Albert DeCiccio, Ph.D.
provost
Everett Mansion 208
adeciccio@svc.edu
802-447-6303
area of responsibility
- Academics
academic research/interests/expertise
Rhetoric and Composition, Writing Center Theory and Administration, Collaborative Learning, Spirituality, Teaching and Learning, Service-Learning
courses taught
Comparative Religions
Composition
Rhetorical Theory
Classical and Modern Rhetoric
Collaborative Writing
Introduction to Literary Studies
Introduction to Composition Studies
Reading Fiction: The Short Story
why i like working and teaching in an academic setting
- To engage students in a process. That process wakes students eager from dreams, invites them into an ongoing dialogue about civilization, prepares them for taking action and leadership on societal issues that may ensure healthy and happy lives for everyone.
Favorite Book
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Favorite film/play/dance/exhibit
Cool Hand Luke
Best part of being at SVC
The commitment to teaching, learning, and students which will lift up a generation and ensure a vibrant democratic society.
HIGHLIGHTS
November 2009 -Provost Al DeCiccio spoke at the National Park Visitor Center in Lowell, Mass. As part of the Parker Lecture Series, Dr. DeCiccio talked about the influence the Merrimack Valley has had on authors and artists, such as Kerouac, Frost and Whistler.
July 2009 - Provost Al DeCiccio offered a presentation about Southern Vermont College, its Quest for Success first-year seminar program, and about how the College’s constituencies have created a retention quilt to sustain a connected living and learning community at the 22nd International Conference on the First-Year Experience in Montreal, Canada. Sponsored by the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina and co-hosted by Concordia University (Canada), Tamagawa University (Japan), University of Auckland (New Zealand), University of Teeside (United Kingdom), and York University (Canada), more than 300 professionals from 95 colleges and universities and 15 countries attended the conference.
July 2009 - Provost Al DeCiccio’s recently published article in the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, entitled, “Kairos: The Right Time for the Laboratory as Educational Model.” Provost DeCiccio’s article appeared in the 2009 issue of the Journal, which is published annually by the University of Glamorgan in Wales. Click here to view a pdf version of the article.
July 2009 - Represented SVC at the 2009 Network for Effective Language Learning (NELL) program, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and supported by the W. M. Keck Foundation and held on the campus of Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. In partnership with Burlington College, SVC joined more than 25 other colleges to explore innovative approaches to foreign language learning. NELL will allow SVC to investigate a variety of ways to enhance its current foreign language offerings and address major issues dealing with globalization and internationalizing the curriculum.
June 2009 - Delivered the keynote address at a celebration by the Nashua Exchange Club at the Crowne Plaza in Nashua honoring the top 14 scholars at five Greater Nashua, N. H., high schools: Alvirne, Bishop Guertin, Hollis/Brookline, Nashua South and Nashua North. His address was about the transformative power of education and achievement.
May 2009 - Participated in the "Creative Leadership with Limited Resources" workshop, along with SVC Division Chairs, in Cambridge, Mass. (sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges).
April 2009 - Addressed educators and educational consultants at the annual Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) Spring Conference in San Francisco. His paper, “The Laboratory as Educational Model,” in part discussed the distinguishing philosophy of curriculum used by Southern Vermont College.
Led a Think Tank Session for the New England Resource Center in Higher Education (NERCHE) in Shrewsbury, Mass. DeCiccio addressed the issue of transitioning to the role of provost or vice president, in a talk entitled, “Moving Up or Moving Out: Making Transitions.”
Presented a talk on "Writing Center Leadership for Sustainable Campus Change" at the annual conference of the Northeast Writing Centers Association (NEWCA) at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Conn.
