Meridian native Dr. Reginald Sykes has been named president of Bishop State Community College in Mobile, Alabama. Sykes has served as interim president at Bishop State since February 2016 and as president of Alabama Southern Community College since July 2010. Dr. Sykes previously served as dean of students at Meridian Community College for seven years, dean of student services at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College – Jefferson Davis Campus for one year, and vice president of Jefferson Davis Campus for five years. He has also worked for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, where he served as assistant commissioner for community and junior college relations. On the state level, Dr. Sykes is Treasurer of the Alabama Community College System Presidents’ Association and Secretary of the Alabama Community College Conference Athletic Committee.  Nationally, he serves as Chairman on the Rural Community College Alliance Board of Directors and the Community College Advisory Council for the American Public University System. Sykes is the son of the late Q.V. Sykes and Laura Dean Sykes.