The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in SB 111 on the Mount Carmel Campus. It is being hosted by the university’s Micro Course Initiative (MCI), which offers courses aimed at addressing skills, knowledge and solutions to community-based problems, in collaboration with Advancing CT Together, a Hartford-based non-profit organization focused on addressing the root causes of poverty, addiction and health inequities.

The “Money School” will offer in-person modules covering topics such as money and values, spending, saving and understanding debt. It represents an invaluable opportunity for participants to take charge of their financial future, gain essential knowledge, and engage with professionals who will guide them in their journey toward financial empowerment.

Quinnipiac students enrolled in the course, “MCI 190: Money School” will participate. “Money School” will tackle systemic financial inequities and offer strategies to help individuals navigate cultural and structural pressures that impact how people spend money. Students will also explore how to align their financial choices with personal values, and learn key financial concepts including compounding interest, Annual Percentage Rate (APR,) FICO scores, and the difference between good debt and bad debt.

Keith Kerr, professor of sociology at Quinnipiac and the event’s faculty lead, emphasized the importance of financial literacy in today’s society.

“Career has become the metaphor that drives education. Yet, in earlier times, career meant not just the labor one pursues, but one’s very life path,” he said. “What else in today’s world has a bigger impact on one’s life path than does the money we have, or not, and what we must do with that money and what we choose to do with that money? We are all inundated each day with messages meant to convince us to give others our money. Little out there exists that helps us learn how to keep and grow our money. Our event is stepping into that gap, providing practical and meaningful basic financial education and skills."

The event will feature instructors from Advancing CT Together, many of whom are volunteers from corporate banks.

For more information or to register for the event, please contact Keith.Kerr@quinnipiac.edu.