DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- Jacksonville pastor Dr. Rudolph W. McKissick, Jr. will deliver the keynote address during the Bethune-Cookman College President’s Assembly on Wednesday, January 28 at 10:20 in the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center.

Having been in pastoral ministry for more than twelve years, McKissick is currently serving as Senior Pastor of the Bethel Baptist Institutional Church in Jacksonville, which has a membership over 8,000.

A Jacksonville native, McKissick earned the bachelor of arts degree in opera and sacred music with a minor in pipe organ performance from Jacksonville University. He later received the masters of divinity degree from Virginia School of Theology and the doctor of ministry from United Theological Seminary.

Listed in Who's Who in Religion, Who's Who in Music and Who's Who in Executives and Business, McKissick is actively involved in his hometown. He serves on numerous boards including: the local advisory board of the United Negro College Fund; the Jacksonville Urban league; the Jacksonville Alliance for the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy and the Boys and Girls Club.

In addition to Reverend McKissick’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.

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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 2,700 and a solid reputation for academic excellence and community service. 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.  B-CC is one of 10 charter member colleges of Project Pericles, a program to create civic leadership and involvement on its member campuses.  The College will celebrate its 100^th year of founding on October 4, 2004.

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

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