Some of the most important #learning you can do at college won’t take place in the classroom. You’ll learn how to manage your money! You’ll need to create a budget, being sure that essential bills are covered before you get to your “fun” money, and minimize expenses by doing things like eating in as much as you can. Keep your student loan debt down as much as possible, and work on building your credit by doing things like becoming an authorized user on a family member’s credit card. Also, take advantage of campus resources like financial literacy workshops. You’ll be a financial wizard before you finish your first accounting class! (fb)

April is #Financial Literacy Month, and you can find events at local schools, libraries and, of course, your credit union! Along with those, be sure to plan some activities at home. Have a daily financial trivia question, like finding the difference between a Roth IRA and a traditional IRA. Get started reading a personal finance blog, and make a financial literacy book the topic of your monthly book club. And, of course, commit to a new personal finance goal and use your new knowledge to pursue it! Be sure to get your kids involved, if you have any. They’ll appreciate the lessons when they’re out on their own. (fb)