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Coordinates: 46°24′20″N 105°49′35″W / 46.40556°N 105.82639°W / 46.40556; -105.82639 (Miles Community College)
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Miles Community College
MottoStart Here – Go Anywhere!
TypePublic community college
Established1939; 87 years ago (1939)
AccreditationNCCU[1]
Academic affiliations
Space-grant
PresidentRon Slinger[2]
Students383
Location
Miles City
,
Montana
,
United States

46°24′20″N 105°49′35″W / 46.40556°N 105.82639°W / 46.40556; -105.82639 (Miles Community College)
Campus46 acres (19 ha)
NicknamePioneers
Websitemilescc.edu
Miles Community College is located in Montana
Miles Community College
Location in Montana

Miles Community College is a public community college in Miles City, Montana. It is a two-year college offering a variety of credentials: Certificate, Certificate of Applied Science, and Associate of Applied Science.[3] They also have courses for credit in Commercial Driver's License and Certified Nursing Assistant.[3]

History

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The college was founded in 1939 as Custer County Junior College.[4] For almost 20 years it operated out of a few rooms in the local public high school. In 1957, MCC moved into the former Milwaukee Railroad Depot building.[4]

In 1966 the name was changed to Miles Community College.[4] Then in 1967, they moved into a new building which is on the current campus location.[4] It was constructed after passage of a bond issued by county voters.[5] On April 4, 1970, the first independent board of trustees was elected.[5] In 1971, Miles Community College was granted accreditation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.[1]

During academic year 1971-72, a new student center was constructed.[4] A grant of $1.5 million from the Montana Coal Board in 1977 enabled the college to construct a new vocational building and a library learning resource center classroom addition. Construction of a physical education complex was completed in November 1980.[4] In August 1997, four new dormitory buildings were added to the student housing complex.[4] Six years later, in October 2003, the college completed a new $2.3 million dormitory.[4]

The distance-learning program began in 1992 utilizing interactive television.[5] In 2002 distance learning also included on-line classes and sending mobile classrooms into rural high schools.[5]

Robin Gerber, the History and Social Sciences Instructor, was awarded the 2006 Professor of the Year for the state of Montana.[6]

Athletics

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Miles Community College is known as the Pioneers and the school colors are blue and white. In the 2025-2026 school year, they competed in Men's baseball, basketball, and rodeo and Women's basketball, rodeo, volleyball, and softball.[7]

MCC competes in Region 13 of the National Junior College Athletic Association[8] in the Mon-Dak Conference.[9] They are in Division I for basketball and Division II for baseball, softball, and volleyball.[8] For rodeo they are part of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association in the Big Sky Region.[10]

Baseball Coach Rob Bishop earned NJCAA Region IX Coach of the Year four years in a row from 2007 to 2010.[11] During his ten seasons the baseball team won 10 conference championships, five consecutive regional championships (2006-2010) and qualified for the NJCAA College World Series in 2007.[11] He also was named Mon-Dak Athletic Conference Coach of the Year all ten years at MCC.[11]

In 2008 the women’s basketball team, led by Coach Dwight Gunnare, won the Mon-Dak Conference and ranked 12th in the nation.[5]

The men's basketball team won Region IX North Championship in the 2011-12 season.[5]

Patrycja Jaworska was named to the 2019 WBCA Two-Year College Coaches' All-American Team.[12] She led the basketball team to their first undefeated regular season.[12]

Athletic director Jerry Olson announced he will retire after the 2025–26 Pioneer athletic season.[13] Chase Tait, head coach for men's basketball and assistant athletic director, will become the new athletic director on June 1, 2026.[14]

Leadership

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  • 1939 - George Gloege, Dean of Students[5]
  • 1949 to 1970 - Kenneth Smith, Dean[5]
  • 1970 to 1979 - Vern Kailey, President[5]
  • 1979 Jud Flower, President[5]
  • 1995 Frank Williams, President[5]
  • 2001 to 2006 - Darrell Hammon, President[5]
  • 2006 - Stefani Gray Hicswa, President[5]
  • 2014 - Stacy Klippenstein, President[5]
  • 2020 - Ron Slinger, President[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Miles Community College". Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  2. ^ "President's Office - Miles Community College". Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Degree & Programs". Miles Community College. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "History". Miles Community College. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "History by the Decade" (PDF). Miles Community College. 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Congressional Record - Senate" (PDF). US Senate. November 16, 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Sports". Miles Community College Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  8. ^ a b "Miles Community College". NJCAA. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Standings". Mon-Dak Athletic Conference. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Big Sky Region". National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  11. ^ a b c "Yellowjackets Hire Miles Community College's Rob Bishop for Head Baseball Position". MSU Billings. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  12. ^ a b "Patrycja Jaworska named to All-American Team". Miles Community College. March 7, 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  13. ^ "Miles Community College athletic director Jerry Olson to retire after 40-plus years in athletics". Montana Sports. Miles Community College. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Miles CC Head Coach Chase Tait to step down from Basketball position at year end to become MCC AD". HoopDirt. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  15. ^ "Ron Slinger". Board of Public Education. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
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