Did you miss our financial aid webinar? No problem! The brass|STUDENT PROGRAM webinar Decoding Financial Aid is available to view here:

http://brassmedia.adobeconnect.com/p9ann9l30uj/

Once your students finish the webinar, head over to the 'College and Career' section of studentprogram.com to check out the video 'FAFSA Basics.'

If you have any questions, please contact us at studentprogram@brassmedia.com.

What: The brass|STUDENT PROGRAM will celebrate Financial Literacy Month by conducting two webinars on financial aid and college financing.

Decoding Financial Aid: FAFSA, loans and everything in between

What do your students want to know about the financial aid process or paying for college in general?

Please submit your questions to us at studentprogram@brassmedia.com and we will answer them in an upcoming webinar.

Thank you!

The Student Program is excited to welcome aboard high schools in four new states. The following states and counties are sponsored by local financial institutions dedicated to teaching students about the money side of life.

Alabama: Sponsored by Mutual Savings Credit Union

• Chilton
• Dallas
• Jefferson
• Shelby
• Tallapoosa

Illinois: Sponsored by 1st Mid-America Credit Union

• Jersey
• Madison
  

From the brass editorial desk:

Hi Everyone!

We have exciting news! We're switching things up with a brand new website, The Money Side of Life at moneysideoflife.com (MSOL). It's replacing the brass|BLOG and will have daily content about money's impact on our lives. Here's how we describe it:

Money isn’t the purpose for living, but it affects every aspect of our lives. It’s the connecting thread that weaves through everything from revolutions reshaping the Arab world to how much is left in our wallets for Friday’s happy hour.

This week we're featuring a special event on the brass blog: College Application Week. We'll share resources and tips all week long to help your students polish their college applications, including a giveaway from our editors. Send your students over to brassmagazine.com/blog to join in!

In addition to this event, the brass blog is an ongoing resource for students, featuring:

• Timely posts in an easy-to-digest size, published three times weekly
• Money-saving tips, college and career information, and need-to-know current event news

Teachers, would you like a fun writing activity for your students? Would they like the chance to win a pair of 'Sock it to Me' socks from our latest brass cover subject? If so, have them participate in the brass Sock Haiku Contest! The contest ends on September 30th, so have your students send their entries in as soon as possible.

Full contest rules and the address for submissions may be found HERE.

Good Luck!

Notice anything different about the Student Program website? We hope so! The brass team has been hard at work over the summer, and we are proud to introduce you to the completely redesigned Teacher Resource Center. Along with the new look, the site now features the following:

• New resources: to accompany each issue, we have added a vocabulary list and smaller, one-class activities. These join the project-based lesson plans, discussion questions and videos that we’ve always offered.

It’s been a busy spring for the brass|STUDENT PROGRAM. Here’s a recap:

March
Student Program Director of Education Laura Edmonston and Director of Communications Matt Neznanski joined Oregon representative Sara Gelser, to testify on behalf of the resolution she introduced to designate the month of April as Financial Literacy Month. House Concurrent Resolution 2 passed out of committee after a unanimous vote and was later adopted by the House.

April

Your students' views on brass|MAGAZINE are important to us. We want to know what they think, and we're offering the chance to win $1,000 just for doing so.

Please ask your students to take five to ten minutes to be a part of the brass|MAGAZINE READER SURVEY. It's quick and easy.

Just have them go online to http://www.brassmagazine.com/survey, complete the survey, then register for a chance to win $1,000 in cash. Remember that surveys must be completed by March 1 to be eligible. (Full rules)