Student Wins Scholarship
Financial Literacy Week

Julia Garcia, a student at York College in Nebraska, earned a scholarship to help pay her educational expenses while she was learning how to make better financial decisions.  

Garcia completed personal money management courses using National Student Loan Program’s free Financial Literacy Online at www.nslpflonline.org to be entered into a drawing to win the scholarship. The program includes courses in budgeting, contracts, credit, credit history, financing education, identity theft, insurance and starting a business. The courses are designed to be taken individually so users can select the topics they need and complete them at their own pace.

Garcia successfully finished all eight courses, each taking about an hour. Her test scores show she significantly improved her financial knowledge. Garcia says budgeting was the most important thing she learned. “Financial Literacy Online is a very beneficial program,” says Garcia. “It will help other college students learn to manage money responsibly and keep their debt low.”

Kristina Wright, a student at Midland Lutheran College in Nebraska, earned a scholarship to help pay her educational expenses while she was learning how to make better financial decisions.  

Wright completed personal money management courses using National Student Loan Program’s free Financial Literacy Online at www.nslpflonline.org to be entered into a drawing to win the scholarship. The program includes courses in budgeting, contracts, credit, credit history, financing education, identity theft, insurance and starting a business. The courses are designed to be taken individually so users can select the topics they need and complete them at their own pace.

Wright successfully finished six courses, each taking about an hour. Her test scores show she increased her financial knowledge. “I wanted to learn more about loans and credit,” says Wright. “The program gave me good ideas about smart ways to handle money.”

National Student Loan Program initially designed Financial Literacy Online to help college students learn vitally-important financial management concepts that they might not learn elsewhere. The online program is also appropriate for high school students and available to the public.

The scholarship was offered in conjunction with Nebraska Financial Literacy Week in November. National Student Loan Program co-sponsored financial education seminars at 18 college campuses throughout the state and provided the scholarships as an additional incentive for students to learn critical personal finance knowledge.

Financial Literacy Online is one part of NSLP’s comprehensive financial literacy program, which includes 30 on-campus educational presentations for college students and administrators, and the popular Lessons for Life series, which provides campus administrators with information to enable them to counsel students on personal finance issues.