OR ADVERSITY, BUT NO MATTER
THE OBSTACLE--TINA HOLLAND
CONTINUES TO RAISE THE BAR. IN
THIS WEEK'S LOUISIANA WOMEN
OUR CARLY LAING SITS DOWN WITH
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY.
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TINA HOLLAND IS NO STRANGER
TO HARD WORKIT'S A SKILL SHE
LEARNED AS A CHILDTINA
HOLLAND:"It wasn't the most
enjoyable, or what one would
call a very glamorous
existence. I would call it
modest resources at best."SHE
WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE A
BETTER LIFETH:"I was really
fortunate that in my high
school years they started to
admit women into the service
academies so I decided to
apply. That would be a way for
me to go to school. I was able
to send money home, and new
that I was going to have a job
when I go out."SHE WAS IN THE
4TH CLASS TO ADMIT WOMEN AT
THE UNITED STATES NAVAL
ACADEMY.TH:"We weren't
terribly welcomed. There were
a lot of men who really didn't
like the fact that this
traditionally all male
environment was being
infiltrated by women."A NEW
CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME TH:"We
were under a microscope and so
our standards had to be very
high and integrity had to be
impeccable. Everyone is
watching us so you can't screw
up."SHE GRADUATED WITH DEGREES
IN ENGINEERING AND POLITICAL
SCIENCE--THEN JOINED THE
MARINE CORPSAFTER THE MILITARY
SHE UNEXPECTEDLY FOUND HERSELF
IN THE CLASSROOMTH:"There was
this position in mathematics
and I said well I'm an
engineer and have that
engineering background, I can
teach mathematics. So I did
and discovered that I had them
eating out of the palm of my
hand."THROUGH FAITH AND
GRIT--SHE CONTINUED TO EXCEL
TH:"He would task me with
something and I'd brother I've
never done
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that before and he'd say well
here's a book you'll figure it
out. Then it would work out
pretty well and he'd say I
need you to try this and I'd
say I've never done that
before, here's a book you'll
figure it out. THAT HARD WORK
LANDED HER HERE, IN BATON
ROUGE AS PRESIDENT & CEO OF
FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF OUR
LADY UNIVERSITYTH:"Always
raising the bar and always
challenging yourself and
pushing it you know, what more
can we do and not being happy
with just the status quo."IN
HER 6TH YEAR, SHE HOPES TO
KEEP RAISING THE BAR AND
ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO DO THE
SAME TH:"Work hard but
understand it's not all about
you. That hard work has to be
motivated but something bigger
than yourself, something
outside of yourself because
when you're gone, you're gone.
And what difference and what
kind of legacy are you going
to leave, how many lives are
you going to touch in a
positive way."FOR NBC LOCAL
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