1. Personal Finance Series: Mortgage Loan Modification
2. Personal Finance Series: Credit Card Debt Management
3. Personal Finance Series: Stretching Your Food Dollar
4. Personal Finance Series: How to Develop a Budget
5. Personal Finance Series: Financial Fitness
6. Personal Finance Series: Investment Basics
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Personal Finance Series: Mortgage Loan Modification
11/19/09 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Eucalyptus Point, Large Conference Room
Fee: $0.00
Instructor: USE Credit Union

Intended for: All UC San Diego employees.

This lunchtime program is being offered to UCSD employees to provide information helpful for managing personal finances in difficult budget times.

Topics include:

* Government loan guidelines: What's changed?
* I can't make my house payment: What can I do?
* What is a loan modification?
* Modification vs. Refinance
* Loan programs options: What's best for me?
* Do's and Don'ts
* Tools and Resources
* State of the real estate market
Presented by USE Credit Union.

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Personal Finance Series: Credit Card Debt Management
12/2/09 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
RIMAC, Green Room
Fee: $0.00
Instructor: Credit.org Springboard Non-profit Consumer Counseling

Intended for: All UC San Diego employees.

This lunchtime program is being offered to UCSD employees to provide information helpful for managing personal finances in difficult budget times.

Topics include:

* The wise use of credit: The costly terms and conditions of credit cards
* New Credit Card Act of 2009
* How the new changes affect consumers
* Shopping for a credit card -- cost comparison
* How much debt can a consumer handle?
* The high cost of ignoring your bills
* How to reduce credit card debt

Presented by Credit.org Springboard Non-profit Consumer Counseling, endorsed by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. Springboard is a non-profit organization supporting financially responsible behavior and providing financial education and counseling services.

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Personal Finance Series: Stretching Your Food Dollar
12/9/09 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
RIMAC, Green Room
Fee: $0.00
Instructor: UC San Diego Catering

Intended for: All UC San Diego employees.

This lunchtime program is being offered to UCSD employees to provide information helpful for managing personal finances in difficult budget times.

This program will alert you to ways to get the most out of your food dollar in challenging financial times. Further information will be available soon. Sign up now, since this will be a very popular presentation.

Presented by UC San Diego Catering.

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Personal Finance Series: How to Develop a Budget
1/14/10 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
RIMAC, Green Room
Fee: $0.00
Instructor: UC San Diego Benefits

Intended for: All UC San Diego employees.

This lunchtime program is being offered to UCSD employees to provide information helpful for managing personal finances in difficult budget times.

This presentation will provide information about how set up a personal financial budget. Further information will be available soon, but sign up now, since this will be a popular workshop.

Presented by UC San Diego Benefits.

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Personal Finance Series: Financial Fitness
1/20/10 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
RIMAC, Green Room
Fee: $0.00
Instructor: Fidelity Investments

Intended for: All UC San Diego employees.

This lunchtime program is being offered to UCSD employees to provide information helpful for managing personal finances in difficult budget times.

Topics include:

* Taking charge of your financial fitness
* Understanding the importance of saving
* Learn how to evaluate debt
* Outline strategies to take charge of your finances

Presented by Fidelity Investments.

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Personal Finance Series: Investments Basics
1/28/10 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
RIMAC, Green Room
Fee: $0.00
Instructor: UC San Diego Benefits

Intended for: All UC San Diego employees.

This lunchtime program is being offered to UCSD employees to provide information helpful for managing personal finances in difficult budget times.

Topics include:

* The basics of stocks, bonds and mutual funds
* Understanding the difference between risk and volatility

Presented by UC San Diego Benefits.

To enroll, please visit Enrollment Central, http://enrollmentcentral.ucsd.edu For further information, please contact Staff Education and Development at (858) 534-4890 or staffeducation@ucsd.edu