CHILDS HONORED IN RETIREMENT

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.  – Retiring Bethune-Cookman College Vice President of Student Affairs Clarence N. Childs was honored Friday, June 25^th with the dedication of an Executive Board Room of the B-CC Student Government Association (SGA) following a surprise banquet celebrating his 35 years of service.

Clarence Childs' portrait and his New York Giants football jersey will be displayed in the B-CC SGA meeting room that now bears his name.

Childs’ name, portrait and a football jersey from his days with the NFL’s New York Giants will now be prominently featured in the second floor room located in the Charles Parlin Student Center. The room also includes a meeting table dating back to the days of former B-CC president Dr. Richard V. Moore.

With his family and many of his former SGA presidents in attendance from all over the country, Childs was praised for his dedication to the students of B-CC.

“Clarence Childs is a good man, and he has done good things,’’ said B-CC President Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, Sr., who also is retiring. “Throughout his service, he has remained consistent as well as a hard worker. This institution is better because of him and I thank God for him.”

The celebration brought together B-CC with its archrival, Florida A&M, where Childs was a member of the Rattler baseball, track and football teams. Childs received honors from the Polk County Chapter of the FAMU Alumni Association and retirement gifts for his favorite hobby – fishing – from Rattler well-wishers.

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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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