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Mars Hill University Announces Fall 2019 Dean’s List

Mars Hill University recognizes 305 students named on the Honor Roll of the Academic Dean at the end of the fall 2019 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students... [READ MORE]


Mars Hill University and A-B Tech Community College Create Mountain Lion-Trailblazer Promise

A-B Tech Community College graduates who want to continue their education with a bachelor’s degree now have a direct pathway to do so at Mars Hill University. Mars Hill President... [READ MORE]


NC Glass Center to Exhibit Group Show at Mars Hill University’s Weizenblatt Gallery

Mars Hill University’s Weizenblatt Art Gallery is excited to present a group show January 13 – February 7, 2020, by the artists at the North Carolina Glass Center. The NCGC,... [READ MORE]


Terry Bellamy Urges Mars Hill University Graduates to Find Their Own Calcutta

Former Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy quoted Mother Teresa as she urged Mars Hill University graduates to “find their own Calcutta.” Bellamy, who now heads the community and economic development office... [READ MORE]


MHU Adjunct Professor to Release Book of Appalachian Trail Photos

“The Appalachian Trail: Backcountry Shelters, Lean-Tos, and Huts,” a documentary book of photographs by Sarah Jones Decker, will be released in April 2020, by Rizzoli, a major NYC publisher of... [READ MORE]


Bellamy To Give Commencement Address at Mars Hill University

Terry Bellamy will be the keynote speaker at Mars Hill University’s winter graduation ceremony on Friday, December 20, 2019. Bellamy is a former two-term mayor of Asheville and now is... [READ MORE]


Mountain Mover – Noah Allison

Noah Allison, son of David and Angela Allison, was born and raised in Marshall NC. He decided to attend Mars Hill University because he appreciated the small town atmosphere along... [READ MORE]


Colby Caldwell to Exhibit at Mars Hill University’s Weizenblatt Gallery

Mars Hill University’s Weizenblatt Gallery will present photography by Colby Caldwell in its next exhibition. The exhibition will run from November 20 to December 20, with a reception from 6-8... [READ MORE]


Mars Hill celebrates 2019 Hall of Fame class

Mars Hill University celebrated the 2019 Hall of Fame class on Saturday, November 16 at halftime of the football game versus Wingate. Abby DeBusk (Joyner), Mike Houston and Jeff Miles were inducted into the... [READ MORE]


WNC School Superintendents Help Mars Hill University Kick Off Local Lion Promise

School superintendents from four Western North Carolina counties visited Mars Hill University on Monday, November 4, 2019, to formalize a new scholarship program. The Local Lion Promise guarantees scholarships covering... [READ MORE]


Bailey Mountain Cloggers Win 28th National Championship

They’ve done it again! The Bailey Mountain Cloggers, Mars Hill University’s championship precision clogging team, won yet another national title at the America’s Clogging Hall of Fame (ACHF) National Clogging... [READ MORE]


Statewide Exhibit of Women’s Suffrage Centennial Kicks Off at Mars Hill University

The Liston B. Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies at Mars Hill University will host an exhibit of documents pertaining to women’s suffrage from the State Archives. The exhibit, on November... [READ MORE]