WVU business school leads 15 years of Finance University, helping primary and secondary school students understand money

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Teaching
teachers. That’s what the 15th Annual Finance University, a week-long seminar in Charleston is
all about, as primary and secondary school teachers learn how to teach students
about money.

Finance
University: Economic & Financial Education for Teachers is a financial
literacy program that continues through July 14. For the past 14 years, the
program has been a joint effort between the West Virginia State Auditor’s
Office and the Department of Finance in the West
Virginia University College
of Business and Economics.
This year begins the transition of Finance University into the outreach arm of
B&E’s Center for Financial Literacy and
Education.

“Being the 15th
anniversary, this is a monumental year for Finance University, and the CFLE is excited to take over the responsibilities associated
with the program. It is a great opportunity to continue the legacy of this
program and we are hoping to grow the program to include a greater number of
educators from across the state in the coming years,” said Dr.
Naomi Boyd, chair of the finance department and founding
director of the CFLE.

Finance University brings speakers and scholars
together to provide instruction to educators on topics related to financial
literacy such as investment strategies and opportunities, retirement planning,
goal setting and budgeting. It serves as a platform for teachers to not only
learn about their own financial planning, but also provides them with the
knowledge and resources to take back with them into their classrooms — from
student debt to understanding the taxes that come out of your paycheck.

“We bring in speakers
from the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Bank, credit card companies, software
companies and more. There’s an awful lot of financial literacy material out
there, and the teachers take it all in during the workshops and then they
really use it in their classrooms,” said Dr.
Bill Riley, professor of finance ...

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