MOBILE, Ala., June 2 -- University of South Alabama issued the following news release:
There was a time when Elizabeth Von Hofe told her father, a career educator, that
she would never follow in his footsteps. For a long time, she kept her word, spending
more than a decade building a successful trajectory in business and healthcare administration.
But deep, meaningful callings have a way of disrupting even the most established plans.
Five years after stepping into a public school classroom as a teacher, Von Hofe, a
University of South Alabama alumna, has been named the 2026-2027 Alabama Teacher of
the Year, the highest honor awarded to an educator in the state, positioning her as
the primary ambassador for Alabama's public school system ...