B-CC STUDENT RECEIVES ETHICS IN BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIP

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman College student Dennis Errol Pires, a native of Ahmedabad, India currently residing in Port Orange, Fla., has received the 2003-04 Ethics in Business Scholarship from the Florida Independent College Fund (FICF).

Scheduled to graduate in December with a degree in Business Administration Management, Pires received $2,600 from FICF, which will be matched by B-CC.

Pires, who carries a 3.74 GPA, is an active member of the student technical assistant team that provides computer support across the campus. He plans to attend graduate school at either the University of Florida or University of Central Florida to earn his MBA.

“I’m grateful for the scholarship and to Dr. Claudette McFadden [B-CC’s Chair of the Speech, Communication and Theatre Arts Department and Director of Sponsored Research] for making it possible for me to obtain it,’’ Pires said. “I’ve chosen business management because the information technology sector has taken a downward slope and there has always been a demand for business majors worldwide.’’

The Ethics In Business Scholarship fund is made possible by interest generated from the State of Florida Ethics In Business account.

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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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