Events

Teach Children to Save Day 2012

Tuesday, April 24

Call for volunteers!

Teach Children to Save Day is a component of the national Teach Children to Save campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness about the important role that banks and bankers play in helping young people develop lifelong savings habits. So far it's reached more than 5 million young people with the help of some 100,000 plus banker volunteers, Teach Children to Save Day lessons, and the Teach Children to Save website: www.teachchildrentosave.com.

Volunteers will be asked to teach only one local elementary class of 1st, 2nd or 3rd graders for about 40 minutes.

If interested please contact the Dominican U.S. Bank Center for Economic Education at econcenter@dom.edu or call the office at 708.524.6040.

Of Federal Deficits and National Debt: Solutions?

Tuesday, October 4
6:30pm
Martin Recital Hall

Professor Alonzi and Professor Condon discussed the federal deficit and national debt- reasons to be concerned or not, causes and solutions.   

Teach Children to Save Day 2011

Tuesday, April 12

"Teach Children to Save" is a fun and exciting program designed to help children in grades 1-3 learn about the importance of saving.  "Teach Children to Save" was presented to local classrooms on Tuesday, April 12 by volunteers from U.S. Bank and Dominican University.

Click here to learn more.

Volunteers' Responsibilities:

  • Commit 2 hours to visit neighborhood classrooms for about 45 minutes
  • Read a children's story book to the class
  • Teach a lesson about saving, based upon the book
  • Do an activity with the class related to the book and the lesson
  • Leave the lesson plan, activities and book with the teacher

How it benefits our community:

  • Students learn about saving in a cross- curricular, hands-on activity
  • Students interact with a volunteer who reads to them and talks about his/her experiences regarding saving
  • Teachers receive a book, lessons and activties for the classroom

Requested Committment

  • 2 hours total, and approximately45 minutes of class time for the volunteers to read the story and teach the lesson

For more information, contact The U.S. Bank Center for Economic Education at Dominican University
708.524.60470
EconCenter@dom.edu

Dominican University names U.S. Bank Center for Economic Education


In recognition of a $3 million commitment to Dominican University, the university’s Center for Economic Education has been renamed the U.S. Bank Center for Economic Education. The partnership was announced during a reception at the university on Thursday, December 2.

U.S. Bank’s support will allow the Center to broaden its focus beyond educating kindergarten through high school students about basic economic principles to improving the financial literacy of adults. The center will continue working with Chicago area schools to provide professional development programs for teachers and workshops for children, but will expand its reach to adults as well.

“This is a real win/win/win situation for the university, the bank and our community,” said Donna Carroll, Dominican University president. “U.S. Bank has a substantial curriculum in adult financial literacy and their commitment to the Center will provide the university with expanded capacity to serve our community in the important area of consumer economics.”

The U.S. Bank Center for Economic Education at Dominican University is the first U.S. Bank-sponsored center in the country and one of eight university-based centers in Illinois affiliated with Econ Illinois at the state level and the Council on Economic Education at the national level.

The partnership with U.S. Bank will allow the Center to launch a comprehensive financial education training program for elementary, middle school and high school teachers, create innovative youth and adult financial education materials, and develop practical tools for parents to help their children become more financially literate.

U.S. Bank is the fifth largest commercial bank in the United States and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment service products to consumers, businesses and institutions.

Teach Children to Save Day by hosting your own Teach Children to Save event. econcenter@dom.edu