President Foley's Presentation to members of the education profession at the IU8 building in Altoona on May 01, 2012

1. MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE
President Tom Foley | mtaloy.edu

2. MTALOY.EDU/GCPRESENTATION

3. NEW ISSUES FOR GUIDANCE
COUNSELORS
“High stakes testing”
Security
Complex post high school choices
Role ambiguity
Declining Budgets
Paperwork related to accountability
Technology
Diversity
Great Recession
Challenging College Aid picture

4. THINGS WE NEVER WORRIED ABOUT
Violence (physical, emotional, cyber, school)
Wellness (anorexia/bulimia/obesity/ depression)
War (on terror, 9/11, Jihad)
Economics (foreclosure, education, recession)
Image (Kardashians, Jersey Shore, 24/7)

5. BELOIT COLLEGE MINDSET LIST
IBM has never made typewriters.
Mocha has always been a flavor of coffee.
There have always been charter schools.
You never had to roll down a car window.
Bottled water has always existed.
The Rolling Stones have always been
geriatrics.

6. BELOIT COLLEGE MINDSET LIST (PT2)
 There has always been an Internet ramp onto
the information highway.
 They “swipe” cards, not merchandise.
 As they've grown up on websites and cell
phones, adult experts have constantly fretted
about their alleged deficits of empathy and
concentration.
 Their school’s “blackboards” have always been
getting smarter.

7. BELOIT COLLEGE MINDSET LIST (PT3)
 Dial-up is soooooooooo last century!
 Music has always been available via free
downloads.
 They've often broken up with their significant
others via texting, Facebook, or MySpace.
 They won't go near a retailer that lacks a
website.
 They've always had the privilege of talking
with a chatterbot.

8. 9 THINGS GENERATION Y WON’T PAY FOR
 Checking
 Long Distance
 Mail
 Music
 Wireless
 Travel Agents
 Books
 News
 Directory Assistance

11. ALL HAS CHANGED,
CHANGED UTTERLY, Yeats
A TERRIBLE BEAUTY
IS BORN.

14. NUMBERS ON E-COMMUNICATION

15. NUMBERS ON E-COMMUNICATION
 Fully 95% of all teens ages 12-17 are now online*
 80% of those online teens are users of social
media sites*
 256% increase in mobile data usage by teens in
the US age 13-17 over the past year**
 51% check sites more than once a day**
 40% visit Facebook more than 10 times per day*
 80% use 2 or more devices simultaneously while
watching TV*
 59% visit Facebook during class*
*PEW Internet
**Nielsen

19. DO WHAT YOU CAN,
WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, Roosevelt
WHERE YOU ARE.

20. WHAT DO WE DO AT MT ALOYSIUS TO
ADDRESS THESE PARADIGMS?
Build community: at school, town and gown,
larger world
Inculcate passion for lifelong learning: back at
school or elsewhere; homecoming “of the
mind”
Invest in technology: meet them where they
are
Encourage and exemplify “Civil” Discourse:
rubber meets the road

21. SERVICE AT MAC
Last Semester Alone
130 projects
4,733 hours
123 community
organizations

22. AMCC RECOGNITION
 MOUNT ALOYSIUS VOLLEYBALL TEAM GIVES
THANKS BY HELPING TEAM IN NEED IN
HONDURAS
11/26/11
 AMCC STUDENT-ATHLETES CONTINUE TO GIVE
BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES
1/20/12
 AMCC STAFF AND STUDENTS GIVE BACK TO
CAMPUS AND COMMUNIT Y
4/11/12

23. PROGRAMS AT MAC
 Welcome Week: 20 serious and fun topics (passport
program)
 Homecoming: campus fun and community service
 Fun in Fundraising: Mr. & Ms. Mountie, Race for Cure
(charity)
 Seasonal events: Halloween, Mountie Madness, etc.
 Coffee Houses: musicians, comedians, poets
 Talent Showcases: MAC's Got Talent, MAC's Next Top
Model, MAC’s Dancing with the Students
 Craft Nights: students “theme” driven, low key,
 Leadership campaign: listen learn implement

24. FUTURE PROGRAMS
 Music Mondays: student driven, explore different
music
 Two for Tuesdays: donate 2 shoes, 2 shirts, 2 canned
goods etc., as entrance fee to program (pair
service/entertainment)
 Workout Wednesdays: kick/dodge/volleyball,
Amazing Race
 Trivia Thursdays
 Friday Night Live: MAC’s Got Karaoke, etc.
 Wonderful Weekends: Stay on Campus Weekend
Fests (dances, day trips, game nights, all in one
tournaments)

25. IN ADMISSIONS

26. IN THE CLASSROOM
Communication
Collaboration
Content
Organization
Assessment
Assistive Technology

27. TEN THINGS YOUR CAMPUS CAN DO TO
PROMOTE CIVILIT Y
1. Foster a culture of civility on your campus
2. Don’t shy away from uncomfortable topics.
3. Give the campus community the tools it needs to
understand and practice civility.
4. Use the bully pulpit.
5. Host a civility-focused lecture series.
6. Advance existing research on civility.
7. Of fer formal training and certification in related topics.
8. Embrace civility within your institutional practices.
9. Extend your resources into the neighborhood.
10. Engage ACCU as a resource! In conjunction with the theme
of the 2012 Annual Meeting,

28. SOMETIMES, IT’S ALL
ABOUT GETTING A JOB

29. WWW.DLI.STATE.PA.US

32. CAREER REALIT Y TOOL

33. SELF ASSESSMENT TOOL

34. GENERIC JOBS TOOL
Health Jobs
Manufacturing Jobs
Green Jobs

35. SPECIFIC JOBS TOOL

36. TIMELINE TOOL

37. MTALOY.EDU/GCPRESENTATION
THREE PARADIGMS
FOUR ACTION STEPS
FIVE JOBS TOOLS

38. MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE
President Tom Foley| mtaloy.edu