Welcome Bethune-Cookman University as the D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign's May 2015 HBCU of the Month Supported Institution.
Founded as Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School in 1904 by Mary McLeod Bethune. The school underwent several stages of growth and development until it merged with the Cookman Institute of Jacksonville, Florida in 1923 and became a co-ed high school. A year later in 1924, it became affiliated with the Methodist Church and by 1931, the school became a junior college.
By 1941, the Florida Board of Education approved the school in becoming a four-year college and a 4-year baccalaureate program in Liberal Arts and Teacher Educations became official. The name was then changed to Bethune-Cookman College.
In 2007, the Board of Trustees approved for another name change to Bethune-Cookman University after the institution established its first graduate program.
We asked if you celebrate and honor the prestigious land of the B-CU WILDCATS with us all month long as you show off and share your B-CU pride with news, pictures of you in your B-CU gear, campus photos to the official hashtag #MayBCU.
You can also contribute to the #MayBCU campaign by visiting Bethune-Cookman University's HBCU of the Month honoree page on our site here: http://bit.ly/1I6YSTg all dollars raised will go to Bethune-Cookman in helping with financial needs for growth and development to continue to serve education historically for many more in to come as well as scholarship for students in need of financial help.
We thank you in advance for participating in our #MayBCU campaign in celebrating Bethune-Cookman and we say #hailWILDCATS!