a
beacon of hope and optimism. Be it

555
00:46:43,839 --> 00:46:50,640
finally resolved that a physical
physical copy of this resolution be

556
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:55,760
prepared and made available as a lasting
record of this solemn remembrance.

557
00:46:54,319 --> 00:46:59,760
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
>> Thank you, Regent McNelte. Is there a

558
00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:04,000
motion to approve the resolution?
>> Second.

559
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:10,000
» It's been um moved by Regent Spiegel and
seconded by Regent Kellison to approve

560
00:47:07,359 --> 00:47:15,200
Renison. Sorry, Kelly. To approve the
resolution commemorating the 25th

561
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:18,319
anniversary of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks. Is there any

562
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:22,480
discussion or comments that anyone would
like to make?

563
00:47:20,720 --> 00:47:26,240
» Reading Spiegel.
>> Great. Thank you, Chair Monttera, and

564
00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:30,560
thank you, Regent McNelte, for for
bringing this to all of us for

565
00:47:27,839 --> 00:47:36,240
consideration. Um, as many of you know,
you know, I'm from New York. I taught in

566
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:41,760
New York City and as um as we talk about
the the first responders and the the

567
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:46,720
general civilians, you know, I I today
always think about um my friends and

568
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:50,480
colleagues who were were teaching,
especially the ones who were in the

569
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:56,319
building that overlooked the World Trade
Center and had to evacuate um middle

570
00:47:53,599 --> 00:48:00,640
school and elementary school students um
during that day or or the families um

571
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:06,640
that I had taught. I was already living
here at the time who um lost people that

572
00:48:03,119 --> 00:48:09,599
day. Um so, but one of the things that
I've held on to is one of my mentors

573
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:15,119
when I taught in New York City, Shelley
Harwain, um worked with um schools and

574
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:19,359
students across New York City and put
together a book of poetry um and

575
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:23,040
responses, messages to ground zero. So,
I pulled it off my shelf this morning

576
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:29,040
and just thought when we talk about the
hope and the optimism um that we also

577
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:33,920
can take from that day. Um I I just
thought I'd share briefly um a poem from

578
00:48:31,359 --> 00:48:38,720
a seventh grader um who was one of the
students who saw the devastation and had

579
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:43,520
to evacuate that day. Um because I think
that that's what we need right now is

580
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:50,160
hope and optimism and peace.
The birds singing light and freedom. The

581
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:58,079
flag waving proud. The wind blows my
hair while our flag is still there. My

582
00:48:54,240 --> 00:49:06,079
hopes are up. We are one nation always
strong. Nothing can break us. As we are

583
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:11,040
always shiny, always. So, thank you for
for the opportunity to share that and

584
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:15,200
thank you again um for remembering this.
>> Thank you, Regent Spagle. I was

585
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:20,079
touching. Anyone else?
>> Reading James.

586
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:24,319
» Good morning. Uh I don't know that many
of you know or don't know but my last

587
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:28,480
duty station as a military officer as a
naval officer was the World Trade

588
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:34,079
Center. Uh I was not there on obviously
911. I had left number of years before

589
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:39,760
that. But the memories of 911 um the
World Trade Center uh ring important to

590
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:45,359
me. Many times we were at the office
very early um because of things that we

591
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:50,800
had to do with the military and we met
and greeted a lot of the prep workers

592
00:49:48,720 --> 00:49:55,200
and the line workers who worked at
Windows on the world on the top floor of

593
00:49:52,960 --> 00:50:02,079
the World Trade Center. Most of those
people were Latinos, Puerto Rican uh

594
00:49:59,839 --> 00:50:07,440
folks that had come to America looking
for a better life. And sadly, it was so

595
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:14,800
many of them that we had lost on that
day. This morning at 5:30, I stood

596
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:18,319
inside Fulsome Field with our ROC
students um at the University of

597
00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:22,240
Colorado Boulder. I was there with the
members of the Naval ROC battalion where

598
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:27,040
I became the first black woman
commissioned through the naval um ROC

599
00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:32,400
battalion there. the RO students from
across the military branches uh included

600
00:50:30,079 --> 00:50:38,000
and joined by uh Congressman Jo Joe
Nagus and Major Lang uh the Air Force

601
00:50:36,079 --> 00:50:45,839
officer who has been responsible for
bringing the presence of uh uh Air Force

602
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:51,440
ROC to UCCCs.
Together we honored Americans who lost

603
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:56,000
their lives 25 years ago. Our ROC
students then climbed the steps of the

604
00:50:53,599 --> 00:50:59,920
stadium to represent the flights of
steps that the firefighters, police

605
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:04,319
officers, and first responders climbed
inside the World Trade Center as they

606
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:10,000
ran toward danger to make sure that
people were moved to safety. It was

