NCEE leads a statewide initiative advancing economic and financial literacy.

At the Nebraska Career Education Conference in Kearney both our Kearney Center Director and Lincoln Center Director were awarded a BEST Award for their work advocating and training the next generation of Business Education Teachers and supporting the current roster of Business Education Teachers across the state and beyond. Congratulations to Lindsay and Alyse!

The Nebraska Council joined forces with the Foundation for Teaching Economics to host Camp Right Start at the UNL College of Business. Teachers from around the state joined us for 4 engaging days of economic content. Thank you to Wells Fargo for funding to support teacher stipends, which allows us to acknowledge and respect the teacher as a professional.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln freshman Alexa Duwelling captured the eighth place and became the first student from the state of Nebraska to place at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Foundation's InvestWrite® national essay competition. The Husker architecture major and business minor wrote her paper in high school after creating an investment portfolio that would make Nebraska graduate Warren Buffett, '51, proud. As a Lincoln Southeast High School senior, she took Jessica Christensen's Wealth Building class and competed in the Stock Market Game™, a curriculum-based financial education program challenging students to manage a hypothetical $100,000 online portfolio of stocks, bonds, mutual funds and cash. After putting together a powerful portfolio, she wrote her winning essay utilizing her investment insight as part of a class assignment.

Weston Dorathy, 5th grader of St. John Lutheran School in Seward was the Spring 2024 Elementary winner for Nebraska. He was recognized on Wednesday, August 21st at a school-wide assembly and received a $50.00 check from the Nebraska Council on Economic Education (NCEE), a medal, and cookies for his class. This opportunity was made possible by his teacher, Beth Einspahr, and her continued commitment to engaging elementary students in their 5th grade math class. Congratulations to Weston and Ms. Einspahr!

Our president Jennifer Davidson and associate director Matt Pierson enjoyed heading out to York, NE to infuse some economics into their prep for their sip and stroll event this fall. Any day you can talk Econ is a good day!

Our president Jennifer Davidson and administrative associate Haley Baehr headed to Eustis, Nebraska for a school assembly preparing for their new in-school savings branch! Thank you to Eustis-Farnam Public Schools and Waypoint Bank of Eustis for making this happen!

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