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For Immediate Release	Contact Person: Dan Ryan
September 10, 2003	(386) 481-2984 or ryand@cookman.edu

REVEREND CALVIN J. McFADDEN TO SPEAK AT B-CC PRESIDENT’S ASSEMBLY

DAYTONA BEACH, FL- Reverend Calvin J. McFadden will serve as the keynote speaker for the Bethune-Cookman College President’s Assembly on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 in the Richard V. Moore Gymnasium at 10:20 a.m.

Reverend Calvin J. McFadden

McFadden is the pastor and founder of Ray of Hope United Methodist Church in Tallahassee, Florida. McFadden began his ministry at the tender age of 15 and pastored his first church at age 18 – St. Joseph United Methodist Church in Deland, Florida. Later, he was appointed to Emmanuel United Methodist Church in Palatka, Florida as Pastor. In 1998, McFadden was appointed by the late Bishop Cornelius Linton Henderson to launch Tallahassee’s first predominantly African-American United Methodist Church.

A native of Tampa, Florida, McFadden received the bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Bethune-Cookman College and the master of divinity degree in sociology of religion from the Interdenominational Theological Center, Gammon Seminary, in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently a doctoral student at Florida State University.

Reverend McFadden has received numerous honors and awards including being listed in Who’s Who Among Colleges and Universities and the Order of the Flame, World Evangelism-Methodist Council award. McFadden is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. He is married to Jamina Scippio-McFadden, a professor at Florida A&M University.

In addition to Reverend McFadden’s address, the program will include musical selection by the B-CC Concert Chorale, the B-CC Gospel Choir and the B-CC Jazz Ensemble.

The public is invited to attend.

Bethune-Cookman is a comprehensive college, which offers degrees in liberal arts as well as professional fields, such as business, education and nursing. A United Methodist Church-affiliated school, the college has a diverse and international student population of more than 2,500 and a solid reputation for academic excellence. As evidence of its outstanding program, the College has been listed in the Templeton Honor Roll of Character Building Colleges and Universities, and it was ranked by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the “Top 50” schools in the nation for black students.

For more information, contact our website www.bethune.cookman.edu.

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