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Cool Stuff #3: Classic novels every college student should read this summer
One thing you will learn about me over time about me is that I am very passionate about reading, especially classic novels. I truly believe reading makes people more interesting, thoughtful and intellectual. Reading allows you to see things in different perspectives...
Don’t Default on Your Loans! Uptown Funk Parody [video]
State University of New York-Cobleskill's financial aid office offers up this musical take on student loan repayment. For more information about student loan management tools, check out iontuition.com/ionManage. Each week we’ll bring you videos and presentations from...
Eye On School Success: Ball State University
Ball State University is a public university in Muncie, Indiana. Founded as a private teachers’ college in 1899, it became a state school in 1918. The college was named Ball Teachers College in 1922, after a local family that had donated the facilities to the state of...
Tara’s on a Budget: Make generic brands your best friend
I really never thought the day would come where I would tell people to opt for generic brands instead of popular brand names. As I child, I would always get so angry with my mom when she would buy the ‘box store brand’ rather than a more ‘cooler’ popular name brand....
Presentation: The Debt Escape Plan
Any kind of debt can be a challenge to finances, especially student loan debt.
Social Roundup – 06.14.2015
Visit our blog every Sunday to see what’s been trending on our social media pages for the past week in the Social Roundup!
How much is skipping class costing you? [infographic]
In the moment, skipping class may not seem like a big deal, but the infograph below reveals some alarming statistics that will make you want to rethink the whole concept of 'playing hookie.' Check out the iontuition™ tool, ionLearn, for all the financial...
I don’t know? Brown University commencement address by senior Michelle Bailhe
What do you do when an eminent scholar says, “I don’t know?” For this graduating college senior and her classmates, the simple acknowledgment of new problems to solve got minds whirring. Below are excerpts of a commencement address on this theme.
Cool Stuff: Commencement quotes to motivate your day
For this week’s blog, Cool Stuff #2, I decided to take the inspirational route. I found four quotes from famous (and maybe not so famous) commencement speeches that really spoke to me. At graduation time, one might find these most inspiring but the truth these words...
Higher Ed: Bridge to the Future [video]
In this TEDx video, Dr. Thomas Pleger, President of Lake Superior State University, rolls out the benefits of public education, how it’s been funded, and raises provocative questions about “the private good versus the public good”. For more information about student...