It's Your Money, Your Life Conference
Join us for an exciting conference on personal finance for people of ALL ages
Saturday, September 20, 2008
For more conference details: click here
To register for the conference: click here
An attitude of celebrating our strengths ~ midlife and beyond
The Center for Positive Aging at National-Louis University is hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences at the Chicago Metropolitan Campuses. The mission of the center is to promote positive aging through the celebration and honoring of life experiences. We offer opportunities to build upon our strengths. We achieve this goal through educational programming, academics, and research opportunities within our surrounding communities. We invite you to join us for one or all of our programs.
Upcoming Events:
It's Your Money, Your Life
Join us for an exciting conference on personal finance for people of all ages:
When: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Where: National-Louis University
850 Warrenville Road in Lisle, Illinois
Public Forum Room • First Floor
Keynote Speaker: Gail MarksJarvis, Chicago
Tribune’s Personal Finance Columnist and Author of
“Saving for Retirement—Without Living Like a Pauper
or Winning the Lottery”
Featured Speakers:
• Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois State Treasurer
• Jean Setzfand, Director of Financial
Security, AARP
Workshops:
• Dollars and Sense: Tips on basic investing • Wi$eUp: For Generation X and Y • Keeping Up with the Joneses: Managing credit and debt
• Reinventing Your Retirement: It is more than the fuzzy slipper commute! • What is Your Financial Personality? (for women)
• Protecting your Assets: Wills, trusts and power of attorney • Fraud and Identity Theft: How safe are you?
• Employee Smarts: Choosing the right benefits at work
Registration fee: $10 per person includes: Breakfast & Lunch
For the first 100 people to register: A copy of “Saving for Retirement—Without Living Like a Pauper or Winning the Lottery” by Gail MarksJarvis
To Register: Call AARP at 312.458.3614 or online at
WWW.nl.edu/positiveaging
Questions? Call AARP at 312.458.3614 or e-mail
ContinuingEducation@nl.edu
Organized by AARP Illinois in partnership with National- Louis University’s Center for Positive Aging, U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, Brookdale Senior Living, and Illinois State Treasurer
Need-based scholarships are available.
Are you financially independent? How can you reduce debt? What about increasing your savings?
The Center for Positive Aging at National-Louis University offers you a free on-line course to enhance your financial literacy.
Wi$e Up is an eight chapter curriculum that includes the following:
Money for Life, Money Math, Money Basics, Credit in a Money World, Savings Basics, Insurance and Risk Management, Becoming an Investor, and Achieving Financial Security.
The program is designed for Generation X & Y women, but it may be delivered to adult women and men of all ages.
It is offered in a classroom setting with workbooks or as an on-line course.
The goals of the program are to decrease debt and/or increase savings and investments. We encourage Wi$e Up participants to complete the required Chapter(s) 4, 5 and/or 7 and complete the pre-assessment and post-assessment for each chapter completed to assist with program tracking.
To register and participate, visit www.wiseupwomen.org
In order to track National-Louis University’s participation in this important program, the user will add the following prefix to their username: R5NLU
Example: Username (Login Name) R5NLUjane 
This program is offered to you free of charge through the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor and the Texas Cooperative Extension at Texas A & M University.
New Classes: Looking for your next Career??? Register Now for Career Planning and Assessment - starting Fall 2008 - Chicago and Lisle campuses Coming this Fall
Midlife and Beyond Lecture Series
Women Aging Vibrantly: Life is a Banquet
Just Enough Hours in the Day: Time Management with a Twist
Owning your Communication Power Later in Life
Putting Order in Your Life
Visioning Your Life Mission in the Second Half of Life
AARP Illinois, DuPage Workforce Board, & Center for Positive Aging: Invite human resource professionals for a business roundtable on the Best Practices for a Multigenerational Workforce - November 2008 - National-Louis University, Lisle
The Lifelong Learning Institute at National-Louis University
What exactly is a lifelong learning program? Society has found that older people are avid learners. Scientists say those who continue to learn are physically and mentally healthier. Universities throughout the U.S. have recognized this and are opening their doors to people of retirement age. Click here for more information.
The National Center for Creative Aging
The National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA) is dedicated to fostering an understanding of the vital relationship between creative expression and the quality of life of older people. Creative expression is important for older people of all cultures and ethnic backgrounds, regardless of economic status, age, or level of physical, emotional, or cognitive functioning. The Center for Positive Aging is the Chicago network affiliate of this national program. We share a partnership with The Center for Creative Aging at Harold Washington College. Watch for future details for upcoming projects in the arts!
MindAlert Songwriter's Workshop - October 2, 2007
The Songwriter Works event is a collaborative grant sponsored by the American Society on Aging. The Center for Positive Aging is pleased to be partnered with the following organizations for this event: Chicago Department on Aging, Rush Medical Generations, Harold Washington College, and Lexington Health Care.
The Songwriter's Workshop
Click here for registration information
Travel + Learning = Travel Learn
Please take a look at the exciting trips offered through our travel partner.
Click here for more details.
The Illinois Lifelong Learning and Service Coalition
The most important function of Lifelong has been information sharing. Those starting new programs find a wealth of experience and advice from other members. Other goals are to:
- Develop strategies to involve retirees on campus as learners, mentors, advocates, sharers of their life experiences.
- Advocate for policy and programs that address the educational needs and interests of retirees.
- Conduct research on the educational needs and interests of retirees and their attitudes about and habits of volunteering.
- Inform the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board about the trends and challenges of retirees.
For more information, click here.
Academics at NLU and the Center for Positive Aging
Are you seeking more information about how to addresses issues and skill gaps for the aging population? NLU is currently recreating an academic certificate for various fields to enhance your work experience, build your workforce, or just gain more knowledge for working in the field of aging. Watch for details in Fall 2008.
We promote learning throughout a lifetime.
ANNOUNCEMENT: The AARP Foundation’s Women’s Scholarship Program provides scholarship funds to women 40+ seeking new job skills, training, and educational opportunities to support themselves and their families, and improve their communities.
http://www.aarpfoundationwlc.org
We thank you for visiting the Center for Positive Aging!
How to Reach the Center for Positive Aging
For more information about the Center for Positive Aging, Contact Us, Maria Malayter at 630-874-4391 mmalayter@nl.edu, Maureen Kelly at mkelly@nl.edu . For information on the Lifelong Learning Institute contact Joan Marks at 224-233-2366 LifelongLearning@nl.edu .
We thank you for visiting the Center for Positive Aging!
