Financial Literacy: Video Essay Department of Finance at the University of Illinois

Video Essay Contest

In support of the 2008 Money Smart Week ^SM Illinois - taking place April 6 through April 12, 2008 - the Department of Finance at the University of Illinois, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, presents the Video Essay Contest.

The Essay Contest
for the YouTube generation

View, Enjoy, and Rate

For High School Students:

First Prize: $5,000 Scholarship
People's Choice Award: $500 scholarship made possible by a generous donation by AG Edwards & Sons, Champaign.
The Felmley-Dickerson Co. Teacher’s Award: $250 for the supervising teacher of the first prize winning video essay.

	First Prize winners Tanvi Khanna and Daniel Schweizer with Mr. John Hecker of the Champaign Rotary
	of Felmley-Dickerson with the winner of the Felmley-Dickerson Teacher's Award, Mr. Jay Hooper
	Scott Moe of AG Edwards with the AG Edwardds People's Choice Award, Mark Heiromnimon

High School Videos >>

For University Students:

First Prize: $5,000 Scholarship

College & University Videos >>

Be Money Smart

Jack Ross and Sam Carmichael, the winners of the Money Smart Week Video Essay Contest (College & University) 2008 were inspired by the drive for Financial Literacy and created this longer (25 minutes) more complete version of their prize winning video. Note the great interviews with Marc Changnon, Jason Franklin, and Pat Kearney at Centennial High School.
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Money Smart Week is an unregistered service mark of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

The Video Essay Contest will be an annual event. The best video modules will become permanent residents on a Financial Literacy web site so than anyone and everyone can learn the lessons - or at least mini-lessons - offered by our students.