Miles College

Miles College
Official Miles College seal
Established	1905
Type	Private HBCU
Religious affiliation	CME Church
President	Dr. George French, Jr
Location	Fairfield, Alabama, United States 33°28′56″N 86°54′35″W / 33.4821°N 86.9098°W / 33.4821; -86.9098
Campus	76 acres (310,000 m2)
Former names	Miles Memorial College
Colors	Purple and Gold           [1]
Nickname	Golden Bears [1]
Athletics	NCAA Division II [1]
Affiliations	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference [1]
Website	www.miles.eduand http://goldenbearsforever.ning.com

Miles College is a historically black college founded in 1905. Located in six miles (10 km) west of Birmingham, Alabama in Fairfield, Alabama, it is a private liberal arts institution of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME Church). Miles College is also a member of the United Negro College Fund.

History

Miles College began organization efforts in 1898 and was founded in 1905 by the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. It was chartered as Miles Memorial College, in honor of Bishop William H. Miles. In 1941 the name was changed to Miles College.

Academics and demographics

Miles is also accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (for the awarding of baccalaureate degrees), the Alabama State Department of Education, and the Council of Social Work Education. Miles College offers 25 bachelor degrees in the following divisions: Business and Accounting, Communications, Education, Humanities, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Administration

Their current president is Dr. George French, Jr., a graduate of University of Louisville and Miles Law School.

Campus

The college sits on 51 acres (210,000 m²) where there are over 16 facilities. Recently, Miles College purchased the Lloyd Noland Hospital site which will increase the size of the campus to 76 acres (310,000 m²).

Sloan Field is named after the college's 13th president, Albert J. H. Sloan II.

Student activities

The college has organizations as Student Government Association, Honors Curriculum, Academic Clubs, religious organizations, National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations, general interest clubs as well as the Gospel/Concert Choirs.

Marching band

The Miles College band is known as the Purple Marching Machine (PMM). The Purple Marching Machine was established in 1996, under the guidance of Prof. Arthur Means Jr. With 200+ Members in the band. The current band director is now Mr. Donlad Crawford

Athletics

Miles currently has a sports program which include: basketball, football, volleyball, track, baseball, softball and cross country. Their mascot is the Golden Bears. ^[1]

See also

• List of historically black colleges of the United States

Additional reading

• Miles College Centennial History Committee. Miles College: The First Hundred Years. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=L7e8NdknUEcC&dq=miles+college&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=qSr_va7h1C&sig=OBPRHwx2f14pv2l2xszS_Hwmfzo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result. 

External links

• www.miles.edu Official web site

References

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