BETHUNE-COOKMAN COLLEGE REGISTERS STRONG TURN OUT IN  NOVEMBER ELECTIONS

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. – Bethune-Cookman College students turned out in significant numbers for the recent Daytona Beach city elections, according the College’s Political Action Task Force (PATF).

Seventy-seven percent of the registered students of B-CC who live on campus voted in the November 3 balloting in figures released by Weldon Blake, chairman of the PATF and Business instructor at B-CC.

“We are proud of the high turnout,’’ Blake said. “It is good to see the students get involved in their community."

Interest in the election was high in part to B-CC alumnae Yvonne Scarlett-Golden’s active campaigning on the campus in her successful effort to become the city's first African-American mayor in addition to two closely-fought city commission races involving the campus’ two precincts.

Community involvement has been a top priority for B-CC, one of ten charter institutions of Project Pericles, a program to create civic leadership and involvement on its member campuses

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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