will hold a student workshop with help from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation on the prevention of identity theft in the college-age population on Oct. 10.
The workshop is open to all CU-麻豆影院 students and will be held in University Memorial Center room 245 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Students planning to attend should email CUmoneysense@colorado.edu.
Colorado consistently ranks in the top 15 states for identity theft and fraud, with several Colorado cities ranking in the top 10 cities in the nation, according to Erin Foster, communication specialist with CU Money Sense, CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 financial education program for students.
鈥淥ur guest speaker from CBI will talk about the real-life impact that identity theft can have on students鈥� lives,鈥� said Foster. 鈥淲e want to heighten student awareness about this issue.鈥�
Hazel Heckers of CBI will discuss why students are particularly appealing to identity thieves and what they can do to protect themselves.
Other upcoming CU Money Sense events include:
- 鈥淐heck Your Credit Report 鈥� Drop-in Help from CU Money Sense,鈥� Wednesday, Oct. 17, noon. Email to make an appointment at CUmoneysense@colorado.edu.
- 鈥淟iving Off-Campus 鈥� Everything First-timers Need to Know,鈥� Jan. 24 (time and location to be determined).
- 鈥淗ow to Apply for Financial Aid鈥� (time, date and location to be determined).
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