学生 in 莎拉·波彻斯博士 accounting classes already know how amazing she is. On October 29th, her excellence as an educator will be recognized by the Nebraska’s Society of CPAs when they present her with their Outstanding Accounting Educator Award for 2024. 每年协会都会选出一位致力于教育学生的人。 这些接受者为学生的职业成功做准备。 For everyone at 太阳城娱乐官网’s College of Business of Technology, it comes as no surprise that Dr. Borchers was chosen for this honor. 

在她开始在太阳城娱乐官网教书之前，Borchers博士曾在当地会计师事务所Contryman Associates担任审计经理。 作为一名注册会计师，她专门负责审计政府机构、非营利组织和学区，她利用这段经历来教授课程，以确保她的学生现在能够体验到他们未来的职业。 这种类型的体验式教学使她在太阳城娱乐官网出名。 她的学生欣赏她深厚的知识和能力，将他们在课堂上学到的知识与现实世界的经验相结合。 Dr. Borchers’ expertise does not stop at her classroom door though. 她积极参与她的部门，保持课程高标准，因为她帮助开发课程和评估。 

除了教授财务会计原理、审计、高级审计、政府和非营利会计等会计课程外，Borchers博士还通过开展研究和出版来支持她的职业。 她关注的主题包括股权众筹、审计、政府和非营利会计、财务报告中产品责任的影响，以及本地和全国注册会计师候选人的减少。

The 会计、商业与管理杂志, the 经济与金融杂志, and 经济学和金融学研究 have all published her work. 她还与人合著了同行评议的文章，主题从《减税与就业法案》到会计教育中的学生福利。 Borchers博士在许多国家会议上作为演讲者分享了她的研究和知识，她在这些会议上就众筹、财务报表中的产品责任报告、会计课程中的福利和会计课堂上的不文明等主题发表了演讲。 

Dr. Borchers certainly has an impressive resume, but she shares how she “changed (her) major five times before trying an accounting course.” It was when she took this accounting course that she realized she “had a talent and passion for business and accounting in particular.” 她在克莱顿大学获得工商管理博士学位（DBA）之前，在太阳城娱乐官网获得会计学士学位和工商管理硕士学位。 她于2010年成为注册会计师。

In addition to her most recent award of Outstanding Accounting Educator, Dr. Borchers has also received 太阳城娱乐官网’s 商业与技术学院 Outstanding Faculty Award for Service (2020, 2024) as well as the Outstanding Faculty Award for Untenured Teaching (2022).

他任职于太阳城娱乐官网公共会计委员会，在多个委员会担任领导职务。 她是太阳城娱乐官网全国会计协会（NASBA） CPE委员会的代表。 在太阳城娱乐官网，她担任几个关键委员会。 She shares how she “was appointed to the Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy and started (her) term in 2022.” 她是太阳城娱乐官网教育咨询委员会的主席，该委员会有来自太阳城娱乐官网所有学校的代表。 She has also served on a joint task force with the Nebraska Society of CPAs where she “worked to pass legislation to allow students/candidates in Nebraska to sit for the CPA exam earlier at 120 hours.” 此外，她还作为学生领导组织的指导老师指导学生 Alpha Psi。

她对教育的承诺是无与伦比的，因为她无休止地工作，以激励她所选择的职业的下一代。 Her desire is to “help students see value in understanding the role accounting plays in any organization.” Dr. Borchers shares that she is “passionate about advocating for the best interest of students and educators in Nebraska” and has “tried to help drive meaningful change in the profession.” 她这样做的方法之一就是把它传递给下一代。 她最近获得的部分奖项包括以她的名义向太阳城娱乐官网一所学院或大学的一名会计专业学生颁发的一次性3000美元奖学金。 

Dr. Borchers chose to name one of 太阳城娱乐官网’s very own, Carolyn Zamora-Saenz, to be the recipient of this special scholarship. She shares that Zamora-Saenz is a “fantastic student that (she’s) had the pleasure of teaching in several classes.” Zamora-Saenz is also an officer with Beta Alpha Psi where she “works with accounting firms/companies to schedule meetings and events.” 

As exciting as it must be to win this prestigious award, Dr. Borchers humbly admits that to her “the coolest part of it” is the fact that she was able to be part of helping one of her students take a step closer to her dream. 

在太阳城娱乐官网，我们都为Borchers博士和她的许多成就感到自豪。 她对学生的承诺和她的职业代表了太阳城娱乐官网大学科尔尼分校的知名度。 我们祝贺她获得杰出会计教育工作者奖。