607
00:51:07,119 --> 00:51:14,079
truly a beautiful tribute. As I stood
there, as I just told the chancellor, it

608
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:19,200
was the first time that I'd been back at
the fieldhouse at 5 o dark 30 in the

609
00:51:17,599 --> 00:51:25,680
morning. Um, it was the first time I've
been there since I was a student and it

610
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:30,640
hit me profoundly and it reminded me
that public service is not about

611
00:51:27,359 --> 00:51:36,000
comfort. It's about courage
and it's about protecting something much

612
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:42,319
larger than yourself.
And that is exactly why what is

613
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:46,880
happening on this board is so serious.
This is about whether disscent will be

614
00:51:44,240 --> 00:51:50,400
allowed to exist on this board and at
this university.

615
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:53,040
There will be another regent who walks
into this room with a different

616
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:58,000
experience,
a different perspective, and the courage

617
00:51:55,200 --> 00:52:04,640
to tell the majority that they're wrong.
I am fighting to protect that next

618
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:10,160
regent, that student, and that faculty
member. Because when seven white regents

619
00:52:07,359 --> 00:52:14,400
can decide, simply decide that someone's
voice has become too inconvenient

620
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:20,720
and they use the power of this
institution to punish them, we have

621
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:25,440
crossed an extremely dangerous line.
That is not democracy.

622
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:29,200
It's a dictatorship and that is not
America. [snorts]

623
00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:34,559
The power of the majority does not
include the right to erase the minority.

624
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:38,400
Yet that is the precedent that this
board is creating.

625
00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:43,040
The governor of Colorado has said that
this board was wrong for what they did.

626
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:48,240
Attorney General Philiser has said that
this board was wrong to censure and

627
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:51,520
sanction a regent for doing her job.
Wellington Webb, the first black mayor

628
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:56,640
of Denver, came to this board to speak
about silencing black voices. And this

629
00:52:54,319 --> 00:53:01,920
board cut his microphone. Think about
that. That should be troubling for every

630
00:52:59,359 --> 00:53:06,720
person sitting at this table.
And then this board has the audacity to

631
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:10,800
accuse me of failing to honor our
fiduciary responsibilities to the

632
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:16,319
University of Colorado.
This board has spent more than $1

633
00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:22,240
million on lawyers, investigations, and
precedents in the pursuit of one elected

634
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:25,839
official. $1 million.
Does anybody sitting on this board

635
00:53:24,079 --> 00:53:30,960
believe that the responsibility of
stewardship is using these university

636
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:35,280
resources in the correct way?
Does anybody on this board believe that

637
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:41,599
our students are better served because
of it? Does anybody believe on this

638
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:47,119
board that our faculty is better served
because of it? Does anybody believe on

639
00:53:44,559 --> 00:53:52,640
this board that the reputation of this
university has been strengthened because

640
00:53:49,599 --> 00:53:57,920
of it? or have seven white regions
decided that $1 million

641
00:53:55,359 --> 00:54:02,640
is okay because they cannot tolerate
being challenged. [snorts]

642
00:54:00,240 --> 00:54:07,440
And you cannot claim to defend this
university while creating a precedent

643
00:54:04,319 --> 00:54:13,520
that tells every future regent to speak
carefully, disagree carefully because if

644
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:19,760
the majority does not like what you say,
they can come after you.

645
00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:27,359
This is what I refuse to allow for the
next black regent, the next Latino

646
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:32,240
regent, our next LGBTQIA regent, or the
next student that challenges this

647
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:38,640
university, the next faculty member that
challenges this university and refuses

648
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:43,440
to stay quiet. Their voices must be
protected

649
00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:48,480
because this moment dis this moment when
disagreement becomes punishable,

650
00:54:45,599 --> 00:54:53,359
representation becomes meaningless. And
I will not help create a University of

651
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:58,559
Colorado where people must choose
between speaking the truth as they see

652
00:54:55,760 --> 00:55:07,040
it or keeping the approval of the
majority. I will fight for the right to

653
00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:13,200
challenge power and no white majority on
this board should ever have the power to

654
00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:19,920
make anybody believe otherwise.
This is what America stands for. This is

655
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:26,000
why I chose to become a University of
Colorado Naval ROC midshipman. Why I

656
00:55:23,119 --> 00:55:31,839
chose to serve this nation and why I
chose to be a regent. I will fight to

657
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:36,720
make sure that America and this
university and our students and faculty

658
00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:38,960
are protected.
>> Mr. Chairman,

659
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:44,480
» Regent McNeli,
>> thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, colleagues,

660
00:55:41,599 --> 00:55:50,079
when I sent this resolution around, um,
not one of you hesitated to sign on to

661
00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:54,480
it and for that I am grateful. Um, in
some places a resolution like this would

