Vanguard University names new provost

Noted researcher and authority on modern language Maximo Rossi Jr. has

been named the new provost for Vanguard University in Costa Mesa.

Rossi has spent the last seven years at Azusa Pacific University as

professor of modern languages, associate dean for the College of Liberal

Arts and Sciences and, most recently, as director of Azusa Pacific’s

Center for Intercultural Programs.

In addition to his work at Azusa Pacific, Rossi spent three years as

associate professor of foreign languages at Jamestown College in North

Dakota, and six years as assistant professor of modern languages and

associate dean for international studies at King’s College in New York.

Rossi has published three books and written numerous journal articles

in the fields of Spanish language, and Spanish American history and

literature.

He contributes a newspaper column in Spanish titled “Transicion y

Cambio” and appears in three periodicals: Accento Hispano News, La

Informacion and the Azusa Gazette.

Rossi will replace Augustus Cerillo, who will return to the classroom

as professor of history at the end of his term.