Peer Advisors Host Monster.Com's Ultimate Money Skills

On Sunday, November 23 at 6:30 p.m. in 290 Micheels Hall, Monster.com will be on campus presenting an energetic and interactive presentation to students about how the choices they make about money during college can impact their future financial success. Given the current economic situation, we want to help students make smart decisions during and after their time here at UW-Stout.

The Ultimate Money Skills program will cover topics such as:

The cost of and the appropriate use of credit
Protecting yourself from identity theft
Taking control of student loan debt
Investing for your future

The Advisement Center and the Peer Advisors believe this is valuable information and a crucial time to share it. The economic issues are weighing on everyone's mind. Student on the UW-Stout campus were engaged and active during this past election. They are up-to-date and interested in the current issues.

Everyone is invited. We encourage you to not only attend but to invite others to participate as well. For more information on the content that will be presented please visit: http://www.ultimatemoneyskills.com/.

Award Winning Orientation Booklet Design

Andrew Beckman, a UW-Stout senior majoring in Art Graphic Design, worked with Deb Mosey (New Student Orientation Coordinator) and Bethany Delong (Assistant New Student Orientation Coordinator) to design the the New Student Fall Orientation guide booklet. The Orientation theme this year was "The Expedition". This guide was distributed to all new UW-Stout students (approximately 2100 students) this past August.

Andrew submitted his design to the AIGA Flux08 Student Design Competition and won. Congratulations Andrew!

Early Alert System is Active

The Early Alert program is now available on-line. This program is designed to alert the first year students (and their advisor) that their attendance and/or performance is impacting their academic success. This Early Alert program is quick, easy to use and available to you all semester.

To access the Early Alert system, log in using your UW-Stout email username and password. For your convenience, please bookmark this site.

The Early Alert Program is an excellent example of collaboration between the Advisement Center and instructional staff that promotes the academic success of our First Year students.