Financial Literacy Programs
Stockton's Office of Continuing Studies and Adult Education presents a new financial literacy program for adults. These series will offer information, define financial tools, and explain savvy skills at various levels to improve personal financial management, spending decisions, and long-term preparation. These courses are taught by a local, certified industry professional, without any obligation for additional financial services or products. Join us and learn how to make informed and effective decisions with your money. Courses are intended for adults and mature teens with adult supervision.
Essential Financial Literacy Series
Description: Do you know how money REALLY works? Join our collection of “introductory” courses in our greater financial literacy program to learn more about how your money can work better for you. Our “Essentials” series will review the basics of investing, how banks and credit cards work, the difference between “good debt”, “bad debt”, and when it is a wise time to borrow, making interest rates work for you, and an introduction of stocks, bonds and intermediate financial planning. Led by a Hammonton-local and Accredited Asset Management Specialist, Benjamin Ott, this series is designed to enhance basic financial literacy for adults and/or mature teens with adult supervision.
Day/Date(s)/Times: Thursdays, April 13, 20, and 27, 2023
Time(s): 6:00-8:00pm
Campus/Location: Hammonton, Kramer Hall
Price: $109 and each paid registration is allowed to bring 1 guest for free
Intermediate Financial Literacy Series
Description: Enhance your money know-how with our “Intermediate Financial Literacy” Series. These 4 courses are designed to build off the “Essential Financial Literacy” Series offered by Stockton’s Office of Continuing Studies and Adult Education, and to advance the financial skills and strategies for adults. Participants in this course will learn about the stock market, P/E ratios, bonds, interest rates, maturities, insurance policies, variable annuities, mutual funds, 401(k)s, IRAs, inheritance, estate taxes, and tax consequences from investments. Led by a Hammonton-local and Accredited Asset Management Specialist, Benjamin Ott, this series is designed to enhance more advanced financial literacy for adults and/or mature teens with adult supervision who previously took the "Essentials" Series.
Day/Date(s)/Times: Thursdays, May 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2023
Time(s): 6:00-8:00pm
Campus/Location: Hammonton, Kramer Hall
Price: $129 and each paid registration is allowed to bring 1 guest for free
About the Instructor: Benjamin (Ben) Ott 
Ben is a graduate of Drexel University, where he obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering while taking finance electives, playing baseball and dabbling in photography. After graduation, Ben began his career as an engineer and a project and product manager in the field of plastics and diesel fuel filtration. It was while working as an engineer that he realized helping his coworkers choose and balance the investments in their retirement plans was far more rewarding than fuel filtration. Soon thereafter he opened an office with Edward Jones, where he spent six years building a financial planning and investment management practice. His knack for numbers and scientific approach as an engineer are a natural fit for the financial planning process. Today, Ben lives in Hammonton, New Jersey with his wife Dr. Laurie Lemons and four children Brayden-11, Alex-8, Evelyn-5, and Kyler-3. He currently operates his own independent financial planning and investment management practice through Kingsview Wealth Management. Obsessively ethical, Ben specializes in offering clients easy to understand yet comprehensive financial information. In his free time, Ben enjoys golf, working on projects around the house, green energy, and game nights with friends
About Kramer Hall
All Financial Literacy Workshops are co-hosted and held at Stockton's Kramer Hall in Hammonton. For more information about Kramer Hall, please see here: Located at 30 Front Street, Kramer Hall is Stockton University's instructional site located in Downtown Hammonton, NJ. Kramer Hall's history is rooted in textile manufacturing, as a former clothing and shoe factory, then later a bottling plant for the Renault Winery. In 2012, Stockton renovated and reopened the building as our western most instructional site, currently housing academic courses for undergraduate classes, graduate programs, continuing education courses, a Noyes Museum Art Gallery, the NJ Child Welfare Training Partnership, and serving as a greater community center with various free workshops throughout the year. Kramer Hall features free parking around the building, easy access to/from the NJ Transit Hammonton Train Station, the 554 NJ Transit Bus Route, and located directly off RT54/Bellevue Ave/"Main Street" Hammonton. For more information on Kramer Hall, please visit https://stockton.edu/kramer.
Contact Information:
30 Front Street
Hammonton, NJ 08037
(609) 626-3840
hammonton@stockton.edu
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