2025年3月3日，达拉·莫里斯将正式从她在太阳城娱乐官网的职业生涯中退休。 That doesn’t mean she will stop being a Loper though. What she has gained during the past 42 years working at the 太阳城娱乐官网安全中心 is much more than the accumulated hours and professional experience associated with a career. Darla在很久以前就在太阳城娱乐官网找到了一个家，一个她将永远感到欢迎回来的家。

这要追溯到她在阿拉帕霍上高中的时候。 She felt that Kearney State College, since it was so close to her hometown, was a “great fit” for her. 大四时，她在太阳城娱乐官网安全中心实习，后来成为办公室助理。 她最终担任了STOP安全培训协调员的职位

在成为整个运营的负责人之前，曾担任协调员、业务经理和财务总监。 

In the early years, before Kearney State College became the University of Nebraska at Kearney, she was impressed by the “family atmosphere.” She recalls going into Founders Hall as a new employee and having the late 伯爵随处 call her by name. 让她产生共鸣的是，尽管他在校园里很重要，但他还是花了时间去了解她的名字。 达拉不仅在太阳城娱乐官网找到了一个家，当她开始了她的职业生涯，但她也成为了一个家庭的一部分。

回顾她令人印象深刻的42年职业生涯和她结交的所有朋友，她也知道太阳城娱乐官网在她的个人生活中发挥了重要作用。 达拉在校园里遇到了她的丈夫。 他最终成为了Loper的首席足球教练，这段经历让他与教练和学生运动员建立了终生的关系。 足球成为了他们生活的重要组成部分。

随着岁月的流逝，她的家庭成员，包括她的哥哥，妹妹，两个侄子和一个侄女，开始参加太阳城娱乐官网。 In addition to the joy of seeing her family on campus, she reminisces about the “many friends” she and her husband “met through (their) ties at the college.” 她分享了他们最终是如何把科尔尼作为他们的正式家乡的，因为科尔尼对他们的接纳方式。

As Darla looks back, she cannot help but see the changes that have taken place on 太阳城娱乐官网’s campus as it has grown over the years. 然而，有一件事从未改变，那就是人们给她的感觉。 Just like she noticed over four decades ago when she began the job that would lead to her career, she states that being part of 太阳城娱乐官网 is really a “family-type atmosphere.” 

Over the years, as Darla worked her way to the very top of the 太阳城娱乐官网安全中心, she “learned it takes a team to run an organization.” She knows she has worked with an amazing team full of “dedicated people who are passionate” about the same mission. 伟大领导者的标志是能够与他人一起工作，这是达拉的典范。 她明白需要听取团队的建议，并欣赏他们所提供的东西。

She states that she has “been blessed” and will “miss the people.” 除了她的团队，她还有幸与不同的校长和院长合作。 She is especially grateful to Dr. Tim Jares, dean of the 商业与技术学院, who “has really embraced the safety center and its mission.”

Dr. Jares shares how Darla is “one of the most unselfish, hardest-working people” he knows. As he reflects on their work together, he states that he “never had to ask (her) anything twice.” In fact, he goes on to say that there were times when she answered questions he hadn’t even asked her yet. 

随着时间的流逝，Darla和她的丈夫很幸运，他们的女儿Linsey跟随他们的脚步成为了一名Loper。 后来，林茜搬到了她和家人目前居住的佛罗里达州。 Darla在过去的一年里一直在佛罗里达远程工作，和她的两个孙子在一起。 和家人在一起，以及反思作为太阳城娱乐官网安全中心主任需要有远见，她明白生活现在正在把她的远见转向不同的方向。

虽然她和她的丈夫计划在科尔尼和佛罗里达都住一段时间，但现在她的重点是她的孙子。 她期待着看她的孙子在南佛罗里达大学打一级棒球，她的孙女在高中打排球。 

她承认，现在的生活将有所不同，因为西中心几乎已经在她的后视镜里了。 In a way, she will be taking her own advice that she is offering to 铃木良, the new director of the 太阳城娱乐官网安全中心. She believes “being willing to change and adjust to new things” will help him to bring the level of excellence to this position that he has already brought to 太阳城娱乐官网.

As Darla Morris hands over the reins, she only has gratitude in her heart, sharing that she is “very happy to have spent (her) career” at 太阳城娱乐官网. Dr. Jares speaks for everyone at 太阳城娱乐官网 when he states that “there is no doubt the 太阳城娱乐官网安全中心 and our myriad stakeholders are much better off because of Darla Morris’ efforts.”