NCEE News - Making an Impact

Newsletter │Volume 2│ 2019

Council Leadership Attends National Association of Economic Educators Conference in Denver

L to R: Gary Dusek, Chadron Center Administrator; Alyse Andreason, Kearney Center Director; Jennifer Davidson, NCEE President; Jamie Wagner, Omaha Center Director; Lindsey Doctorman, Wayne State Director.

Attending a conference with like-minded individuals and our counterparts from across the nation gives us the opportunity to learn about new resources and programming that we can bring back to the teachers and students in Nebraska. We are fired up and can't wait to share what we we've learned.

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Impact Across the State

Best in the West Invitational

Chadron State College

Seven schools headed to Chadron State College on January 30 to compete in the Best in the West Business Invitational. The teams competed in a variety of subjects including business communication, economics and personal finance. The Championship Trophy was presented to Alliance High School and advisers Brigit Harris and Brandy Stark.

Best in the West Invitational 2nd place team from Chadron High School

Best in the West Invitational Champions from Alliance High School

Best in the West Invitational 3rd place team from Hemmingford High School

Spring Online Competition Begins April 1, 2019

Loper Business Invitational at UNK

Despite the bomb cyclone and flooding in Nebraska, 80 students representing 8 schools made their way to compete in the second annual Loper Business Invitational on March 15 at the University of Nebraska, Kearney. The competition was fierce with students from Giltner High School taking home the championship trophy. Congratulations to advisor Jackie Hinrichs and her winning students. Second place went to Dorchester High School and third place to Kearney High School.

Loper Business Invitational Champions from Giltner High School.

Davidson featured in Inside Nebraska Business March issue

NCEE President Jennifer Davidson is highlighted in the Faculty Feature section. Jennifer is also an Assistant Professor of Practice in Economics and Nebraska Bankers Association Faculty Fellow.

Click here and scroll down to the article.

Financial Literacy Networking Summit

State Treasurer, John Murante, shares information about financial initiatives.

NBA President, Richard Baier, hosts the Nebraska summit.

Stakeholders from across state met to talk about financial literacy in Nebraska.

Speakers included:

Senator Anna Wishart
State Treasurer, John Murante
Sydney Kobza, Nebraska Department of Education
Jamie Wagner, Director for the Omaha Center for Economic Education
Jennifer Davidson, NCEE President
Richard Baier, President & CEO Nebraska Bankers Association

If you are interested in receiving information about future summits, please send us your contact information here

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Economics Challenge State Championship

to be held in Omaha

The Nebraska Economics Challenge online will run through March 26, 2019. Once the online competition concludes the top 10 teams in the high school divisions will be invited to participate in the State Championship in Omaha. Participation is free. Click here for more information

Curriculum Corner / Lesson Spotlight

April is financial literacy month. Omaha Center Director, Jamie Wagner, created these fun and educational Financial Literacy Bingo cards. Use these cards in the classroom, at home, or with your favorite organization to help your K-12 students become more financially literate. There are three different grade levels—elementary, middle, and high school—so that everyone can participate! Each card contains 24 financial literacy tasks to get kids thinking about their finances.