B-CC CELEBRATES CONSECRATION SERVICE

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Rev. Charles E. Graham challenged Bethune-Cookman College’s summer graduating class not to “confuse a destination with their destiny” during his remarks at Senior Consecration on Friday, June 25 in Heyn Memorial Church.

Pastor of Allen A.M.E. Church in Daytona Beach, Fla., Graham presented the seniors with a four-point plan to stay on course to find their ultimate purpose in life and not that of the moment.

“Stay between the lines, watch your speed, know where you are going and follow the signs,’’ Graham said. “Life is what God does through you.”

The service of consecration, held on the eve of summer graduation ceremonies, included the traditional lighting of the candles by retiring Bethune-Cookman College President Dr. Oswald P. Bronson Sr. for the final time.

Due to inclement weather, each graduating senior candidate joined the processional line of faculty and staff and filled the aisles of Heyn Chapel singing, “Walk in the Light, Beautiful Light.” The entire group closed the ceremony singing Bethune-Cookman College’s Alma Mater.

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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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