{"id":5056,"date":"2015-07-06T08:30:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T08:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/?p=5056"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:11:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:11:43","slug":"how-to-have-a-future-when-you-have-a-past-careerspc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/how-to-have-a-future-when-you-have-a-past-careerspc\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Have a Future When You Have a Past!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are all here to better ourselves, right? To learn, and share. To graduate with higher credentials. To eventually get a great, satisfying, well-paying career. Right? Building a strong future can be more challenging for some than others, depending on the past. We don\u2019t believe that a mistake (or even a few mistakes) should disqualify you from achieving all of your dreams. We want to motivate and empower you to make the most of your future!<\/p>\n<p>The Downtown Campus of St. Petersburg College is hosting attorney and professor, <em>Dr. Christy Powers<\/em> to speak about the potential of having a bright future, even if your past wasn\u2019t. Dr. Powers will give a holistic and comprehensive talk about the issues in students\u2019 pasts and solutions for how to overcome them. Whether you are worried about your own past, a friend or family member, or just interested in the topic of Criminal Justice, this will be a great lecture.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Overcoming-your-Past-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5057 alignleft\" alt=\"Overcoming your Past poster\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Overcoming-your-Past-poster-231x300.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPlease join us while we lunch and learn at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/events\/?id=16747&amp;dt=7%2F7%2F2015\"><strong>Downtown Campus, room DC 210 from 12:30pm \u2013 1:30pm on Tuesday July 7th. Pizza will be provided<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are all here to better ourselves, right? To learn, and share. To graduate with higher credentials. 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