Newsletter │Volume 2│ 2024 |
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NCEE leads a statewide initiative advancing economic and financial literacy. |
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Reiser Economic Educator of the Year
Shawna Koger
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Dr. Jamie Wagner, Mary Lynn Reiser, Shawna Koger, and Dr. Jennifer Davidson |
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Mrs. Koger, a 30 year teaching veteran, embodies what a teacher should be: kind, holds her students to a high standard, is wildly creative, and provides engaging economic and personal finance content for students.
She gives so much of herself, so much of her personal time to ensure her students benefit from academic extracurricular activities and experiences. She has not only ensured her students participate in the Economics Challenge, the Finance Challenge, and the Stock Market Game competitions, her students are often state finalists. This is a testament to the high-quality instruction going on her classroom.
Her work to ensure her FBLA students get leadership experience with the In School Savings Program is unparalleled. Arlington was the first in school savings program where FBLA students serve as tellers and mentors to the elementary grade depositors. This successful program is a model for other programs who have since started an FBLA led program.
Simply put, Shawna is an outstanding leader in everything she pursues. She always goes over and beyond to successfully guide others, especially her students, to achieve great things. Huge congratulations to Shawna on this well-deserved recognition.
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Kearney Young Professional of the Year
Alyse Pflanz
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UNK Center Director, Alyse Pflanz is the 2023 Young Professional of the Year for the Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce. Alyse was honored with this distinction at a ceremony in Kearney. We are so proud of Alyse and know that she has impacted so many lives across the state through her work with both teachers and students alike. |
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National Association of Economic Educators
Spring Conference
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Creating great curriculum is a team effort. The Nebraska Council on Economic Education partnered with some of the most innovative and dedicated people in Econ Ed from Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina as well as Council for Economic Education to create the Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues Curriculum, which was awarded a silver at the National Association of Economic Educators Spring Conference. We want to thank our UNO Center Director, Dr. Jamie Wagner, for being the project manager on this monumental task.
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Lauren
Gethsemane Lutheran School
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Clara
Chase County Schools
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NCEE celebrated our two Econ Art winners. Lauren from Gethsemane Lutheran School in Omaha drew an incredible illustration of a trade-up scenario and Clara from Chase County Schools in Imperial drew a hard choice she had to make. Both students won a pizza party for their whole classroom and Amazon gift cards for themselves and their teachers! |
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UNL Husker Business Invitational |
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Over 180 students from 19 schools competed in 2 rounds of testing including accounting, business calculations, business communications. introduction to business, introduction to FBLA, introduction to math, personal finance, economics, and 16 seniors competed in job interview.
Top Three Teams:
Champion: Lincoln East
Runner-up: Lincoln Southwest
Third Place: Seward
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CSC Best of the West Business Invitational |
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Over 95 students from 8 schools competed in 2 rounds of testing including accounting, business communications, introduction to business, introduction to math, personal finance, marketing, business calculations, economics, FBLA, and job interview.
Top Three Teams:
Champion: Alliance High School
Runner-up: Sidney High School
Third Place: Hemingford High School
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UNK Loper Business Invitational |
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St. Paul Middle School
Middle School Champions
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Heartland Community Schools
High School Champions
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Over 200 students from 19 schools competed in 2 rounds of testing including accounting, business calculations, business communications, economics, entrepreneurship, intro to business, intro to IT, financial math, digital citizenship, personal finance, exploring technology, exploring economics and 19 seniors competed in job interview. |
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Top Three High School Teams:
Champion: Heartland Community Schools
Runner-up: Broken Bow High School
Third Place: Seward High School
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Top Three Middle School Teams:
Champion: St. Paul Middle School
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Pioneers Branch In School Savings Program
Dayspring Bank
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Congratulations to Dayspring Bank Metro-Ralston on the grand opening of the Pioneers Branch at Conestoga Elementary School. On opening day, January 24, 2024, 30 students made a deposit. Students at Conestoga saved $214 on day one. |
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Raiders Branch In School Savings Program
Nebraska State Bank & Trust at Broken Bow
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Students making their first deposit |
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Raiders Branch student tellers |
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Congratulations to Nebraska State Bank & Trust at Broken Bow on the grand opening of the Raiders Branch at Calloway Public Schools. Nebraska State Bank & Trust at Broken Bow is looking forward to assisting these students with the life long habit of saving. Congratulations, Raiders Branch.
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Comets Branch In School Savings Program
LincOne Federal Credit Union
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Congratulations to LincOne Federal Credit Union on the grand opening of the Comets Branch at Clinton Elementary. LincOne is looking forward to assisting these students with the life long habit of saving. Congratulations, Comets Branch. |
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Please join us in our mission to create opportunities for economic and financial education throughout Nebraska. Let's set up a time to talk about how we can work together.
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Upcoming events:
January 8 - April 5
March 4 - March 22
March 18 - April 5
July 26 - 19
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Thank you to our consistent Sponsors! |
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