Bethune-Cookman University
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More Than a Birthday: B-CU and Daytona Beach Bring Dr. Bethune’s Legacy to a New Generation
A maroon-and-gold wreath rested beside the words carved at Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s campus gravesite: “She has given her best that others may live a more abundant life.” It was a fitting beginning to a day that asked more than remembrance from the people gathered in her honor.
Bethune-Cookman University marked the 151st anniversary of its Founder’s birth on July 9 with a series of observances that carried her story from campus to the wider Daytona Beach community. University leaders, employees, alumni and guests gathered for wreath-laying ceremonies at her gravesite and at the statues that preserve her image in public life. The celebration then widened its focus, welcoming children and families to free activities at Daisy Stocking Park before inviting guests into the Carl S. Swisher Library for an encounter with B-CU’s archival collections. >>Read More
First Dig Launches B-CU’s NSF-Funded Campus Network Transformation
B-CU leaders and technology staff mark the launch of ForCORE outside the L. Gale Lemerand School of Nursing
Bethune-Cookman University has broken ground on a major upgrade to the digital infrastructure that supports teaching, research and campus operations.
University leaders, students and technology staff gathered July 1 outside the L. Gale Lemerand School of Nursing for the first dig of ForCORE, a three-year network modernization project supported by a National Science Foundation award of $897,563.
The first phase replaces aging fiber between the School of Nursing and Faith Hall with high-capacity connections. Work was scheduled to continue through July 22, establishing an early segment of the backbone that will ultimately improve speed, security and reliability across campus. >>Read More
More Than 2,000 Register as Wildcats Put Service at the Center of Inauguration Week
Students prepare for hands-on work wearing protective gloves. Photo: Bethune-Cookman University / B-CUnited Media Assets.
Maroon Day of Service shirts filled the area around Daisy Stocking Park on Monday morning as Bethune-Cookman University students, employees and alumni began inauguration week by putting one of the institution’s defining values into action.
A total of 2,196 people registered for the April 13 Presidential Inauguration Day of Service, including 1,949 students, according to the university’s post-event registration count. Same-day local reporting described nearly 2,000 Wildcats gathering for the opening rally before volunteers dispersed to about 50 schools, nursing homes and nonprofit organizations across the Daytona Beach area. >>Read More
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I give because B-CU is a major contribution to my success in my life and in my career. It has been very important for me and my family to instill and to maintain the valued legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune. I continued this legacy my parents started, receiving the Total Family Award in 1980.
LaVeta Hayes-Logan Class of 1980
Bethune-Cookman Staff
