By Rick Vacek
GCU News Bureau
Money Week at Grand Canyon University is diversifying its assets.
The third annual event will feature the usual experts offering advice – in conveniently tight, 20-minute sessions – on all aspects of handing finances, from budgeting to credit to retirement.
But in a new twist this year, it also will bring representatives from 36 companies to campus Wednesday, giving students a chance to explore the job market.
“We are not only promoting financial literacy through the nine mini-seminar topics,” said Dr. Randy Gibb, Dean of the Colangelo College of Business. “We’re also promoting awareness of careers in finance and insurance.”
The seminars will be at various times Monday through Thursday and are open to anyone on campus.
Money Week will conclude at 5:30 p.m. Thursday with a presentation by Jerry Colangelo, Fox 10 sports anchor Jude LaCava and guest panelists on the second floor of the Student Union.
Money Week schedule
MONDAY
9:15-9:35 a.m. and 9:50-10:10 a.m.: Savings/Retirement (Ashley Hardin), Building 57, Room 132
11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Information table (CCOB student workers), Promenade
1:20-1:40 p.m.: Budgeting & Saving (Enrique Lopezlira), Building 57, Room 130
TUESDAY
12:25-12:45 p.m.: Understanding Credit (Tim Kelley), Building 57, Room 132
12:25-12:45 p.m.: Fundraising (Dave Blackledge), Building 57, Room 133
WEDNESDAY
10:40-11 a.m.: Home Mortgage 101 (Mark Jacobson), Building 22, Room 103
10:40-11 a.m.: Insurance Career Paths (Jim Meyer), Building 24, Room 101
11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Career Opportunities (banks and insurance firms), Promenade
4:10-4:30 p.m.: Saving & Investing (Ana Lopez), Building 57, Room 132
THURSDAY
2:25-2:45 p.m.: Daily Bread Is Your Jam (Jon Ruybalid), Building 57, Room 132
3-3:20 p.m.: Credit Cards (Kim Donaldson), Building 24, Room 101
5:30-6:15 p.m.: Jerry Colangelo and guest panelists, Student Union, second floor
Contact Rick Vacek at (602) 639-8203 or [email protected].
