Webinars

We coordinate webinars on a variety of topics throughout the year. All recorded webinars are housed on our YouTube channel and you can access them at the bottom of this page.  We plan our webinars for the entire academic year each summer. Check back soon for info on new webinars or subscribe to our enewsletters to be the first to know when new webinars are announced.

Cash at College: Spending, Saving, & Student Loans

Cash at College is a webinar for all students headed to college this fall as well as their families. This free webinar will feature lessons on budgeting, banking, funding a college degree, credit concepts, and more. Register for one of the following sessions today:
 

• Wednesday, June 25 @ 10:00 AM CT
• Monday, July 28, 2025 @ 3:00 PM CT
• Tuesday, August 26, 2025 @ 12:00 PM CT

Register for Cash at College

Get Savvy: Grow Your Green Stuff Webinar Series

We have been coordinating the Get Savvy: Grow Your Green Stuff webinar series with other financial educators across the state of Illinois for several years. Each academic year, we have a different variety of webinar topics.

Visit again soon to see what topics we plan to cover in 2025-2026.

Collaborators

The 2024-2025 Get Savvy: Grow Your Green $tuff webinar team includes collaborators from:

• University of Illinois Student Money Management Center 
• University of Illinois Extension
• Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
• US Securities & Exchange Commission
• Office of Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton
• UIC Entrepreneurial Support Program
• UIC Wellness Center
• UIS Financial Aid
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Gies VITA Program
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of ACES Financial Planning

Get Savvy: Student Loan Updates Webinars

University of Illinois System Student Money Management Center (SMMC) and Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) coordinated a webinar series between July 2023 and February 2024 as federal student loans re-entered repayment after 3.5 years of a payment and interest pause for all federally held student loans. The 8 recorded webinars are available below and on our YouTube Channel as a Playlist.

Previous Webinars

You can also watch recordings of previous webinars on our YouTube channel by clicking the appropriate post below.