This is a live Zoom-only class. A link to the Zoom meeting will be provided at least 24 hours before the first class.

Financial education is an important step in helping you achieve a better future. This three-week workshop is a great way to improve your financial education. We’ll provide clear and practical information on the pillars of a financial plan: saving, preserving, and transferring. This class provides a great opportunity to have your questions answered in a convenient and comfortable format. Join us and learn specific strategies to help reach your long-term goals. 

Instructor Samuel Proctor is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and a Financial Advisor at Edward Jones. He specializes in wealth building strategies, life insurance, social security, college savings, estate considerations, and more.

This class meets via Zoom on the following Wednesdays: Feb. 19, 26, March 5, 2025, 5:45-7:15 p.m. 

Coconino Community College endorses the educational value represented by this course to the members of the community. Each class is a no-obligation opportunity for attendee(s) to receive information about marketing best practices for personal or professional use. The college does not recommend or endorse any of the products or services that may be offered to attendee(s) should the attendee(s) decide to become a client of the instructor or the instructor’s firm as a result of attending a course.

The Conscious Aging class will focus on the philosophy, skills, and practice needed to become a wise elder. It involves lecture, readings, guided meditations, small group activities, and large group discussions.

Topics will include:

• Living & Aging Consciously
• Life Review & Harvesting
• Finding Meaning & Purpose
• Compassionate Communication
• Leaving a Legacy

This class meets on five Wednesdays: April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (2025), 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Lone Tree Campus in the APS room.

Barbara Shovers, M.A., is a life coach, gerontologist, and has been a full-time faculty member at Chandler-Gilbert Community College as well as a LifeLong Learning instructor at Mesa Community College and Coconino Community College. She is a Certified Seminar Leader for Sage-ing International and has given classes, seminars, and workshops on Conscious Aging since 2002.