ANN ARBOR (WKZO) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will visit the University of Michigan next week.  The chairman is scheduled to host a casual conversation about some of the financial challenges facing citizens.

Bernanke will take questions from the audience during the January 14th event.  He began his second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve in February 2010 and has dealt with many economic issues facing the nation since taking the post.