Mount Aloysius College | President Thomas P. Foley
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Aloysius Compact. We work to produce graduates who are not just job-ready, not just prepared to engage in community, but we will produce graduates who are technology-ready as well, because that is the only way to fulfill the promise behind the founding of this institution—to respond to the needs of the people and of the region. The Mt Aloysius Compact—job-ready, community-ready and technology-ready.
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ow let me turn your attention to four strategies that we deploy at Mt Aloysius to deal with these three paradigm shifts: • One, we build community, at school, town and gown and in the larger world; • Two, we work to inculcate a passion for lifelong learning, whether it’s back at school (or in another location) and at homecoming we advertise a “homecoming of the mind” as well as all the traditional homecoming activities; • Three, we invest in technology so we can meet our students where they are; • Four, we encourage and exemplify “civil” discourse because that is where the educational “rubber” meets the learning curve in the “road.” Just a few words on each. On building community, see “Programs at MAC.” We stretch the lines between serious and just plain fun, we do it on and off campus, we are both inside and “outside the box” and “the
comfort zone” with our mix of activities. See “Future Programs” for what is coming down the pike at Mt Aloysius. We also build community through service at school and in the community. It is a fundamental part of who we are—100% of our students and every club, team and organization engages in it; and you can see some samples (AMCC Recognition). Last semester alone, over 800 students (well over 50% of our FTEs) donated 4,733 hours to 130 different projects with 123 community partners. The passion for lifelong learning is a core message for us at Mt Aloysius—we get you ready for your first job—but you have to be committed to life-long learning to be ready for the next job (or even the second year in your first job). Technology is at the heart of both our admissions strategy and our educational method, with multiple uses of social media in our daily communication efforts with prospective students. Our admissions website was judged 8th best in the entire northeast United States— from among all colleges and universities— in a recent analysis of same. Mt Aloysius got high marks for access, variety, authenticity (lots of videos that aren’t just ads for the College I think), transparency and in a category that evaluated timeliness (how often do we update).
Visit www.mtaloy.edu/gcpresentation for a closer look at the presentation