About Bethune-Cookman University

Bethune–Cookman University (BCU) is a private historically black university circles in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman University is affiliated bearing in mind the United Methodist Church. The primary administration building, White Hall, and the Mary McLeod Bethune Home are in the National Register of Historic Places.

Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. It lies nearly 51 miles (82.1 km) northeast of Orlando, 86 miles (138.4 km) southeast of Jacksonville, and 265 miles (426.5 km) northwest of Miami. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, it had a population of 61,005. It is a principal city of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area, which was house to 600,756 people as of 2013. Daytona Beach is along with a principal city of the Fun Coast region of Florida.

The city is historically known for its beach, where the hard-packed sand allows motorized vehicles to drive upon the seashore in restricted areas. This hard-packed sand made Daytona Beach a mecca for motorsports, and the obsolete Daytona Beach Road Course hosted races for higher than 50 years. This was replaced in 1959 by Daytona International Speedway. The city is as a consequence the headquarters for NASCAR.

Daytona Beach hosts large groups of out-of-towners during the year, who visit the city for various events, notably Speedweeks in beforehand February when higher than 200,000 NASCAR fans take over attend the season-opening Daytona 500. Other goings-on include the NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400 race in August, Bike Week in in advance March, Biketoberfest in late October, and the 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race in January.