Financial Capability Center

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Financial Workshops Prepare Students for a Healthy Financial Future
December 15
With workshops covering Financial Planning, Understanding Credit, and Credit Cards & Identity Theft, the Financial Capability Center is equipping students to make sound financial decisions.
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Financial Capability Center receives $7,500 grant
May 31
People’s United Community Foundation of Eastern Massachusetts, the charitable giving arm of People’s United Bank of MA, made the donation.
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Spring 2016 Financial Coaching Graduation
April 28
Students and clients participate in the graduation ceremony for the financial coaching program.
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Graduation Ceremony Held for Financial Coaching Clients
December 21
The partnership between the Financial Capability Center and ACT Lawrence succeeded in bringing together 8 student coaches and 14 clients for the first-ever graduation ceremony.
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Students Offer Financial Coaching through the Financial Capability Center
November 5
“Many people want to be financially secure but they just don’t know where to start….and that’s what we’re here for, to help them learn how to make a budget or plan out their weekly expenses so they can gain some financial security.” - Paul Sullivan, ’17
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Professor Joe Stasio Blends his Marketing Expertise and Service Orientation
October 5

When microfinance lender, Capital Good Fund, wanted help in marketing its services, it turned to Associate Professor of Marketing Joe Stasio to hold focus groups and develop a marketing plan.

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Professor Ana Silva spearheads Financial Capability Center
June 23
Building on her interest in financial inclusion, Assistant Professor of Finance Ana Silva is developing the Financial Capability Center at Merrimack College, to serve the local community and provide students an experiential learning opportunity.
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<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,200,200/ignore_cropper/1/16177_14013-mc-centered-cmyk-jpg.rev.1492891152.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>See What Our Talented Faculty Have Been Up To</h3><p>Merrimack professors across all disciplines have been winning awards, publishing papers, participating in academic panels and workshops, and featured in the media. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="https://www.merrimack.edu/about/offices_services/communications/notable-quotable/" role="button" title="See What Our Talented Faculty Have Been Up To" aria-label="See What Our Talented Faculty Have Been Up To">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1024,663/ignore_cropper/1/19978_Food_Packing_04.rev.1550689387.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>‘Feed Your Neighbor’ event breaks record, teaches justice</h3><p><p> At the fifth annual Feed Your Neighbor at the Sakowich Campus Center, volunteers of different faiths and traditions gathered with one goal Feb. 6: to help the hungry.</p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4671-feed-your-neighbor-event-breaks-record-teaches" role="button" title="‘Feed Your Neighbor’ event breaks record, teaches justice" aria-label="‘Feed Your Neighbor’ event breaks record, teaches justice">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/ignore_cropper/1/20074_FinCap_Pic_190318.rev.1552915456.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Student Interns at Financial Capability Center Offer Their Money Management Skills to the Underserved</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Merrimack College students completing their internships at the Financial Capability Center have been assisting members of the community throughout the year with money management, from paying off debt to saving for an emergency fund.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4697-student-interns-at-financial-capability-center" role="button" title="Student Interns at Financial Capability Center Offer Their Money Management Skills to the Underserved" aria-label="Student Interns at Financial Capability Center Offer Their Money Management Skills to the Underserved">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,238,142/ignore_cropper/1/20096_doubleimage1.rev.1553203235.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Faculty Panel to Explore ‘Designer Baby’ Ethics</h3><p>A panel of experts will meet at 4 p.m. Feb. 28 in Cascia Hall to discuss the moral and ethical dilemmas of altering the DNA in human embryos. A team of scientists in China recently announced it had altered the DNA of twins while they were still embryos in order to make them HIV-resistant. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4670-faculty-panel-to-explore-designer-baby-ethics" role="button" title="Faculty Panel to Explore ‘Designer Baby’ Ethics" aria-label="Faculty Panel to Explore ‘Designer Baby’ Ethics">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,240,360/ignore_cropper/1/20034_Phelps_Stacey.rev.1551729804.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Warriors at Work director engaging students, alums</h3><p><a href="/warriors-at-work/">Warriors at Work</a> is on the fast track to success under <a href="/live/profiles/1490-stacey-phelps/_p/s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stacey Phelps</a>, who helped launch the career-readiness program in September and was recently named its director. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4683-warriors-at-work-director-engaging-students-alums" role="button" title="Warriors at Work director engaging students, alums" aria-label="Warriors at Work director engaging students, alums">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
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<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,400,267/ignore_cropper/1/20068_Career_Fair_01_190306.rev.1552507099.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Top companies recruit at Merrimack Career Fair</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Students descended on the Multipurpose Room in the Sakowich Campus Center dressed in their best professional clothes looking for internships, co-ops and full- or part-time jobs at the O’Brien Center for Career Development’s annual Career Fair on March 6.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4692-top-companies-recruit-at-merrimack-career-fair" role="button" title="Top companies recruit at Merrimack Career Fair" aria-label="Top companies recruit at Merrimack Career Fair">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
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<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2048,1152/ignore_cropper/1/20060_Hockey_Trophy.rev.1552315335.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Women’s hockey Warriors design new Hockey East trophy</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two Merrimack College’s women’s hockey players designed the Hockey East Association’s new regular season championship trophy, which was unveiled on campus Monday, March 4.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4690-womens-hockey-warriors-design-new-hockey-east" role="button" title="Women’s hockey Warriors design new Hockey East trophy" aria-label="Women’s hockey Warriors design new Hockey East trophy">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2136/ignore_cropper/1/20095_Rivera_01_190320.rev.1553194423.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>In crisis remain calm, remember humanity</h3><p><p> “The stuff you should be worried about isn’t the stuff on your calendar,” Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera told a packed house of students, faculty, staff and members of the public at the College’s 19<sup>th</sup> annual St. Germain Lecture. “The stuff you should be worried about is the stuff you don’t see coming.”</p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4701-in-crisis-remain-calm-remember-humanity" role="button" title="In crisis remain calm, remember humanity" aria-label="In crisis remain calm, remember humanity">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2071/ignore_cropper/1/19982_Tolle_Lege_2019.rev.1550849815.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Merrimack Celebrates Campus Authors</h3><p><p> Merrimack recently recognized more than 80 authors during Tolle Lege, an annual event celebrating faculty, staff, students and alumni who published in the last year.</p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4675-merrimack-celebrates-campus-authors" role="button" title="Merrimack Celebrates Campus Authors" aria-label="Merrimack Celebrates Campus Authors">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
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