Michael Trés Moore, Bethune-Cookman University- c/o 2019, Elementary Education
Name : Michael Trés Moore
HBCU : Bethune-Cookman University
Graduation Year : 2019
Major : Elementary Education
Email : mmooret92@gmail.com
Where are you from? Who introduced you to HBCUs?*
I’m from Media, Pennsylvania and I was first introduced to HBCU’s by my mother.
Why did you choose an HBCU over a pwi?*
I chose an HBCU over a PWI literally because of the cultural experience I would get being at a predominantly black institution of higher learning. I thought it would really help me understand more about myself and those that look like me.
What is the story of your "experience" at Your HBCU given its heralded status as a stellar and prestigious institution?*
Bethune-Cookman is special. Dr. Bethune literally started this school on what was known as the trash dump of Daytona Beach at the time. When I think about that and all I’ve had to endure since being here at school, it’s made me more proud to go here and be a representative of her legacy. I was diagnosed with AIDS in 2014.
The community at Bethune-Cookman has done nothing but embrace what is a very hard thing and hold me up to stay strong. This entire HBCU experience has been one I’ll never forget.
"First time" experiences at your HBCU?*
It was my first time taking Afro-American literature courses! I was NEVER exposed to experiences in school like that growing up and I’m forever grateful.
Who are the professors that have impacted your life in and out of the classroom? How did they do that?*
Ms. Karen Duncan, she is a professor in the college of education at BCU. She’s magnanimous. She has helped me in so many ways. I remember first getting to BCU how unfocused and unstable I was.
She sat me down one time and told me to really think about my future and how seriously I take school. That helped me really get focused and change how I performed in and outside the classroom.
Dr. Louis Dunbar, who is an absolute legend at the College of Education has also helped me extremely as a black male with loads of wisdom in the field of education and how it pertains to the black male.
He has helped me stay motivated to stay in school when I wanted to quit and helped me find ways to be successful even when I didn’t see it in myself.
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Students: 4,045
- Athletics: Bethune–Cookman University is a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and participates in NCAA Division I FCS. The school sponsors basketball, bowling, baseball, cross country, football, track and field and volleyball. B–CU has an intense in-state rivalry with FAMU. Today, they meet annually in the Florida Classic, a regular-season, neutral-site game which takes place in Orlando, FL.
- Notable Alumni: Marjorie Joyner - 1973 - Inventor of the permanent wave machine** Dr. Evelyn Bethune - 1979 - CEO of the Mary McLeod Bethune Educational Legacy Foundation, Inc and granddaughter of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune** Henry Lyons - Former President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.** A. Philip Randolph - 1907 - Civil rights leader; attended the Cookman Institute, before it merged with Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School and became Bethune-Cookman** Gregory Drane - 2002 - Current Director of Athletic Bands at Pennsylvania State University** Yvonne Scarlett-Golden - Educator and activist; the first African American mayor of Daytona Beach, Florida, elected in 2003** James Bush III - 1979 - Current member of the Florida House of Representatives District 109** Ryan Davis - Current NFL player** Kevin Ferguson, aka Kimbo Slice - attended - Street fighter and mixed martial arts fighter** Cy McClairen - 1953 - First Bethune-Cookman alumnus in National Football League who played tight end for five seasons; served as head football coach, head basketball coach, and athletics director at Bethune-Cookman** Eric Weems - 2007 - Current NFL wide receiver**
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