Research: Youth involvement in Madison planning process | Teaching Poverty 101 workshop opens applications | Forbes notes SoHE’s Badger$ense program | Research: SoHE grad student publishes on increasing minority participation in cancer clinical trials | Grad student interviews Menominee forester for Edge Effects | Research: Spouse and caregiver roles and recognition | Badger Herald features Hartley’s Down Syndrome-Alzheimer’s research | Angus show a “wondrous environment”—plus, “Bugsgiving”! | Feedback survey for Day of the Dead Community Altar Project
Personal Finance
SoHE News & Events: Aug 30 – Sep 5
Advice for new students (and their parents); Wisconsin second-lowest in credit card debt; and three faculty promotions.
SoHE’s Maddie Roamer Receives TD Ameritrade NextGen Scholarship
The personal finance major (SoHE ’20) is one of just twelve across the US to win the award.
SoHE News & Events: January 18-24
Collins Quoted on ABC News | WSJ features textile collection Associate Professor Collins Speaks to ABC News on the Government Shutdown In a recent ABC News article, Associate Professor J. Michael Collins was quoted on the government …
SoHE News & Events: January 4-10
Cliff Robb Speaks on the Cost of Borrowing In a recently published Journal Sentinel article, Associate Professor Cliff Robb talks about the increased interest rates in 2019. He cautions students about the heightened rates on federal student …
SoHE News and Events: November 9-15
Wagner Discusses New AAP Guidelines |Robb’s Student Loan Paper Published + | Alter Exhibit Extended | Financial Life Skills Meets the Daily Cardinal Dr. Amy Wagner on WPR and new AAP Guidance “Helping children …
SoHE News and Events: June 15-21
CFS Director Collins Quoted in NYT Associate Professor and Faculty Director of the Center for Financial Security, Dr. J. Michael Collins, was quoted in a recent New York Times article titled 6 College-Money Lessons You Didn’t Learn …
SoHE News and Events: June 1-7
Burgess-Hull Wins Award | TFD Student Receives AATCC Award | Warmath on Cool Credit Cards Albert Burgess-Hull Wins Postdoctoral Preparation Institute Travel Award Graduate student Albert Burgess-Hull, M.S. was selected for the Postdoctoral Preparation Institute Travel …
Kim Sponem, 2018 Wisconsin Idea Alumni Award Winner
Kim Sponem (’90) is committed to improving the financial well-being of families and cares deeply about her community at all levels: professional, local, and national. As CEO and President of one of the largest credit unions …
APLUS Project: Research on Young Adult Maturity & Growth
Wave 4 of the first scientific, longitudinal study of young adults’ changing financial knowledge and practices was released in May 2017. The APLUS (Arizona Pathways to Life Success for University Students) project culminates eight years …