Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics

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Sweet Success

FACS grad's videos for recipes, style and gardening tips have changed the face of Southern Living

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Love and Money Center will prioritize well-being

Previously the ASPIRE Clinic, the new name reflects a refined focus on relational and financial well-being

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The Sages: Honoring love and learning

Faculty member establishes professorship in honor of his late wife

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FACS in the military

Veterans credit their military service with helping launch their careers

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Neighborhood in need of revival clings to hope

Georgia Initiative on Community Housing program working to revive a historically Black neighborhood in Hartwell

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From Dawson Hall to Bananaland

FACS grad Katelyn Scott's job in baseball is definitely as fun as it looks.

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Goetz receives Meigs Professorship

Not every professor has co-founded a clinic, a center, a company and an entirely new field of study, but Joseph Goetz has

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Extending a family legacy

Inspired by a long line of educators, Portia Johnson is first in her family to become a college professor

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Impact of UGA VITA program reaches new heights

Student tax preparers in the UGA VITA program helped Georgia taxpayers file more than 1,500 federal and state tax returns

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ASPIRE Clinic transitions to telehealth model

Quick pivot to new model allowed clients to continue receiving services.

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VITA program assists taxpayers during pandemic

UGA students use tax preparation classroom experience to help Georgians

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Therapeutic Measures

FACS financial planning students enjoying firsthand experience in growing discipline of financial therapy.

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College hosts dedication ceremony for Schwab Financial Planning Center

College hosts dedication ceremony for Schwab Financial Planning Center

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Kenneth J. White

Childhood lessons stressed the value of education – and a dollar.

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A Man with a Fiduciary Mission

For many of the students Michael Gene Thomas helped, he realized this meant transforming their relationships with their money

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Kim Skobba

Skobba went on to receive a master’s degree in design, housing and apparel from the University of Minnesota, then a Ph.D. while working in the non-profit housing sector

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Commit to Outreach

Jessica Parks, a Ph.D. student in FACS, plans to pursue a faculty position that combines her love of outreach with her passion for teaching

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Nothing Funny About Money

Faculty member and grad student launch a new radio program to answer all your money-related questions

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Beyond the Books

The ASPIRE Clinic prepares students for careers by offering real-life experience

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Historic “House B” to be renamed

The historic “House B” is getting a facelift – and a new name – courtesy of the Charles Schwab Foundation

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