There was an attendance of over 400 Student-Athletes. National speaker Eric Smith of The EKS Group, LLC lead two sessions that grouped freshmen and sophomores together and juniors and seniors together. The Financial Literacy initiative serves as education for student-athletes to learn how to strategically save, spend, and manage money. Our student-athletes learned the basics of saving to the advance stages of dealing with credit and retirement plans throughout their college careers at Old Dominion Univeristy.
Program Objectives for Financial Literacy Program:
- Educate Student-Athletes on the importance of managing money early
- Provide continued education on strategic saving and goal setting for finances
- Introduce information on credit scores and reports
Here are some of the remarks from Old Dominion Student-Athletes after the program:
"Eric Smith was very effective speaker.