Standing in front of "Your Money Bus" when it was on campus at the University’s building at 1600 Valley Road, are Luke Dean (left), academic coordinator of the financial planning program, and Laura Mattia, Baron Financial Group

A big, green bus devoted to spreading free information about money and finances visited the University on October 20 as part of a yearlong national tour. The tour was open to both students and members of the community.

“The bus tour promotes financial literacy, and the need to save for retirement,” says Luke Dean, academic coordinator, Financial Planning Program, at the University. “As the bus tours the country, professionals give free financial advice to local residents and present symposiums focused on retirement.”

William Paterson was the only university in New Jersey included on the bus tour and the first university stop on the tour. The tour is sponsored by The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) Kiplinger, and TD Ameritrade.