When was Bethune-Cookman founded, and where does its name come from?
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When was Bethune-Cookman founded, and where does its name come from?
The university began with Mary McLeod Bethune’s school in 1904. A merger with Cookman Institute started in 1923 and finished in 1925. The institution adopted the name Bethune-Cookman College in 1931 and became a university in 2007.
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