October 3
On October 3, 1904, Mary McLeod Bethune opened the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls.
In 1923, Cookman Institute and Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls merged to form the Daytona-Cookman Collegiate Institute. Not too long after the merger the name was changed to Bethune-Cookman University in honor of Dr. Mary Bethune on April 27, 1931.
Today, Bethune-Cookman University offers a wide range of bachelors and masters programs to more than 2000 students.
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