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JPMorgan Chase Center for Financial Education

About Us

The JPMorgan Chase Center for Financial Education (CFE) was established in 2003 at Texas Southern University in the Jesse H. Jones School of Business. The Center was started by a generous $500,000 endowment and The State of Texas has matched the donation from JPMorgan Chase Foundation. The Center has partnered with other educational facilities, community organizations and established businesses to educate a mass audience on personal finance and economic issues such as credit management, home buying, savings and investing.

The Center will provide training to the TSU student body and teachers in the neighboring community to aid in educating their student population. The primary benefactors of the Center’s programs are primary, secondary and college students, adults and business owners by increasing their knowledge and skills to make informed judgments and effective decisions regarding their financial circumstances.

Mission

to promote lifelong financial education through teaching, research and community outreach programs
to contribute to an individual’s knowledge of personal finances, money management, credit awareness and estate planning

Calendar of Events

Date	Event	Location	Time
09/12	Stock Market Game Teacher Training	JHJ 374	8:30 – 12:30
09/17	Financial Education Guest Lecture Series "Society for Financial Education and Professional Development"	JHJ 113	9:30, 11:00, 2:30
09/19	Stock Market Game Teacher Training	JHJ 374	8:30 – 12:30

10/5-6	Second Annual Leadership in Financial Literacy Leadership Conference	Washington, D.C.

11/17	The Texas Economy in the Global Market 2009	El Paso, TX

Services & Initiatives

Mon€y Work$™ Newsletter

Mon€y Work$™ is financial education newsletter created by Germaine Gray, Director of the JPMorgan Chase Center for Financial Education and the Center for Economic Education. The newsletter is published quarterly in December, March, June and September. Mon€y Work$™ targets an audience interested in learning more about personal financial management and how money works.

BADM 101 Initiative

Inclusion of Financial Education content in the course.

Investment Banking and Energy Finance concentration

Courses include
- Finance Boot Camp
- Advanced topics in Investments
- Real-World Financial Training – Wall Street Prep (elective)
- Understanding Global Energy Markets (elective)
- Risk Management in Energy Sector (elective)

Guest Lecture Series

Train-the-Trainer Workshops

Grade K-12 teacher workshops

Student presentations

Seminars for TSU students stand alone and in-class presentations

Community Outreach

Community Presentations on various financial management topics
Imagine Project 2008

The JPMorgan Chase Center of Financial Education worked in partnership with National Association of Minority Contractors Houston Chapter and HISD’s M.W. Dogan Elementary School to establish an afterschool program for 5^th graders attending Dogan. The project offers personal management with financial management included, scholarship, citizenship in the community and architecture and construction management curricula to aid the students in better preparation for their studies as well as developing life skills. Students participating in the project will earn while they learn. All students participating will earn $6 per hour and all monies earned will stay in a fund until age 18 to help fund a college education or a business startup.

Money.Power.Destiny 2007

The JPMorgan Chase Center of Financial Education participated as an organizer of the Money.Power.Destiny 2007 (MPD) conference. The Money.Power.Destiny theme was born out of the community’s need to share knowledge that will encourage better money management habits and ultimately change the destiny of African Americans.

Partners

Center for Economic Education

Located at TSU - Jesse H. Jones School of School and a member of the economic education Texas network of centers. CEE is a provider of professional development for educators.
Texas Council on Economic Education (TCEE)
Member of the National Association of Economic Education’s (NCEE) network of councils and centers focused on the development of an economic way of thinking for the U.S. population. TCEE develops educational materials with supporting lesson plans for grade K-12 teachers.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch

Created in 1919 and the Community Affairs Office supports the Federal Reserve System’s economic growth objectives by promoting community and economic development and fair and impartial access to credit. The Center for Financial Education will work with the “the Fed” to aid in the lifetime learning approach to personal finance.

Contact Us

Contact the JPMorgan Chase Center for Financial Education or the Center for Economic Education by phone, fax or in person:

Phone: (713) 313-6877

Fax: (713) 313-7701

E-mail: graygy@tsu.edu or jhjfinancialedu@tsu.edu

Location:

The JPMorgan Chase Center for Financial Education is located on the campus of Texas Southern University within the Jesse H. Jones School of Business, 3100 Cleburne Avenue, Suite 336, Houston, Texas 77004. The Jesse H. Jones School of Business is located at the corner of Tierwester and Cleburne Avenues next to the School of Public Affairs.