{"id":11073,"date":"2022-05-04T16:33:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T20:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=11073"},"modified":"2022-05-06T09:26:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:26:55","slug":"students-gain-insight-encouragement-at-10th-annual-c3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/students-gain-insight-encouragement-at-10th-annual-c3\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Gain Insight, Encouragement at 10th Annual C3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11074 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/C3.jpg\" alt=\"Career Connection Conference (C3) 2021\" width=\"1920\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/C3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/C3-250x79.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/C3-1024x323.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/C3-768x242.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/C3-1536x485.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11075\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11075\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Jefferson.jpg\" alt=\"LaNita Jefferson '07\" width=\"200\" height=\"215\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LaNita Jefferson &#8217;07<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\n<span class=\"edgtf-dropcaps edgtf-normal\" style=\"color: #fdb913\">\n\tE<\/span>ntrepreneur and educator LaNita Jefferson \u201907 assured Hollins students, \u201cYou can make your own tables. You don\u2019t have to wait for someone to invite you to a seat at the table,\u201d during the 10th annual Career Connection Conference (C3), September 30 and October 1.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:220,&quot;469777462&quot;:[180],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It\u2019s okay to find and create opportunity,\u201d Jefferson, the keynote speaker for this year\u2019s event, told students. \u201cIt\u2019s okay to be you. Don\u2019t be afraid to ask for help. Be yourself and believe in yourself. And don\u2019t be afraid of the word \u2018no.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559731&quot;:288,&quot;335559740&quot;:220,&quot;469777462&quot;:[180],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">C3 welcomed alumnae\/i from across the country to showcase the lifelong power of a liberal arts education, share their insights on life and work, and help students connect to others in their networks. Thirty-five alumnae\/i volunteered their time and talents to serve virtually as conference leaders.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559731&quot;:288,&quot;335559740&quot;:220,&quot;469777462&quot;:[180],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhat a momentous and important occasion to celebrate the deep and engaging connection between the liberal arts and career success, and the critically important link between our alumnae\/i and current students,\u201d said President Mary Dana Hinton.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneur and educator LaNita Jefferson \u201907 assured Hollins students, \u201cYou can make your own tables. You don\u2019t have to wait for someone to invite you to a seat at the table,\u201d during the 10th annual Career Connection Conference (C3), September 30 and October 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,130],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-11073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in_the_loop","category-homepage-side","tag-spring-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11073"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11159,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11073\/revisions\/11159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}