662
00:55:52,799 --> 00:56:02,079
be controversial.
Not here. regardless of political

663
00:55:57,839 --> 00:56:07,359
affiliation, background, upbringing,
you all signed on and did so without

664
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:11,280
hesitation. And for that, I am grateful.
Mr. Chairman, I am going to ask for a

665
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:15,760
roll call vote. And upon completion of
that vote, a moment of silence to

666
00:56:12,799 --> 00:56:22,079
remember those who we lost on September
11th, 2001. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

667
00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:24,079
» So, granted, uh,
Carrie, did you want to do the roll call

668
00:56:23,599 --> 00:56:28,000
vote?
>> Sure, Mr. Chair. Regent Chavez,

669
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:31,599
» excused,
>> is excused.

670
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:34,160
» Regent Hood,
>> yes.

671
00:56:32,799 --> 00:56:36,160
» Regent James,
>> yes.

672
00:56:34,799 --> 00:56:38,000
» Regent McNelte,
>> yes.

673
00:56:36,799 --> 00:56:40,000
» Regent Renison,
>> yes.

674
00:56:38,799 --> 00:56:41,920
» Regent Scott,
>> yes.

675
00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:44,960
» Regent Spiegel,
>> yes.

676
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:47,280
» Regent Vandreel,
>> yes.

677
00:56:46,079 --> 00:56:50,880
» Mr. Chair,
>> yes.

678
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:56,000
» The question before us is approval of
the resolution. We have made a roll call

679
00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:59,680
vote. The motion passes. Thank you,
Frank, for putting that together for us

680
00:56:57,680 --> 00:57:04,799
in this unbelievable day that we will
never forget. Someone told me the other

681
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:09,520
day that 25% of people in America today
were not here when the attacks occurred.

682
00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:14,160
I think it's incumbent upon us as
educators and as patriots of this

683
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:18,319
country to make sure that that
generation, the generations to come,

684
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:23,040
understand what happened that day in the
impact it had on this country and how so

685
00:57:21,040 --> 00:57:27,920
much it brought this country together
with one view that keeping our country

686
00:57:25,359 --> 00:57:31,760
free and safe and alive is the most
important thing you have to do as a

687
00:57:29,599 --> 00:57:35,680
responsibility as an American. So, thank
you for bringing that forward and thank

688
00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:39,880
all the regents for remembering it in
whatever way you remember it.

689
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:46,480
» Yes. I'd like to take uh a full minute
as a moment of silence and just think

690
00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:49,720
about those that can't be with us.
>> Thank you, Mr.

691
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:58,760
Thank you for that. And finally, we'll
move to regent general discussion.

692
00:58:54,640 --> 00:58:58,760
Regents, the floor is open.

693
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:04,559
» Mr.
>> Mr. Mr. Chairman.

694
00:59:02,799 --> 00:59:11,760
» Um
Mark, please go ahead.

695
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:19,280
» Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh I will say I
had a poem prepared for today as is my

696
00:59:15,839 --> 00:59:23,760
tradition. However, uh Regent Spiegel
has exhausted our poetry quota for the

697
00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:30,640
day and with better and more fitting
verse. I did ask um that Amber and

698
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:35,359
Amanda uh arrange to display this poem
and I wanted to talk about my motivation

699
00:59:32,559 --> 00:59:40,640
for it. However,
>> uh within this last month, I had two

700
00:59:38,079 --> 00:59:45,920
different occasions where I was engaging
in conversation with friends who have

701
00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:50,000
children about and and then we were
talking about college and college

702
00:59:48,160 --> 00:59:56,880
affordability
and I brought up the CU promise

703
00:59:53,359 --> 01:00:00,480
and both of them in in both cases where
I brought up the CU promise, they didn't

704
00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:07,200
know what it was and I explained it to
them and things got very intense and

705
01:00:04,079 --> 01:00:12,319
very emotional. Um, I mean, frankly,
these families were crying. They're

706
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:16,319
families of modest means. And the way
that we have

707
01:00:14,559 --> 01:00:21,680
the the way that we keep our compact
with the citizens of the state blew

708
01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:28,480
their minds and the promises that we
have have been making recently and the

709
01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:33,760
way that we serve them was unknown,
unappreciated and profoundly

710
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:38,799
appreciated.
And I just want to share with us this

711
01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:43,119
with us to remind us just how important
it is that we remember that we're

712
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:47,599
serving the people of the state and just
how meaningful

713
01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:53,760
our
uh our dedication to them and is and how

714
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:59,760
when we do this the impact it has on
them is and on the future of Colorado is

715
01:00:56,720 --> 01:01:07,119
truly natural. I wanted to mention that
to everyone because I know it can be

716
01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:11,920
easy to forget the incredible power of
what we do and I was reminded really

717
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:15,680
powerfully of this so I wanted to share
that. Thank you Mr. Chairman.

