Kaitlin Tillett California State University, Chico Adulting 101 Kaitlin Tillett California State University, Chico

Adulting (v): to do grown up things and hold responsibilities such as, a 9-5 job, a mortgage/rent, a car payment, or anything else that makes one think of grown ups.

What is Adulting 101? An eight-part workshop series on various life skills Target audience is the -2/+3 population Launched in spring 2016

Campus Partnership Career Center Alumni Association Student Life & Leadership

Why Adulting 101? Increase engagement while students were still on campus Stay relevant to recent grads No current life skills series existed on campus

Adulting 101 Spring Series Basic Finance* Understanding Your Personal Style Budgeting Basics* Cooking Healthy Meals Managing Credit* Negotiating Large Life Purchases Use Your Alumni Network—Squad Goals Managing Your Money after Graduation* * Taught by Wells Fargo

Structure Wells Fargo sponsored the four financial workshops Each partner sponsored the other four workshops Consistency was key – same day, time, location for each workshop Incentives offered for student clubs who participated Collected data at the end of each workshop Free food!

Top Performers Cooking Healthy Meals Food channel style demo Attendees received a taste of each recipe

Custom Recipe Cards

Top Performers Negotiating Large Life Purchases— Let’s Make a Deal Guest speaker: Michael Finney (’74) , consumer advocate and ABC News “7 On Your Side” host “Loved this---could've been longer!” “Bring this speaker back next adulting workshop series!”

Top Performers Use Your Alumni Network— Squad Goals Featured a panel of four young alumni Highest alumni and grad school attendance “Great workshop! Very inspiring! Thank you!”

Overall Budgeting workshops had the best attendance, but lower satisfaction Average attendance was ~31 Attracted junior and senior students Alumni guest speakers were consistently a hit

Changes Moving Forward Dinner and a workshop Networking Drop the corporate sponsor Bigger room Adulting 201

Fall 2016 Series Personal Finance 101 Healthy Cooking 101 Time Management 101 Personal Finance 101 Healthy Cooking 101 Grocery Shopping 101 Relationships 101 Conflict Management 101 Car Smarts 101 Stress Management 101

Fun Facts Michael Finney is now a donor and distinguished alum We almost made it to the Today Show!

Questions? Kaitlin Tillett 530-898-4184 ktillett@csuchico.edu