2008 TG Financial Literacy Counseling Symposium

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9:15 a.m.	Registration Opens
9:45 a.m.	Kickoff and Objectives John Zanot, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, TG
10:15 a.m.	Red & Green Compare and contrast two successful campus-wide financial literacy programs. Dottie Durband, Director of Texas Tech University’s Red to Black program Danielle Champagne, Assistant Director of the University of North Texas’ In the Green program Moderated by Rett Anderton, Default Aversion Counselor, TG
11:15 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m.	Round Table Lunch Participate in four different table top discussions about creating and implementing a successful campus financial literacy program or center. Topics for discussion include: Conceptualizing financial literacy initiatives Securing approval and funding Implementing financial literacy initiatives Improving a successful financial literacy program Facilitated by Dottie Durband and Danielle Champagne
1:30 p.m.	Round Table Wrap-Up Review lessons learned and best practices for all stages of implementing a new program or center. Facilitated by Joe Braxton, Default Aversion Counselor, TG
2:30 p.m.	Building a Community Discuss symposium results and how knowledge gained can be applied to the financial aid community, and brainstorm strategies for building a networked community of financial literacy counseling professionals. Facilitated by Mike Nowlin, Product Manager, TG
3:30 p.m.	Adjourn

For more information, contact:
Mike Nowlin,
(800) 252-9743, ext. 4814,
mike.nowlin@tgslc.org.

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