Florida athletes can now benefit from their name, image and likeness. As a result of this new law, college athletes in the state are required to take a financial literacy course.
Now Florida State University has set up an online financial tools hub to help ALL students succeed.
“We have articles about the value of a higher education that’s not as great as it used to be, but it’s still probably the best investment you can make in your life,” says Rick Burnette, associate provost at FSU, who directed the project.
“FSU has continuously expanded its student success efforts to prepare students to master the college experience and successfully transition into their post-graduate life, and financial success is an integral part of that.”
Financialsuccess.fsu.edu provides resources on college payments, planning and budgeting, banking and credit, investing, and insurance and taxation. It provides information on financial literacy courses and training programs.
“We wanted to create a place where they could acquire these important life skills and insights,” says Provost Sally McRorie, who sponsored the project. “It doesn’t matter how much information we have for our students if they can’t find it.”
The hub provides easy access to financial literacy badge programs that students can use to document what they are learning from these courses for future employers.
For example, Live Well Financially is a badge course offered by the Center for Health Advocacy and Wellness as part of the Live Well FSU program. It includes building a budget, needs versus wants, credit card usage, and more.
The Career Center offers the Fiscally Fit and ProfessioNole Ready badges to improve financial literacy and develop professional skills.
The hub also provides information from the Financial Aid and Student Business Services offices about college payment and obtaining grants, scholarships, grants, and loans.
Javier Cuevas, a newcomer from Tampa, worked with Burnette on the project as part of the InternFSU program. Cuevas researched the best financial education programs in the country, organized the information into thematic sections, and modeled the website’s original designs. He worked with the project leaders for each topic and assisted university communications in curating the content for presentation on the website.
“Without Javi’s project management, design and editing skills, this project would not have been completed so quickly,” said Myrna Hoover, director of the Career Center that oversees the InternFSU program. “The project also provided Javi with a tangible work artefact to showcase his skills to future employers.”
Cuevas said the project was an excellent hands-on way to learn skills relevant to his career goals.
“My interest in the project management aspect of the internship gave me an idea of what I would like to do after college and I can now focus on taking the right steps in my education to get into the field,” he said .
Anna Prentiss from University Communications contributed to this report.
source https://collegeeducationnewsllc.com/fsu-launches-online-hub-for-students-financial-success/
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