John Omachonu will join Mars Hill University as provost, effective August 13, 2018. He will be the chief academic officer for all academic and student development programs and report directly to the president. University President Tony Floyd said, "I b...

Mars Hill University Athletic Director David Riggins announced he will retire in December at the end of the fall semester. David Riggins has served Mars Hill for 32 years. He joined the school as head men's basketball coach in 1986, added the title of ...

The South Atlantic Conference named Mars Hill University baseball player Zac Brown its 2017-18 Man of the Year. Brown, a senior mathematics major from Albemarle, N.C., graduated in May from Mars Hill with a 3.75 GPA. A four-time SAC Commissioner's H...

Exciting changes will occur in the Mars Hill Cross Country and Track and Field programs at Mars Hill University. Mike Owens will continue to serve as our men's and women's Head Coach for Cross Country. Since beginning these two programs in 1992, Coa...

Virginia Hart, the longtime coach and professor who founded the Mars Hill University's women's varsity athletics program, received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine on Tuesday, July 10, 2018. The award, conferred by the Governor of North Carolina, is one...

The current exhibition at the Rural Heritage Museum at Mars Hill University is "A Cabinet of Curiosities: Selections From the Permanent Collection." The exhibit, which will be displayed through December 30, 2018, features late 19th century objects once...

Students in Mars Hill University's criminal justice program will have an opportunity this fall that their peers at other schools won't have. They'll be working with the federal government's Human Smuggling & Trafficking Center (HSTC) in the fight again...

As Wells Fargo closes its Mars Hill branch, it's leaving behind a piece of history. The bank donated to Mars Hill University a mural that documents historical images of the university and town. It has been displayed in the Mars Hill branch as part of t...