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We’re here to make financial aid and personal finance easier to understand. Throughout the year, we offer workshops, presentations, and campus events designed to give you practical tools, clear information, and real-life tips to help you navigate your finances with confidence

 

Highlights

  • The Financial Wellness Series is a monthly webinar designed to help you build practical money skills with confidence. Hosted by Shahar Ziv, each session explores topics like budgeting, credit, investing, job offers, off-campus living, and more — so you can make informed financial decisions, one step at a time.
  • April is Financial Literacy Month. Throughout the month, Student Financial Support hosts weekly opportunities to test your financial knowledge, learn quick money tips, and enter our giveaways. Stop by, try your hand at financial trivia, and pick up tools and resources to boost your financial confidence. To be entered into the weekly giveaways, make sure to log into your free iGrad account before completing the weekly tasks to ensure that you get credit.

Spring 2026

Financial Literacy Month Week 1: March 30 - April 4
Complete the Financial Wellness Checkup on iGrad to be entered into a giveaway to win a JBL Speaker.

Financial Literacy Month Week 2: April 5 - 11
Read an iGrad article to be entered into a giveaway to win an air fryer.

Crypto? I Barely Know Her: Investing 201 (Financial Wellness)
Stocks, crypto, and all the tricky stuff - investing tips that won’t make your head spin.
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Time: 5:00 p.m. EST
Register

Spin the Wheel: April 8
Answer financial wellness-themed trivia to spin the wheel and win prizes (French press, hammock, Lego set, etc.)!
Location: Breezeway
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST 

Financial Literacy Month Week 3: April 12 - 18
Watch an iGrad video to be entered into a giveaway to win a portable bluetooth projector and screen. 

Financial Literacy Month Week 4: April 19 - 25
Complete an iGrad course to be entered into a giveaway to win a Kindle.

Our financial wellness series are hosted by Shahar Ziv.

Shahar is an experienced educator, writer, and speaker who is skilled at simplifying the complex, sometimes intimidating world of personal finance. He has been teaching personal finance to Hopkins undergrads since 2019 and has also taught students at Harvard, Columbia, NYU, UChicago, and Wharton.

Shahar immigrated to the US when he was three years old. As the first in his family to go to college in the United States, he had to learn how to navigate the challenging college process, from application and admission to financial aid and on-campus work. He is passionate about helping to guide other students on the path to financial wellness.   

Shahar graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University with a BA in Economics and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.  He proudly serves on the Board of Directors of the Harvard University Employees Credit Union.

Past Events