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title: Financial Wellness Center Hub Opens in McKeldin Library
date: 2026-05-08T13:56:00-04:00
author: Ella LaGrange
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# Financial Wellness Center Hub Opens in McKeldin Library

*May 8, 2026* — by Ella LaGrange
> University of Maryland’s Financial Wellness Hub opened in McKeldin Library, offering peer mentoring, workshops and classes on budgeting, investing and loans, aiming to improve financial literacy for students, faculty and staff across campus

Always financially savvy, Manasa Alur ’26 used to give her friends advice about scholarships, credit cards and other money issues in her residence hall lounge.

Now she's one of 10 trained peer mentors in the University of Maryland's new Financial Wellness Hub, an outpost of the Robert H. Smith School of Business’ Financial Wellness Center. The hub, located on the first floor of McKeldin Library, will reach students across campus with resources on budgeting, investing and financial planning through peer mentoring, classes and events.

- [Learn More About the Hub](https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/financial-wellness-center-hub-opens-mckeldin-library)