ISAC Upcoming Events

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Don’t Forget: Spring into Action Webinars – There is still time to join our call-to-action webinars to hear how ISAC can support students and families with free assistance, through the summer and year-round, as they navigate this delayed FAFSA cycle. Learn more about the latest updates to the FAFSA, best practices for navigating the corrections and verification processes, and ISAC resources available to you and your students. Take action to ensure students have the assistance and support they need. To register, visit the Professional Development Calendar. For questions, contact isac.outreachtraining@illinois.gov.  Webinar dates are:

  • Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m. (CT)
  • Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 2 – 3 p.m. (CT)
  • Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 10 – 11 a.m. (CT)

In addition, please share ISAC’s new webpage – https://www.isac.org/connect – to help connect students with ISAC free services and assistance, including asking real time questions via text messaging in English or Spanish.

More May FAN Events Announced – ISAC helps sponsor Family Action Network (FAN) events, which are always free and open to the public. FAN curates a high-quality speaker series on a variety of topics relevant to our work. Please visit the FAN website to register for these upcoming events and see the attached flyers for more details:

  • The Algebra of Wealth: Achieving Economic Security – Tuesday, May 13, 2024, at 12:30 p.m. (CT) – on Zoom
  • The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder – Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at 7 p.m. (CT) – on Zoom
  • Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (And Why That’s a Good Thing) – Monday, May 20, 2024, at 7 p.m. (CT) – on Zoom
  • Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters – Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at 7 p.m. (CT) – on Zoom
  • Thinking with Your Hands: How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts – Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 7 p.m. (CT) – on Zoom
  • A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery – Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 7 p.m. (CT) – on Zoom

If you’re not able to participate in a live FAN event, all events are recorded. Visit the FAN website’s Past Events page to view the library of past event topics and their recordings.

Click on the links below for more information about each of the webinars linked above: