Happy Founder’s Day to bethunecookman! The university celebrates 115 years today! 🐱 Oct. 3, 1904: Mary McLeod Bethune opened the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls with $1.50, faith in God and five little girls. 🐱 1923: The school merged with Cookman Institute of Jacksonville, Florida (founded in 1872) 🐱 1931: The name of the school changed from Daytona-Cookman Collegiate Institute to Bethune-Cookman College to reflect the leadership of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. 🐱 2007: The school earned university status and became Bethune-Cookman University. 🐱 #BethuneCookman #drmarymcleodbethune #marymcleodbethune #ilovebcuday #HailWildcats #BCUWildcats