Belmont University hires new VP of hope, unity and belonging

Image:  D’Angelo Taylor had a hard time imagining a career in higher education. Growing up in a tough neighborhood on the south side of Richmond, Va., he assumed his career options were limited. No one in his family had gone to college, much less earned an advanced degree. But Taylor, raised by a grandmother who encouraged him to dream big and to follow the educational path that would make those dreams come true, ended up doing both. He now has a Ph.D. in educational leadership from...