{"id":2345,"date":"2019-08-20T09:06:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T13:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2019-08-15T12:35:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:35:35","slug":"colgate-in-your-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/2019\/08\/20\/colgate-in-your-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Colgate in Your City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Students and alumni gathered for an evening of celebration and connection at Politico in Washington, D.C., on June 20. This get-together was part of Colgate in Your City, a series of events in cities around the country, including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The D.C. gathering was hosted by Bennett Richardson \u201906, executive director of Politico. More than 130 attendees registered, ranging from the class years 1972\u20132021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Jillian Cole \u201910, associate director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colgate.edu\/alumni\/campus-events-0\/professional-networks\">Colgate Professional Networks<\/a>, explains that Colgate in Your City was developed out of a desire to build strong relationships between students and\u00a0alumni. \u201cIt helps students receive valuable insight from alumni who are experts in their industries,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">For Kendall Williamson \u201921, who attended in San Francisco, the event was a way to open doors to future success. \u201cEveryone I met was enthusiastic and eager to share the knowledge and skills they acquired both during and after their time at Colgate,\u201d she says. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Emily Raiber \u201902, who co-hosted the Los Angeles event, wishes to show students the strength of the Colgate Professional Networks. \u201cOur alumni are passionate, smart, and share a love for Colgate that can\u2019t be explained without being experienced,\u201d she says. \u201cI credit my internship experience while at Colgate with helping me land my first job in television. I know that these summers are crucial to helping students discover their passion and lay the foundation for their careers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Colgate Professional Networks allow students to engage with alumni, explore employment options, and seek inspiration. Cole cites the partnership with career services as a leading contributor to the rise in student participation in summer internships around the country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBy creating Colgate connections, students can expand their networks and maximize their opportunities,\u201d she says. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colgate in Your City brings students and alumni together to network and share their experience and love of Colgate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1221,"featured_media":2136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[328,377,378],"coauthors":[436],"class_list":["post-2345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alumni-updates","tag-careers","tag-colgate-professional-networks","tag-cpn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/palXSH-BP","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/DSC_7765.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345\/revisions\/2455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}