FL H9077

Designates March 25, 2014, as "Wildcat Day" in Florida to honor Bethune-Cookman University

Recognizes the university's founding on October 3, 1904, by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune with minimal resources and its growth from an all-girls elementary school to a university with 3,787 students

Acknowledges the university's current academic offerings of 41 majors across 8 schools and colleges, including 4 graduate programs and 6 professional degrees, as well as nationally recognized athletic and musical programs

Notes Dr. Edison O. Jackson's appointment as the sixth president of Bethune-Cookman University on March 20, 2013

Highlights the university's 2014 partnership with the Institute of International Education to launch Generation Study Abroad, a 5-year initiative to double U.S. college students studying abroad