To: All Undergrad Students <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Dr. Angela Lyons" <anglyons@uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: anglyons@uiuc.edu

 Subject: MASSMAIL - Survey: Tell Us What You Think!

Hi,

I am Dr. Angela Lyons at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  
UIUC is one of several college campuses participating in a research 
project on student credit usage and financial knowledge.  I would like to 
invite you to participate.

I am working with educators from the state of Illinois to develop a new 
financial literacy program called $tudent $marts. The purpose of the 
program is to develop resources and materials to help college students 
make informed financial decisions related to credit usage. We need your 
help in learning more about how students are using credit.  We hope that 
you will choose to participate in our survey.

If you are 18 years of age, or older, you may participate in the survey 
and that participation is strictly voluntary. You may refuse to 
participate or discontinue participation at any time.  There is no 
penalty.  Your decision to participate will not affect your present or 
future relations with the University of Illinois.  However, by deciding to 
complete the survey, you will provide us with valuable information about 
how credit usage may be affecting college students today.  

Any and all information we receive will be kept strictly confidential and 
will only be seen by authorized members of my staff.  Data gathered from 
the survey will be analyzed as a whole, excluding all references to any 
individual students.  Only the results of the analysis will be shared with 
researchers and organizations interested in providing services to students 
about credit usage and money management.

Undergraduate students are being contacted at eight campuses in the state 
of Illinois as well as Purdue University, University of Missouri-Columbia, 
and University of Wisconsin-Madison.  

The online survey will take you about 10 minutes to complete and you must 
be 18 years or older to participate. When you are finished, you will be 
eligible for a random drawing for one of three $150 gift certificates to 
Best Buy.  Each student who completes the survey will have the opportunity 
to compete in the drawing.  Winners will be notified by e-mail in 3-4 
weeks. Good Luck!

Please respond no later than Friday, February 28, 2003. Click here to 
access the survey now:

http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/Infopoll/surveys/s10.htm

Thank you in advance for taking the time to help with this important 
project and, if you have questions or concerns, please contact:

Angela C. Lyons, Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
429 Mumford Hall, 1301 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
phone: (217) 244-2612
e-mail: anglyons@uiuc.edu

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The Office of the Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

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