Meet the New President of Alabama Southern Community College

Reginald Sykes was named president of Alabama Southern Community College in Monroeville. The college has about 1,300 students, 38 percent of whom are black.

Dr. Sykes was assistant commissioner for community and junior college relations for the Mississippi Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Jackson State University and a doctorate from Mississippi State University.