Special Activities

Our programming is curated with your world-class, liberal arts education foundation in mind. Each offering is designed to help you develop your creativity, resilience, and resourcefulness, ensuring that you hone the skills you need to successfully meet your life goals, even during times of uncertainty.

2026–27

The 2026–27 academic year marks a double milestone for the Conway Center: 25 years offering financial literacy education and 10 years under our current name. As we celebrate these achievements, we are doubling down on the strategic priorities that have defined our recent growth.

Milestone Year Events

Launch of Fund Your Future

September 18

A new asynchronous, online education platform that goes beyond traditional financial literacy skills to dissect systems and patterns that inform the financial landscape in which students live.

FIXED: Why Personal Finance Is Broken and How to Make it Work for Everyone

October 28

This keynote lecture is based on a book by economist John Campbell, Harvard University. He exposes how the financial system has been corrupted to serve the interests of financial services providers and their cleverest customers at the expense of ordinary people. FIXED proposes salient solutions designed to restore fairness and trust in our broken system and make it work better for everyone.

Financial Wellness at Smith: Past, Present, and Future

February 23

A fireside chat featuring President Sarah Willie-LeBreton and Professor Mahnaz Mahdavi, founding director of the Women and Financial Independence Program.

Joypalooza 2027: The Transformation Challenge

April 9

The keyword for this year’s Innovation Challenge is transformation. Berna Anat, self-proclaimed financial hype-woman and author of Money Out Loud, will speak about how learning and talking about personal finance has the power to transform lives.

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Innovation Challenge Amplify Competition Celebrating Collaborations

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