Helpful Life Skills Series

We offer many workshops and events every year. Even if you don't receive financial aid, we have a number of workshops such as our "Understanding Your Taxes" workshop and our financial planning sessions that might be right up your alley.

Here's what we're planning for the Fall 2008 term!

• Money Saving Tips...What you need to know about living in Cambridge! Date and time to be announced
  Want more money in your own hand? Need some help making those dollars last? Then you'll want to come to this workshop. The Employees of Student Financial Services have close to 300 collective years of experience spending money in the Cambridge metro area! Come find out how you can buy the things you want... for less! We'll also give you some basic budgeting tools to get you on your way to putting more money in your own hand and making those dollars last! There will be plenty of food and even prizes that will help you on your way towards saving money!
• Personal Credit and Credit Scores: What You Need to Know! Date and time to be announced
  This workshop will talk about what is considered good credit, what to do if you need to improve or repair your credit and how to read your credit report. Questions regarding number of credit cards and their limits will also be reviewed, and much more! Please feel free to bring a copy of your credit report which you can download for free once per year at www.annualcreditreport.com.
• Identity Theft: What You Can Do To Avoid It. Date and time to be announced
  This workshop will educate you on how your identity can be stolen, and how you can take actions to protect your identity and keep your name and credit in good standing.
• Positive Psychology: How to Succeed and Be Happy at the Same Time. Date and time to be announced
  Come to this fun and engaging workshop on the science of happiness. Shawn Achor has been teaching and lecturing at Harvard on positive psychology for years and his main area of research has been the legal community. Hear how you can be happier in anything you choose to do!
• Summer Income's Effect On My Student Contribution. Date and time to be announced
  Wondering how your summer income impacts your financial aid? Will you lose your grant if you work at a firm? Can you afford to do public interest this summer? Come find out! At this workshop we will review the policies about summer income and give you the tools to calculate your student contribution based on the income you expect to make during the summer of 2009.
• Winter Weather Workshop! Date and time to be announced.
  First time living in a cold climate? Wondering what clothes to buy, what store to go to or simply just wanting a few "winter weather survival" tips? This workshop will give you the basics on dealing with the cold weather.

Lunch will be provided at all workshops

For more details on meeting times and places, you can check the Administrative Updates or Calendar pages at MyHLS.