When the time came for the Kearney Chamber of Commerce to recognize their Young Professional of the Year, they didn’t have to look far. Alyse Pflanz他不仅在太阳城娱乐官网任教，还担任经济教育中心主任，是一个显而易见的选择。 Honored for the hard work she does not only for her students but for the entire Kearney community, Pflanz shares that going to work every day is “a lot of fun.”

作为一名太阳城娱乐官网的本科生，Pflanz觉得教学是她的使命。 毕业后，她在7-12年级担任了四年的商业和技术讲师。 She “didn’t plan to leave teaching,” but, as she finished graduate school, her previous advisor retired, opening a position that seemed to be made just for her. She “wanted to be involved in education” and is grateful that she “can merge both worlds” by working at the college level.

在过去的六年里，Pflanz教授方法课程，并担任职前教师的顾问。 Being able to put her teaching skills to work as she is “in charge of (太阳城娱乐官网’s) pre-service business education for teachers,” she enjoys being able to stay involved in K-12 education.

When she isn’t teaching, Pflanz works tirelessly to address the mission of “advancing economic and financial education” while working with “太阳城娱乐官网, K-12 schools, and (the) community” as the Director of the Center for Economic 教育. 在这个角色中，她可以建立人际关系，这一直是她教学生涯的一个标志。 作为一名高中教师，弗朗茨同时担任垒球教练和啦啦队教练。 这些职位，加上她在课堂上的时间，教会了她与人建立联系的重要性。 Now, whether she is going “into schools (to) put on financial literacy fun nights with families” or presenting “financial literacy rock concerts” at pep rallies, Pflanz is continuing the work she started a decade ago when she walked into her first classroom.

除了这些有趣的活动，她还举办周末研讨会和暑期学院。 She even makes it possible for young students to visit 太阳城娱乐官网’s campus by coordinating competitions where middle school students have a chance to show off their business skills. Pflanz stresses that the “strong focus of (the) mission is K-12” which includes training teachers during professional development sessions held both at their home schools and at 太阳城娱乐官网.

These events and programs are part of the reason she shares that her “job is fulfilling” and that she loves that she still gets to “have that school connection.” As a lecturer at 太阳城娱乐官网, she also admits that “what’s really cool about (her) job now” is how her students are now her “forever colleagues.”

When Kearney’s Chamber of Commerce recognized Alyse Pflanz as the Young Professional of the Year, her accomplishments included membership in several professional organizations, a long list of awards, research that has been featured in both newspapers and on television, and a wide array of professional service. 尽管这一切都令人印象深刻，但她的学生对她的了解远远超过了她应得的荣誉。 他们知道她把自己的教学技能运用到他们未来的职业生涯中，通过继续自己的学习保持最新状态，并不知疲倦地回馈给科尔尼社区。 Alyse Pflanz每天都在激励着未来的教育工作者，因为她一直想成为一名老师。 She brags about 太阳城娱乐官网 and how teaching students is everyone’s top priority. 作为一名Loper，她孜孜不倦地工作，以激励社区的学生以及未来的商业教师，从而体现了这一理念。 We honor her today and every day as not only Kearney’s Young Professional of the Year, but as the epitome of all we stand for. Here at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, we’re proud of Alyse and all her accomplishments.