URI Department of Human Development and Family Science offers courses in personal finance When considering finance courses at the university level, one usually envisions complex classes on banking, corporate finance, investments, the stock market and hedge funds. Balancing a checkbook, filing personal income taxes, examining costs and benefits of student loans or calculating retirement needs […]
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Nilton Porto featured on WalletHub
Nilton Porto MBA/Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Family Finance, Human Development & Family Science, University of Rhode Island When done properly, credit card balance transfers are a powerful financial strategy for consumers. The main goal is to save money by transferring a high interest debt into a low interest option. As everything else in the realm of […]
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HDF Excellence Awards are given to outstanding students majoring in HDF who demonstrate academic and professional excellence. The winners are: Shannon Mitchell Shannon is a double major with HDF & Psychology and is a part of the Honors program. Shannon served as undergraduate teaching assistant for Dr. Skye Leedahl. She was also a research assistant […]
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HDF Professor Sue Adams, who founded URI’s Sleep Research Lab, studies the causes and effects of sleep deprivation in college students, and offers some creative solutions.
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Rachel DeNofio mentors others in blended learning – mixing tech in traditional instruction Teacher of the Year
Continue reading "Kindergarten ‘guide, nurturer’ is Providence’s Teacher of the Year"R.I. needs bigger elder-care workforce
ABSTRACT ART: University of Rhode Island students have been working with clients of Cornerstone Adult Services in Warwick this semester on an art project called “Opening Minds through Art.” Molly Richards, right, of Cape Cod, Mass., a URI sophomore in human development and family science, with a minor in psychology, works with Margaret Pleau of […]
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The Providence Dr. Pat Feinstein Child Development Center lead teacher, Kristin Charpentier was interviewed by Chanel 10 news on how technology is hindering youth from learning basic skills. Please see the link below: Video clip
Continue reading "Technology hindering youth from learning basic skills"Elizabeth Briggs Gruebel among speakers at TEDxURI
Elizabeth Briggs-Gruebel, a lecturer in the Human Development and Family Studies Department, took part in the TEDxURI event on February 10th. Liz’s talk on The Power of Family Stories reveals to us the transformative power of family stories, which connect us to our past, anchor us in the present, and can even shape our future. […]
Continue reading "Elizabeth Briggs Gruebel among speakers at TEDxURI"Dr. Katie Branch has been selected as a 2018 Diamond Honoree
Dr. Katie Branch has been selected by ACPA : College Student Educators International as a 2018 Diamond Honoree. Diamond Honorees are recognized for their outstanding and sustained contributions to higher education and to student affairs. Congratulations Katie!
Continue reading "Dr. Katie Branch has been selected as a 2018 Diamond Honoree"Dr. Annemarie Vaccaro has been awarded a NASPA Pillar of the Profession Award
Dr. Annemarie Vaccaro has been awarded a 2018 NASPA Pillar of the Profession Award. The NASPA Foundation presents this award to higher education professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of student affairs and to the professional organization. Pillars are nominated by colleagues, students or others with knowledge of their sustained leadership and […]
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