In today's society, high school and college students are regularly bombarded with ads and commercials telling us that we need to spend money to be happy. At the same time, many of us come to college unequipped to handle our finances. The Peer Financial Mentor Program is designed to tackle the issue. We hope to give our peers a basic understanding of personal Financial Management that will help them meet life's challenges and opportunities, many of which apply to the topic of money.
The Peer Financial Mentor Program is set up on the proposition that the best way to teach college students is by having fellow students provide valuable information and experiences that we can relate to and apply in our daily lives. The four modules in the program have been developed to explore critical issues of budgeting, credit use, student loans, and identity theft. We implement student speakers to present the modules to classes, schools and other organizations. We also deliver a series of one-on-one financial mentoring to meet the students' needs for financial education. |