Duke Celebrates Financial Literacy Month

Personal Finance@Duke celebrates April as National Finance Month. It will host five workshops for undergraduates, graduates, and professional to offers ways to manage finances that can lead to financial freedom in the future. Throughout the month, in addition to the workshops, Personal Finance@Duke is also offering quizzes and daily tips such as "How to Build a Resume" on its Facebook page.

Personal Finance@Duke is a collaboration of students, faculty, alumni, and staff, whose goal it is to empower Duke Students and Alumni to make informed financial decisions. The group provides knowledge and teaches skills helpful successfully managing one's finances. It plans to curtail its tips to the young audience of Duke students and recent alumni for National Financial Literacy Month, a month recognized in the United States in April in an effort to highlight the importance of financial literacy and teach Americans how to establish and maintain healthy financial habits.

Below are the topics of the workshops. Go the Personal Finance@Duke site for more information:

1. Show me the Money & Benefits (Salary Negotiations), April 1
2. Build Your Budget, April 9
3. Your Credit, Use it Wisely, April 16
4. Putting Your Money to Work, April 17
5. Covering Your Assets, April 23

Visit Personal Finance @Duke's Facebook page to get daily financial tips and takes quizzes testing your financial literacy.