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Financial Literacy: Take charge of your money

8/30/16

Creating and balancing a budget, managing credit cards, saving for a rainy day, applying for student loans — managing your money can be daunting without help. Penn State has a number of resources available to students, faculty and staff to help navigate these topics and build the skills necessary for healthy financial literacy.

'Credit Cards,' how to manage paying with plastic, offered Aug. 17

8/8/16

There are pros and cons to paying with plastic. Managed smartly, credit can be a useful tool — but credit can also get you in trouble if you don't understand how it works. "Credit Cards," a workshop for students, faculty and staff, will be offered from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17 in the Mann Assembly Room of Paterno Library. The workshop is free and open to the public.

Rizk honored with 2016 Hendrick Award for service to adult learners

4/22/16

Daad Rizk, financial literacy manager for Outreach and Online Education at Penn State, has been honored with the 2016 Shirley Hendrick Award, presented by the Penn State Commission for Adult Learners for service to adult learners. The award recognizes an administrator University-wide who has contributed to the success of Penn State’s efforts to serve adult learners.

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Workshop to focus on applying for student loans

9/10/15

"Getting Student Loans," a financial literacy workshop, will be held 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sept. 16 in Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library. This workshop will look at how to get a student loan, how much to borrow and how to forecast a budget.