Community College Instructor awarded for entrepreneur education

BEATRICE - Southeast Community College business instructor Linda Hartman was honored recently with the annual Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year Award for 2021. She received the award at the Nebraska Entrepreneurship Best Practices Summit held in York.

Hartman called the honor, humbling, adding “Working with entrepreneurial students feeds my learner strength and allows me to keep abreast of new industries and ideas in the business world.”

Hartman teaches business courses at SCC, and works at the SCC Entrepreneurship Center.  Steve Bors, the former Center Director who nominated Hartman for the award said she is a tireless advocate for the center.

Originally from Curtis, Hartman earned her associate degree from McCook Community College, her bachelor’s from then-Kearney State , and her masters from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has taught at SCC for 21 years.

Hartman also serves as a faculty representative on the Southeast Community College Board.