DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Bethune-Cookman College is preparing for its annual Spring graduation. With approximately 240 individuals to receive bachelor of arts and science degrees, the commencement ceremony has been set for Monday, May 3 at 10:00 a.m. in the Ocean Center.

Events leading up to Commencement include:

• Service of Consecration will be held on Wednesday, April 28 in Heyn Memorial Chapel on the  Bethune-Cookman College campus at 7:00 P.M.
• Saturday, May 1, the Nurses Pinning/Capping Ceremony will begin at 4:00 P.M. in Heyn Memorial Chapel.
• Wreath Laying Service will take place at the Founder's gravesite at 8:00 A.M., Sunday, May 2.
• The Senior, Alumni and Parents breakfast is also scheduled for Sunday, May 2, at 8:15 A.M. in the President's Dining Room.
• The Baccalaureate ceremony will be held in the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center Sunday, May 2 at 3:00 P.M.
• Dedication of the Larry R. Handfield Music Annex Building at 5:00 P.M.

The speakers for the events are as follows:
Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole --Commencement Speaker
Pastor Walter S. Thomas, Sr.---Baccalaureate Speaker

For more information please contact the Office of Public Relations at 386-481-2980

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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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