About Financial Wellness Advisory Group

The Financial Wellness Advisory Group is excited to present our Fall 2024 Financial Wellness Semester Series. We are a team of students, faculty, and staff that coordinates new programming about financial wellness and centralizes information about existing resources that support the financial wellbeing of students at Reed. 

The following four basic workshops are designed to help reach your financial goals. Snacks and refreshments are provided.

Felt-Bowl Making 1 + hour Workshop, Thursday, December 5, 2024 11:30 am to 1:30 pm in the Student Union

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Get crafty and save money this holiday season! Bring your creativity and learn about felting! No experience needed – all supplies will be provided, and you'll leave with a unique, handmade felt bowl. While supplies last!

Previous Workshops

Investments, Monday, November 18, 2024, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm in GCC-BCD

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All of us are in different places in our financial journey. Whether you’ve already invested, or never thought about it before, join Rob H. Tust, Associate Treasurer and Controller, and Lynn Valenter, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, for a interactive introduction to investing tailored to students. Discover the basics, build confidence in taking charge your financial future, and get your personal finance questions answered in a Q&A!

Purrfect Credit: Intro to the Basics, Monday, October 7, 2024, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm in GCC-BCD

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Get a handle on overwhelming technical vocab and confusing terms and conditions with Reed’s own Lillian Karabaic, host of OPB’s “Weekend Edition”. Learn to find a credit card, beef up your credit score to score that dream apartment, and get down to brass tacks on credit card debt. Copies of Lillian’s book, “A Cat’s Guide to Money”, will be provided to attendees as supplies last. If you attended our last workshop, a copy will be held for you to pick up. Student Life is providing snacks and refreshments.

Get Your Money Together Bootcamp, September 11, 2024

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Baffled by budgeting? Struggling to figure out how to save money while qualing? Terrified about your impending student loans? Lillian Karabaic '13, host of the Oh My Dollar! podcast and author of the cat-filled purrsonal finance workbook Get Your Money Together Workbook, will walk you through handling your money in a friendly and glitter-optional class.

Snacks and beverages provided for your enjoyment by Student Life as part of the Wellness Wednesday series.