Clyda Stokes Rent is an American

United States

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 academic, and the former President of Mississippi University for Women

Mississippi University for Women

Mississippi University for Women, also known as MUW or simply the "W" is a four-year coeducational public university located in Columbus, Mississippi. It was formerly known as Industrial Institute and College and later Mississippi State College for Women...

. Rent graduated with her Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate from Florida State University

Florida State University

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. While in graduate school at FSU she was awarded a National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship, and formally studied Sociology.

In 1989 Rent became the first female President of Mississippi University for Women. Prior to this appointment she spent 17 years at Queens University of Charlotte. While there she rose to Vice President, and she also created the Masters of Business Administration Program.

Awards

• "Grad Made Good Award" (1990) Omicron Delta Kappa
  Omicron Delta Kappa
  Omicron Delta Kappa, or ΟΔΚ, also known as The Circle, or more commonly ODK, is a national leadership honor society. It was founded December 3, 1914, at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, by 15 student and faculty leaders. Chapters, known as Circles, are located on over 300...
  
  
• One of the nation’s ten most admired managers (1993) Working Women Magazine
• Women who make a difference award (2000) International Women’s Forum