A former mayor of San Antonio, Texas has been named as the 12^th president of Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

Ivy Taylor will be the first woman to lead Rust College as president.

Dr. Taylor received her bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She recently completed the Doctor of Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania, where her dissertation focused on leadership for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Rust College said in a statement. Read more...