EVOLVE Business and Professional Magazine February 2018 | Page 34

HISTORY OF
VOLUSIA COUNTY
H I G H E R E D U C AT I O N
Bethune-Cookman University
Oct. 3, 1904 - Mary McLeod Bethune
opens the Daytona Literary and Industrial
Training School for Negro Girls.
May 24, 1919 - The Daytona Educational
and Industrial Institute is changed to
Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute.
1923 – Bethune’s school merges with
the Cookman Institute of Jacksonville
(founded in 1872) and becomes co-ed
Mary McLeod Bethune
while also gaining the prestigious United
Methodist Church affiliation. Although
the merger of Bethune’s school and the
Cookman Institute began in 1923, it was not finalized until 1925
when both schools collaborated to become the Daytona-Cookman
Collegiate Institute.
1931 – The college earns accreditation by the Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools of the Southern States, as a junior college
with class B status.
Apr. 27, 1931 - The school’s name is officially changed to
Bethune-Cookman College to reflect the leadership of
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.
1936 - Dr. Bethune is appointed administrative assistant for Negro
Aff