Photos: New NU President Ted Carter at the Naval Academy and in Nebraska
See photos of new University of Nebraska President Ted Carter during his time at the Naval Academy and his introduction at the University of Nebraska.
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Ted Carter, priority candidate to be the next president of the University of Nebraska, speaks during a forum at Hawks Hall in early November.
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Ted Carter, priority candidate to be the next president of the University of Nebraska, and his wife, Lynda Carter, greet UNL student Keaton Fricker at a forum at Hawks Hall on Tuesday.
New NU President
Walter "Ted" Carter Jr., the priority candidate to be the next president of University of Nebraska, speaks at a news conference announcing his selection at Varner Hall on Oct. 25.
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Ted Carter, priority candidate to be the next president of the University of Nebraska, and his wife, Lynda Carter, greet student government representatives during a forum at Hawks Hall on Tuesday.
Carter Forum
Ted Carter, priority candidate to be the next president of the University of Nebraska, speaks during a forum at Hawks Hall in November. After becoming the priority candidate, Carter toured the state, holding several forums at each campus and meeting with stakeholders at private functions. In all, he attended more than three dozen events over the course of two weeks.
New NU President
Walter "Ted" Carter Jr. is the priority candidate to be the next president of University of Nebraska.
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UNL student leaders Emily Johnson (left) and Temi Onayemi listen as Ted Carter, priority candidate to be the next president of the University of Nebraska, speaks at Hawks Hall on Tuesday.
Carter Forum
Ted Carter, priority candidate to be the next president of the University of Nebraska, speaks during a forum at Hawks Hall on Tuesday.
New NU President
Walter E. Carter Jr., the priority candidate to be the next president of the University of Nebraska, speaks at a news conference at Varner Hall on Friday.
Ray Mabus, Walter “Ted” Carter
CONavy Secretary Ray Mabus, second from bottom right, and Vice Adm. Walter “Ted” Carter, left, superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, pose for a photo with Navy players and their trophy after the Military Bowl NCAA college football game against Pittsburgh, Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, in Annapolis, Md. Navy won 44-28.
The motorcycle — aptly named TCR, or Ted Carter’s Ride — will make its first appearance at the Red-White spring game April 22.
"What a true honor," Ted Carter said. "This is the greatest honor of my career, to be appointed president of this great university."
President Ted Carter will forgo about $113,000 in deferred compensation when he leaves the University of Nebraska for Ohio State at the end of the year.
Regents met in an emergency meeting on Friday -- three days after NU President Ted Carter was announced as president of Ohio State University -- to begin discussing next steps.
The regents were months into their deliberations over who would be the university’s next president when a portion of the regents reached out to U.S. Rep. Mike Flood.
