Financial Literacy Workshop Series: Learn About Budgeting, Credit, and Other Money Topics

Financial Foundations is a 5-part workshop series hosted by the Penn State Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center. The series covers core personal finance topics that create a strong foundation on which learners can build their financial futures: budgeting, credit, debt, saving, and investing.

Changing Jobs within Your Organization: Part 2

In the first part of this blog, we identified self-assessment as the first step to pursuing a job in your organization. The fundamentals in this post will address understanding your organization and researching what others do, including how to reach out to others. Know Your Company How many of you understand what other people in…

A Student Aid Professional’s Best Advice for Minimizing Debt: Carefully Manage Aid Refunds

By Brad Yeckley and Nick Dikas, World Campus Office of Student Aid An article in US News and World Report titled “Undergrads Blow It With Student Loan Refunds” (July 24, 2013) features students who found themselves struggling to pay back high loan debts as a result of their student aid refunds. It’s important to know…