BETHUNE-COOKMAN COLLEGE PREPARES FOR COMMENCEMENT ACTIVITIES

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman College is preparing for its annual summer commencement activities June 24-26. With approximately 85 students expected to receive the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree, the commencement ceremony is scheduled for the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 26 at 10 a.m. Dr. Williams S. Barnes senior pastor of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Windermere, Fl., will deliver the keynote address.

This will be the final commencement presided by College President Dr. Oswald  P. Bronson, Sr., who is slated to retired after 29 of years of service as the head of his alma mater.

Other events include:      

• Thursday, June 24 -- The Nursing Convocation will begin at 4 p.m. in Heyn Memorial Chapel.
• Friday, June 25 -- The Service of Consecration will be held at 7 p.m. in Heyn Memorial Chapel. Reverend Charles Graham of Allen Chapel in Daytona Beach will deliver the address. 
• Saturday, June 26 – A wreath laying will take place at College founder Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s gravesite at 7:30 a.m.
• Saturday, June 26 -- The President Bronson Scholarship Banquet, honoring Dr. Bronson and College First Lady Mrs. Helen Williams Bronson, at the Adam’s Mark Daytona Beach Resort beginning at 6 PM. Tickets are $125 each, with proceeds endowing the Oswald P. Bronson, Sr. Scholarship Fund.
• The Bethune-Cookman College National Alumni Association will hold its annual convention in Daytona Beach from June 23-27 at the Plaza Resort and Spa, 600 N. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach. For more information, contact (386) 481-2540 or (386) 481-2957.

Members of the media wishing to cover commencement activities or follow up on feature stories of graduates can contact Dan Ryan at (386) 481-2984 for further information.

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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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