Campus Center Opens for Spring Semester
January 9, 2026
The new Campus Center is open and ready to receive students as they arrive for the spring 2026 semester. After the completion of fall semester final exams, staff began moving... [READ MORE]
December Commencement Celebrates Mars Hill University’s Summer and Fall Graduates
December 12, 2025
As Mars Hill University conferred degrees on its graduates of the summer and fall of 2025, the chair of the university’s board of trustees acknowledged the challenges they faced along... [READ MORE]
Mars Hill University To Celebrate Graduates on December 12
December 2, 2025
Mars Hill University will recognize its summer and fall graduates during its commencement ceremony on Friday, December 12, 2025. The event is scheduled for 3 p.m. in Moore Auditorium and... [READ MORE]
Wayne Higgins Named 2025 Alumnus of the Year
October 15, 2025
Wayne Higgins was named Mars Hill University’s 2025 Alumnus of the Year during homecoming festivities on Saturday, October 11. The university recognized Higgins, a member of the class of 1975,... [READ MORE]
March 28, 2025
Mars Hill University’s annual Day4MHU shattered records this year, raising $632,171 in just 24 hours, far surpassing the initial goal of $350,000. Held on March 26, the event rallied alumni,... [READ MORE]
2024 Hall of Fame Class Announced
October 24, 2024
Mars Hill University inducted two new members into its athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 2. Hudson Tucker and Jonas Randolph were honored with a breakfast ceremony and a... [READ MORE]
Mars Hill University Honors Benefactors
September 16, 2024
Mars Hill University honored several key supporters of the university during its annual President’s Recognition Reception, held Thursday, September 12, 2024, at the Crest Center in Asheville. This year’s honorees... [READ MORE]
Virginia Hart, Iconic Mars Hill Educator Passes Away at 101 years old
June 1, 2024
Virginia Hart, the longtime coach and professor who founded the Mars Hill University women’s varsity athletics program, passed away on June 1, 2024. Hart graduated in 1943 from Mars Hill... [READ MORE]
Mars Hill University Confers Degrees on 195 Spring Graduates
May 11, 2024
“The beautiful and hardest thing about our time here is that it inevitably ends,” said Mars Hill University graduate Lauren Sermersheim, delivering a student address to her fellow graduates. “In... [READ MORE]
Mars Hill University Recognizes Students and Employees for Service to the Community
May 1, 2024
Mars Hill University presented awards to several students and employees for their service to the university and to others. The awards were given during the annual University Awards and Recognitions... [READ MORE]
Political Science Alumni Stories – Cameron Worley
January 4, 2024
Growing up in Western North Carolina as a first-generation college student, I sought a college experience that would not only provide a comprehensive education but also a meaningful experience. I... [READ MORE]
Political Science Alumni Stories – Sydney Britt
January 4, 2024
I graduated from Mars Hill in May of 2020, with a major in International Studies and a Minor in Spanish. Ultimately, what led me to MHU was athletics, and in... [READ MORE]