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, $mart Money Management, Financial Aid 101, and more attended by thousands.
News
| August 2014 | WTIC radio (1080 AM) interview with Ray Dunaway |
| August 2014 | Channel 30 interview coverage with Lisa Carberg |
| August 2014 | Fairfield County Business Journal story |
| September 2014 | Southern Life article: Helping Students Achieve Financial Literacy |
| September 2014 | Southern website article |
| September 2014 | Southern News article |
| October 2014 | Connecticut Post, Education Outlook article |
| November 2014 | Southern Alumni Magazine, Fall 2014 issue Dollars and Sense article |
| April 2015 | Southern News article on "My Student Loan Mistakes" |
| April 2015 | YouTube video: Commercial on Financial Literacy and Advising |
| October 2015 | CT Reality Fair at Hamden High School article and telecast |
| October 2015 | Connecticut Financial Literacy Summit conference presenter |
| February 2016 | Southern News article on Financial Literacy workshops |
| September 2016 | Southern News article on Student loans |
| January 2017 | New Haven Register article |
| January 2017 | Student interview on Student Loan Debt in America |
| March 2017 | Southern ranked 29th Best Financial Literacy Program in the Nation, 2017 |
| September 2017 | College Affordability Round Table Discussion at Southern |
| November 2017 | Southern Alumni Magazine note in Dollars and Sense |
| January 2018 | Southern ranked 29th Best Financial Literacy Program in the Nation, 2018 |
| February 2018 | Southern webpage article about Financial Literacy |
| March 2018 | Southern EM Newsletter Spotlight |
| August 2018 | Channel 8 WTNH Interview |
| July 2019 | LendEDU article featuring SCSU Financial Literacy |
| July 2019 | Southern ranked 9th Best Financial Literacy Program in the Nation, 2019 |
| August 2019 | Interviews at Channel 8 WTNH: One and two. |
| October 2019 | Students learn to Be Wi$e with Money in Southern News |
| June 2020 | Southern again ranked among Best Financial Literacy programs for 2020 by LendEDU |
| November 2020 | Southern ranked in top 10 Financial Literacy Programs by College Cliffs for 2020 |
| February 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 |
| October 2021 | Crescent Magazine article about student finances |
| February 2022 | Wallet Hub Interview for Valentine's Day |
| July 2022 | Quoted in How to Pay for College book by Ann Garcia |
| November 2022 | Quoted in Money in Your Twenties book by Kristen Jacks |
| May 2023 | Wallet Hub Interview for Credit Cards |
| November 2023 | Credit Donkey Interview for Budgeting |
| March 2024 | New Haven Register Interview on Financial Literacy in CT High Schools |
| February 2026 | Investing Interview with the CT Post |
| April 2026 | Budgeting Interview with Wallet Hub |
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Paying For College by Lew DeLuca
Be Wi$e with Money by Lew DeLuca