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Coming Up at Mars Hill University - February 17-March 2, 2025

Mars Hill, NC (02/17/2025) — A listing of MHU events which are open to the general public.
Unless otherwise indicated, event admission is free.

For more information, contact Mike Thornhill, Director of Communications, (828) 689-1298, mthornhill@mhu.edu.

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Tuesday, February 18

True North
11 a.m., Broyhill Chapel
Weekly chapel service for the MHU community. Speaker: Jennifer Pharr Davis, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Asheville Female Entrepreneur of the Year, Appalachian Trail through-hike record holder, author, speaker, mom, wife. Special music by Amanda McLeod, a sophomore music performance major from Candler, North Carolina.

Jennifer Pharr Davis on Entrepreneurship
12-1:15 p.m., Bentley Fellowship Hall
"Entrepreneurship: What I Wish I Had Known." Jennifer Pharr Davis, founder of Blue Ridge Hiking Company, shares 16 years of small business lessons and strategies as well as some of her biggest mistakes (so you can avoid them). Lunch will be provided. Hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life.

Mt. Olive Cemetery Soup Supper Fundraiser
4:30-7 p.m., 40 Mt. Olive Drive, Mars Hill
MHU is an academic and community partner in the Land of Sky WNC African American Cemeteries Remembrance Project that is working to preserve and protect these historic and culturally significant spaces. Dine-in and carry-out options available. Donations accepted at the door. Proceeds support the maintenance and beautification of the historic burial site of the Black community in Madison County. Hosted in partnership with Madison County Racial Justice Coalition.

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Saturday, February 22

Polar Plunge Supporting Madison County Special Olympics
2 p.m., Ammons Field House
Fundraiser for Madison County Special Olympics. Raffle prizes, chili cook-off, costume contest. Costs to participate: individual plunge participant: $20; individual plunge participant plus t-shirt: $50; chili chef: $20. Funds raised will provide year-round sports training, competition, leadership opportunities, and health services to Special Olympics athletes in our community.

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Tuesday, February 25

True North
11 a.m., Broyhill Chapel
Weekly chapel service for the MHU community. Speaker: Kevin Barnette, MHU football coach. Topic: faith-a source of community.

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Wednesday, February 26

Unveiling Our Treasures
3:30 p.m., Ferguson Health Sciences Center 306
2024 Hart-Melvin Archival Research Fellows Leila Weinstein and Jennifer Miranda-Pineda (Nursing/Appalachian Studies) will present their findings from a semester of research in the Ramsey Center's Southern Appalachian Archives.

Alpha Chi Induction Ceremony
7 p.m., Oscar Sams Dining Room, Pittman Dining Hall
Induction ceremony for new members of Alpha Chi National Honor Society. Members of the honor society must be juniors or seniors with grade point averages in the top 10 percent of the student body. Mars Hill's chapter, North Carolina Epsilon Chapter 120, was formed in 1971.

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Ongoing

A Realism of Absences: Pete Candler exhibit
Weizenblatt Gallery
Runs through March 9


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Upcoming


Ash Wednesday Service
March 5

Smoky Mountain Brass Band & MHU Wind Symphony Concert
March 6

Percussion Ensembles Showcase Concert
March 11

Day4MHU
March 26

Zoe & Cloyd Concert
April 11

Bailey Mountain Cloggers Spring Concert: Romeo & Juliet
April 25-27


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Mountain Lions Athletics Home Events
Ticket prices, policies, and other information: https://marshilllions.com/athletics/tickets

Wednesday, February 19
Softball vs. Belmont Abbey (double-header), 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Tusculum, 5:30 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Tusculum, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 20
Acrobatics & tumbling vs. Newberry, 6 p.m.

Friday, February 21
Softball vs. Lees-McRae (double-header), 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Saturday, February 22
Men's lacrosse vs. Malone, 12 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Catawba, 2 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Catawba, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, February 25
Acrobatics & tumbling vs. Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, February 26
Women's lacrosse vs. Converse, 6 p.m.

Thursday, February 27
Men's and women's tennis vs. King, 2:30 p.m.

Friday, February 28
Softball vs. UNC Pembroke (double-header), 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.
Baseball vs. Catawba, 2 p.m.

Saturday, March 1
Baseball vs. Catawba (double-header), 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Softball vs. King (double-header), 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.


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