Important message regarding Spring Break extension
March 11, 2020
Update: 3/11/2020 MHU community: We have been carefully following the developing situation with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We have had no reported cases or self-reports of exposure at this... [READ MORE]
(COVID-19) Spring Break Travel Survey
March 4, 2020
Update: 3/4/2020 Notice to students, faculty and staff of MHU: As we all depart for our Spring Break it is important that we consider the possibility of being exposed to... [READ MORE]
Mars Hill University Professor Named NASW North Carolina 2020 Social Worker of the Year
February 3, 2020
Note: The following news release is adapted from a release provided by the National Association of Social Workers North Carolina Chapter. Contact: Seth Maid, Director of Membership and Communication, 919-828-9650,... [READ MORE]
Mars Hill University Announces Fall 2019 Dean’s List
January 24, 2020
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
January 22, 2020
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]
Fill the Hill on January 29!
January 17, 2020
The Mars Hill basketball teams invite you pack Stanford Arena and “Fill the Hill” on Wednesday, January 29th as the Lions take on UVa-Wise. Residents from Madison County, and surrounding... [READ MORE]
Class Assignment Prompts Mars Hill Student To Take Action
January 14, 2020
An otherwise routine reading assignment in her final college semester struck a nerve with Araya Houghton. The Mars Hill University student from Greensboro, North Carolina, was so moved by what... [READ MORE]
NC Glass Center to Exhibit Group Show at Mars Hill University’s Weizenblatt Gallery
January 13, 2020
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
December 22, 2019
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
December 5, 2019
“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
December 2, 2019
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
November 22, 2019
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]