{"id":2834,"date":"2025-04-17T09:11:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:53:01","slug":"march-5-2026-negotiating-an-identity-for-the-future-with-dr-kathryn-la-fontana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?p=2834","title":{"rendered":"March 5, 2026 &#8211; &#8220;Negotiating an Identity for the Future&#8221; with Dr. Kathryn La Fontana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/firstfridayclubcleveland.charityproud.org\/EventRegistration\/Index\/25335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Catholic Women&#8217;s Colleges:&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Negotiating an Identity for the Future<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">with<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Dr. Kathryn LaFontana<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2836\" style=\"margin-top: 0.857143rem; margin-bottom: 0.857143rem; text-align: center;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/kathy-lafontana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/kathy-lafontana.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/kathy-lafontana-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/kathy-lafontana-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs &amp; Provost,&nbsp;Ursuline College<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wisdomfromtherockfirstfridayclubpreview.podbean.com\/e\/first-friday-club-preview-for-march-with-dr-kathryn-lafontana\/?token=f47316cbc1837848e6cdb4c3ede5f291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for a preview podcast of this talk!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dr. Kathryn LaFontana is a seasoned academic leader in her 30th year in Catholic higher education, with expertise in mission-focused strategic planning, new program development, data-informed decision-making, and innovative instructional technology solutions. She came to Ursuline in 2017 from The College of New Rochelle, where she served in academic leadership roles over her six-year tenure.&nbsp;&nbsp;Widely published in academic journals, the former Sacred Heart University psychology professor has more than two dozen peer-reviewed presentations and publications and is the 2024 recipient of the Collegium Visionary Award. She has a doctorate in social psychology from the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Doors open at 11:00 a.m. &#8211; Connect with other attendees!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Buffet Opens at 11:30 a.m.&nbsp;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Program begins at 12:00 noon<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Program Concludes at 1:00 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/firstfridayclubcleveland.charityproud.org\/EventRegistration\/Index\/25335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Register here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0;float:left;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?p=2834\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Register here Catholic Women&#8217;s Colleges:&nbsp;Negotiating an Identity for the Future&nbsp; &nbsp; with Dr. Kathryn LaFontana Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs &amp; Provost,&nbsp;Ursuline College Click here for a preview podcast of this talk! Dr. Kathryn LaFontana is a seasoned academic leader in her 30th year in Catholic higher education, with expertise in mission-focused strategic planning, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-past-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2834"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3001,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834\/revisions\/3001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}