7:53 a.m.
Hey FOSS folk. This popped into my email and I thought it might be
useful for others too. RIT is organizing a financial wellness conference
with all kinds of helpful presentations and workshops to better
understand your money, student loans, investing, and more.
Not strictly related to FOSS, but since many of us are students, I
thought it may be helpful. I'll be there. :-)
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Subject: FREE Financial Wellness Conference for RIT Students - Sunday,
April 8th, 2018-1-5pm
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:44:06 +0000
From: Sharon Kompalla-Porter <slkrla(a)rit.edu>
To: RIT Financial Wellness <financialwellness(a)rit.edu>
CC: Sharon Kompalla-Porter <slkrla(a)rit.edu>
Thank you for filling out our initial interest survey a few months ago –
the conference registration is now *LIVE*. We hope to see many of you
there! Your feedback has helped us to craft the sessions and select our
presenters!
RIT Student Affairs and Student Government is excited to offer a
*/FREE/* Financial Wellness Conference as part of National Financial
Literacy Month on *Sunday, April 8th from 1-5pm in Thomas Gosnell
Hall*. The goal of this conference is to raise awareness about the
importance of financial wellness/financial literacy. Simply put,
financial literacy is the ability to understand how money works: how
someone makes, manages and invests it. To understand money and how it
works, it’s important to understand common financial principles such as
budgeting, saving, credit, investments, as well as making sense of job
offers, negotiating salary, and protecting your assets. Your level of
financial literacy affects your quality of life significantly. It
affects your ability to provide for yourself and family, your attitude
towards money and investment, as well as your contribution to your
community. Financial literacy enables people to understand what is
needed to achieve a lifestyle that is financially balanced, sustainable,
ethical and responsible.
The conference will kick off with a keynote address by *retired U.S.
Bankruptcy Judge, John C.* *Ninfo* who will share his perspective on why
its critically important to increase your financial IQ in order to avoid
8 out of the top 14 stressors in life; defend yourself against many in
the financial industry; get the best value for every one of your hard
earned dollars; and avoid debt and all that interest as much as possible.
Attendees will also be able to select up to three, 50 minute sessions on
a variety of financial literacy topics mentioned above.
· This FREE conference has been designed and developed
specifically for /currently enrolled RIT students/. Space is limited to
248 registrants.
· The priority registration deadline for RIT students is
*Monday, March 26, 2018.* (If space is still available after that date,
registration will be open to the greater Rochester community, including
RIT alumni)
· Interpreting services available on request and subject to
availability.
The link to register for the conference is included below:
http://bit.ly/FINwell
Thank you,
RIT Student Affairs, the Financial Wellness Committee & RIT Student
Government