In April, we have our minds on money and money on our minds!

It can’t be helped since April 21-28 is Money Smart Week @ the Pima County Public Library!

Money Smart Week is a nationwide financial literacy event brought to you by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the American Library Association and the Pima County Public Library.

We invite everyone to participate! Come and learn about the resources, programs, services available in Pima County. There are workshops for everyone, from children to adults and covering topics including reading credit reports, financial survival, and fair housing information. We’ll have Storytimes for the kids, Creating Duct Tape Wallets for the crafty, and Coupon Club for the thrifty!

There couldn’t be a better time to begin planning for tomorrow. Financial fitness begins here, at your library… Special thanks to our partners: Debbi Jasperson’s Coupon Club, The Credit Wise Cats, Financial Education Collaborative of Southern Arizona, Southwest Fair Housing Council, Hughes Credit Union, and the Pima County Housing Center.

Lots of events from Monday April 23 to Saturday April 28, at various branch libraries–Nanini, Flowing Wells, Woods, Valencia, Martha Cooper, Dusenberry-River, Kirk-Bear Canyon (click here for full schedule). The free workshops include info on homebuyer education/fitness, identify theft, financial literacy, duct tape wallets, coupon clubs, credit card reports.

Now that Tax Day (April 15) is past, we can all concentrate on other money/financial matters.

October 27, 2011 from 4:30-6:00 pm
UA Centennial Hall (east of Park Avenue & Main Gate Square), 1020 E University Blvd.

Do you know who’s behind the screen? Here are a few things to consider:

Malware attacks have increased by 400% since 2010.

More than 36 million Americans have been victims of identity theft. Arizona continues to be in the top two states for this crime, which is the top complaint to the Federal Trade Commission.

Many of us use only one or two passwords across many sites, including our banking sites.
Only 57% of computer users use security software, and of those, only 64% have their software set to update automatically.

The average Facebook user doesn’t know one-fifth of the people listed as friends.
How do you keep from being a victim? Plan to attend the UA’s Cyber Citizen Forum, which is being hosted as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Stop.Think.Connect.™ Campaign.

This community forum is designed to share information on identity theft, fraud and phishing, social networking security, cyberbullying and cyberpredators.

Door prizes include:
iPads
Gift cards
iPod
Printers
Digital camera
Netbook

Please note: must be present to win

This event is free and open to the public — plan to attend, and bring a friend!
Good security info, plus the chance to win fabulous prizes?
No brainer – join us!

For more information, please contact the Information Security Office at 621-UISO (8476) or

CIO-ISO@email.arizona.edu.

UA Information Security website: http://security.arizona.edu/about-us