
The Student Financial Literacy and Advising Office opened in June 2014 as a result of recommendations and outcomes from the Transfer and Student Success Task Forces. Annually there are nearly 100 presentations on and off campus including Paying for College, $mart Money Management, Financial Aid 101, and more attended by thousands.
News
- Aug. 15, 2014 WTIC radio (1080 AM) interview with Ray Dunaway
- Aug. 25, 2014 Channel 30 interview coverage with Lisa Carberg
- Aug. 28, 2014 Fairfield County Business Journal story
- Sept. 2014 Southern Life article: Helping Students Achieve Financial Literacy
- Sept. 2014 Southern website article
- Sept. 17, 2014 Southern News article
- Oct. 2014 Connecticut Post, Education Outlook article
- Nov. 2014 Southern Alumni Magazine, Fall 2014 issue Dollars and Sense article
- April 2015 Southern News article on "My Student Loan Mistakes"
- April 2015 You Tube video: Commercial on Financial Literacy and Advising
- Oct. 2015 CT Reality Fair at Hamden High School article and telecast
- Oct. 2015 Connecticut Financial Literacy Summit conference presenter
- Feb. 2016 Southern News article on Financial Literacy workshops
- Sept. 2016 Southern News article on Student loans
- Jan. 2017 New Haven Register article
- Jan. 2017 Student interview on Student Loan Debt in America
- Mar. 2017 Southern ranked 29th Best Financial Literacy Program in the Nation, 2017
- Sept. 2017 College Affordability Round Table Discussion at Southern
- Nov. 2017 Southern Alumni Magazine note in Dollars and Sense
- Jan. 2018 Southern ranked 29th Best Financial Literacy Program in the Nation, 2018
- Feb. 2018 Southern webpage article about Financial Literacy
- Mar. 2018 Southern EM Newsletter Spotlight
- Aug. 2018 Channel 8 WTNH Interview
- Oct. 2018 Paying for College presentation at Trumbull High School
- July 2019 LendEDU article featuring SCSU Financial Literacy
- July 2019 Southern ranked 9th Best Financial Literacy Program in the Nation, 2019
- Aug. 2019 Interviews at Channel 8 WTNH: One and two.
- Oct. 2019 Students learn to Be Wi$e with Money in Southern News
- June 2020 Southern again ranked among Best Financial Literacy programs for 2020 by LendEDU
- Nov. 2020 Southern ranked in top 10 Financial Literacy Programs by College Cliffs for 2020
- Feb. 2021 Southern Alumni Magazine, Spring 2021 Issue Dollars and Sense article
- April 2021 College Financial Literacy podcast with The College Financial Aid Lady
- May 2021 WNPR Interview on Financial Literacy for Kids and Beyond.
- July 2021 Promoted to Director of Financial Literacy & Advising
- Oct. 2021 Crescent Magazine article about student finances
- Feb. 2022 Wallet Hub Interview for Valentine's Day
- July 2022 Quoted in How to Pay for College book by Ann Garcia
- Nov. 2022 Quoted in Money in Your Twenties book by Kristen Jacks
- May 2023 Wallet Hub Interview for Credit Cards
Be Wi$e with Money
Financial Literacy
Paying For College
Paying For College by Lew DeLuca
Be Wi$e with Money by Lew DeLuca