<div dir="ltr">Jennifer, <div><br></div><div>I am the Financial Literacy Educator at the University of MN Duluth. We do not have a mandatory financial literacy requirement at this time. This semester however, I created a <a href="http://z.umn.edu/fpmp">two-credit financial literacy peer mentor program</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>I selected ten juniors with high academic achievement and am training them on personal finance topics (I use the iGrad curriculum and supplement with tools I have created in my <a href="http://z.umn.edu/umdllas">financial literacy program;</a> I use the NEFE evaluation toolkit for assessment). My coteacher provides instruction on how to mentor. After a month of coursework the students are paired with one mentee and will guide them through the same personal finance topics they went through (ten meetings over the course of the semester). I am focusing on financial behavior and attitudes, SMART goals, spending, financial aid basics, loan basics (limited to vehicles), renting, and renter's insurance. </div><div><br></div><div>Best of luck as you explore this important idea in higher education!</div><div><br></div><div>Niki </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Niki Pechinski</span> </font></span></span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Financial Literacy Educator <br></font></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">University of MN Duluth</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">(218) 726-7039<br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/umdllas" target="_blank">Facebook </a>| <a href="http://www.twitter.com/umdllas" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://d.umn.edu/onestop/llas/" target="_blank">Live Like a Student</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Schroeder, Jennifer L [SFINA] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jschroed@iastate.edu" target="_blank">jschroed@iastate.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626">We are currently pursuing creating a required financial literacy/personal finance course; I was wondering if any schools currently have a required financial literacy or personal
financial wellness type class? If so can you share with me the name of the class, number of credits and topics covered?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#262626">Jennifer Schroeder<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626">Student Loan Education Office<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626"><a href="http://www.nofearfinance.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#262626">www.NoFearFinance.com</span></a></span><u><span style="color:#262626"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#262626">P: <a href="tel:%28515%29294-0677" value="+15152940677" target="_blank">(515)294-0677</a></span><span style="color:#262626"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#c00000">A new year means a new FAFSA!</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#c00000">
<b><i>Make sure you complete the <a href="http://www.fafsa.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">2016-17 FAFSA</span></a> application prior to our
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