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Rust College

150 Rust Avenue
Holly Springs, Mississippi 38635-2328
(662) 252-8000 or (888) 886-8469, Exts. 4059
Contact: JoAnn Scott
http://www.rustcollege.edu/

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	Band, Choir, Drama
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	Honor’s Track
	Band, Choir, Drama Scholarship
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College Overview

� � �RUST COLLEGE is a historically Black, coeducational, senior liberal arts college founded in 1866 by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The College is related to the United Methodist Church, and dedicated to serving students with a variety of academic preparations, through instruction in the humanities, social behavior sciences, natural science, business, technology and education.

Quick Facts

Undergrad Population: 988
Graduate Population: 0
Student Body: Coed
In State Tuition: $8100
Out of State Tuition: $8100
Room & Board: $3700
Applications Due: May 15th ($10)

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Mascot: Bearcats
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Online Classes: no
Percent Men: 39%
Percent Women: 61%

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Majors Offered

Arts, Visual & Performing
�Music - General

Biological & Biomedical Sciences
�Biology

Business, Management, & Marketing
�Business Administration/Management

Communications & Journalism
�Broadcast Journalism
�Journalism

Computer & Information Sciences
�Computer Science

Education
�Biology Teacher Education
�Business Teacher Education
�Early Childhood Education
�Elementary Education
�English Teacher Education
�Mathematics Education
�Social Science Teacher Education

English Language & Literature
�English Language & Literature - General

Family & Consumer Sciences
�Child Care Management

Mathematics
�Mathematics - General

Physical Sciences
�Chemistry

Public Administration & Services
�Social Work

Social Sciences
�Political Science/Government
�Social Sciences - General
�Sociology

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Choral Groups, Concert Band, Fraternities, Jazz Band, Marching Band, Pep Band, Radio Station, Sororities, Student Newspaper

College History

� � �Rust College is an accredited four year, co-educational, liberal arts college. It is the oldest of the eleven Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the second oldest private college in Mississippi, the oldest historically Black College in the State, and one of the remaining five historically Black Colleges in America founded before 1867.
� � � RUST COLLEGE was established in 1866 by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal church. The founders were missionaries from the North who opened a school in Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, where Moses Adams, a local Negro preacher was pastor. The school accepted adults of all ages, as well as children, for instruction in elementary subjects. A year later the first building on the present campus was erected.
� � �In 1870, the school was chartered as Shaw University, honoring the Reverend S.O. Shaw, who made a gift of $10,000 to the new institution. In 1882, the name was changed to Rust University. The name is a tribute to Richard S. Rust of Cincinnati, Ohio, Secretary of the Freedman's Aid Society. In 1915, the title was changed to a more realistic name, Rust College.
� � �As students progressed, high school and college courses were added to the curriculum, and in 1878 two students were graduated from the college department. As public schools for Negroes became more widespread the need for private schools decreased, and in 1930 the grade school was discontinued. The high school continued to function until 1953.
� � � A significant change in the administration of the institution took place in 1920 when Dr. M.S. Davage became president, the first Negro to hold that position. Dr. L. M. McCoy, his successor, was the first alumnus to serve his Alma Mater as president. He was followed in 1957 by Dr. Earnest A. Smith, an alumnus, class of 1937. In 1967, Dr. William A. McMillan, a non-alumnus assumed the presidency. In 1993, Dr. David L. Beckley, an alumnus, class of 1967, became the eleventh president of Rust College.
� � �Among approximately 20,000 former students of Rust College, many completed only their elementary or secondary education. However, more than 5,500 have graduated from the college department. Among these alumni are bishops of the United Methodist Church and other Church denominations, public school teachers and administrators, college presidents, lawyers, physicians, businessmen, government leaders and ministers.

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