718
01:01:13,839 --> 01:01:20,720
» Thank you Regent Vandreel. We appreciate
the reminder and your thoughts.

719
01:01:19,359 --> 01:01:25,040
» Excuse me.
>> Yeah. I regent Spiegel just requested

720
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:28,400
that we all get a copy of that promise.
I think it

721
01:01:26,880 --> 01:01:31,799
» great. It'd be great to have I think
Regent McNelte.

722
01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:40,240
» Okay.
>> Great.

723
01:01:37,119 --> 01:01:43,599
» Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, so we
go through these meetings and a lot of

724
01:01:41,520 --> 01:01:48,960
information is thrown at us and we have
public testimony and u members of this

725
01:01:47,359 --> 01:01:54,000
unit community or members of the public
testify. Um, but and I I'm not I'm not

726
01:01:52,720 --> 01:01:59,839
blaming you, Mr. President, for
forgetting the chancellor reports. Um

727
01:01:56,960 --> 01:02:05,440
but through those chancellor reports we
hear a lot of really interesting stuff

728
01:02:03,359 --> 01:02:11,200
that the University of Colorado is
doing. um whether it's uh Independence

729
01:02:08,559 --> 01:02:17,520
Plaza which is going to be the new home
of of CU Denver and I think bodess as um

730
01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:22,880
part of the foundation for hopefully
rebuilding Denver and that vibrant

731
01:02:20,799 --> 01:02:27,440
experience that I when I was young I was
down there working and had the

732
01:02:24,319 --> 01:02:31,839
opportunity to enjoy or um Boulder
looking at new opportunities to pair

733
01:02:29,119 --> 01:02:37,200
with research partners. um appreciate
the innovation and the optimism uh in

734
01:02:34,799 --> 01:02:42,400
going out and finding taking care of
existing partners and finding new

735
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:48,960
partners. Uh UCCCS providing a real a
very real quality onampus experience for

736
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:53,359
the students. Um and uh their success in
athletics I think is an important part

737
01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:57,760
of that. Um you all know how much I
value the student athlete and what

738
01:02:55,040 --> 01:03:03,040
athletics does for young people and our
presentation here today on on even

739
01:03:00,079 --> 01:03:08,240
anshoot's part of making that happen. Um
and our host campus uh the the three

740
01:03:05,599 --> 01:03:14,559
points that that Don shared advanced
biologics creating a platform for

741
01:03:10,079 --> 01:03:21,200
individual care and then uh AI um using
AI to to deal with the data lake that we

742
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:25,200
have out there now. Um Mr. Mr.
President, I I I hear this and I think

743
01:03:23,359 --> 01:03:32,160
what other universities could possibly
be doing all of this stuff at one time

744
01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:37,359
and yet here we are at the front end
front edge on each of our campuses with

745
01:03:35,760 --> 01:03:42,799
remarkable
positive measures to highlight. Um it's

746
01:03:40,079 --> 01:03:47,839
a credit to you. It's a credit to the
men and women uh that report to you. Um

747
01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:51,760
and uh I I would like to think that some
of that credit goes to the border

748
01:03:49,039 --> 01:03:54,960
regions as well. Um but um it it really
is extraordinary uh the work that's

749
01:03:53,760 --> 01:03:59,119
being done here at the University of
Colorado and um I wanted to take a

750
01:03:57,039 --> 01:04:04,400
moment I did take a moment to recognize
that because that can't be lost on what

751
01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:08,160
we hear and do and experience at our
meetings. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

752
01:04:05,920 --> 01:04:14,240
» Thank you, Regenti. And I couldn't
concur any harder. President Solomon,

753
01:04:11,039 --> 01:04:19,440
any other comments?
I just want to make a last comment and

754
01:04:16,799 --> 01:04:24,160
um thank uh Chancellor Elellman in the
Anshutes campus for hosting us. I know

755
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:27,760
we oftentimes forget what it takes to
put on a meeting and our team works with

756
01:04:26,160 --> 01:04:31,920
your team very closely, but we
appreciate you opening up your campus to

757
01:04:30,079 --> 01:04:35,760
us and allowing us to see a glimpse of
what you do every day. It's pretty

758
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:40,559
spectacular. And as Frank said, every
one of our campuses has something that

759
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:44,720
they're extremely proud of. and the more
we hear about that, the more we can brag

760
01:04:42,319 --> 01:04:48,640
about it to our constituents. So, thank
you for that. We appreciate it. Um, this

761
01:04:47,039 --> 01:04:56,920
concludes the public portion of our
meeting. We will take a brief break and

762
01:04:51,359 --> 01:04:56,920
meet at 9:50 in executive session.