Miles College

Miles College
Miles Memerial College
Official Miles College seal
Latin: Sepientia et Pax et Amor Omnibus
Motto	"Knowlegde and Peace and Love for all"
Established	1898
Type	Private, HBCU
Religious affiliation	CME Church UNCF
President	George French, Jr.
Students	1,900
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]
Athletics	NCAA Division II [1]
Nickname	Golden Bears [1]
Affiliations	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference [1]
Website	www.miles.edu and http://goldenbearsforever.ning.com

Miles College is a historically black college founded in 1898. It is located in Fairfield, Alabama, which is six miles (10 km) west of Birmingham, 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 1893 and was founded in 1898 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. Also Miles College is one of 16 schools in the Nation with a Center of Academic Excellence under the office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Administration

The current president of Miles College is 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.

Athletics

The Miles College Athletics Program currently competes in the Division II (NCAA) Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). Miles College Football Team won The Inaugural SIAC 2011 Championship,under the leadership of Coach Reginald Ruffin. The program has men's and women's sports that include: basketball, football, volleyball, track, baseball, softball and cross country. Their mascot is the Golden Bears.^[1]

Notable alumni

Name	Class year	Notability	References
U. W. Clemon		First African-American federal judge in the State of Alabama
Angelena Rice		Teacher of high school music and science in Birmingham, Alabama and Denver, Colorado, is the mother of former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Richard Arrington Jr.		First African-American Mayor of the City of Birmingham
Thales McReynolds		Former NBA player	[2]
Bennett M. Stewart		Former Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Paul A.G. Stewart		The 50th Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and Vice Chairperson of Board of Trustees Miles College
Cleopatra Tucker		Politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2008

See also

• List of historically black colleges of the United States

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "TheSIAC.com >> Miles College". http://thesiac.com/miles-college/. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
2. ^ "Thales McReynolds NBA statistics". http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcreyth01.html. 

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

• Official website

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