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    Unconquered by Debt: Financial Wellness Series

    The Unconquered by Debt financial wellness program offers workshops and coaching sessions throughout the semester. The program helps FSU students make smart financial decisions, avoid common mistakes, build wealth, and save for their future.

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Unconquered by Debt

Welcome to the Gus A. Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education at Florida State University. The Center is a member of the Council for Economic Education, and as a Council member, assumes responsibility for furthering economic education both in schools and among community groups in its service area.

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Unconquered by Debt

Unconquered by Debt is a series of workshops developed to promote financial wellness. The goals of the program are to enhance financial literacy and transform decision making so that students become wealth creators. The program will promote balanced financial choices so that students fully understand they are responsible for their current and future lifestyles. The focus is on key life choices: career options, earning, spending, saving, investing, managing credit, evaluating risk, insuring assets, and planning for retirement. The Center seeks to build relationships around campus to promote and implement the program. All workshops will be held at the Stavros Center for Economic Education, 250 S. Woodward Ave. (next to the UPS Store). Food and drinks will be provided at every event.

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Food and Finance

Redesigned for faculty and staff, the goals of the program are to enhance financial literacy and transform decision so that individuals become wealth creators. The program will promote balanced financial choices so that participants understand they are responsible for their current and future lifestyles. The focus is on key life choices: spending, saving, investing, managing credit, evaluating risk, insuring assets, and planning for retirement.

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Common Sense Economics


Common Sense: Economics for Life! Course Package

We are seeking to identify and cooperate with instructors interested in offering the course at their school. For details, please visit the Common Sense Economics web site.

Gus Stavros and Jim Gwartney


FSU Stavros Center Eminent Scholar, James Gwartney, recently had the opportunity to visit with Gus Stavros in his home in St. Petersburg. Everyone at the Center is most appreciative of the support of the Stavros family of our activities through the years.

FSU COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES & PUBLIC POLICY WE ARE HIRING COMMUNICATIONS GRADUATE ASSISTANT KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Write and edit news and feature stories. • Manage social media activities, including content creation, scheduling, and engagement. • Update and maintain website content using WordPress. • Capture photography at events and assist with visual content production. • Organize content archives and assist with marketing and administrative tasks. POSITION DETAILS • 20 hours per week in person on a set weekly schedule. • Ability to attend events outside standard business hours (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), with adjusted office hours to compensate for event time, as needed • Includes stipend and tuition waivers covering 12-15 credit hours SEND AN EMAIL WITH A COVER LETTER, YOUR RESUME, AND A LINK TO YOUR ONLINE PORTFOLIO TO: Rebecca.sage@fsu.edu

COSSPP Seeks Communications Graduate Assistant for Fall 2026

March 10, 2026

The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy seeks a graduate assistant with exceptional writing and editing skills and a strong interest in organizational social media management and visual content creation. Reporting to the Director of Communications, this role will support the College’s overall communications …

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COSSPP Alumni Recognized on the 2026 Seminole 100 Business Leaders List

March 6, 2026

This year’s Seminole 100, selected by the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship in partnership with FSU’s Alumni Association, featured businesses owned or led by outstanding FSU alumni, honoring 39 alumni from FSU’s College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. …

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Economics Students Honored with Fall 2025 Outstanding Awards 

February 27, 2026

Four undergraduate students in Florida State University’s Department of Economics — Ibraheem Saqib Ellahi, Gavin Locke, Jack Frable and Mariana Hernandez — received Fall 2025 scholarships in recognition of outstanding achievement in core and upper-division economics coursework.  The Department o …

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