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Important message regarding Spring Break extension

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

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

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

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]


Fill the Hill on January 29!

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

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

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]