Mars Hill College News

He has helped to create some of the most successful agriculture projects in North Carolina and has brought over $2 million in grants to the state.

Mars Hill College has a long history of excellence in music. This year, MHC students plan to take their musical abilities to the next level by competing for a World Championship title with North Carolina's own Carolina Gold Drum and Bugle Corps.

Editor's note: This article is the fourth of five profiles of candidates for president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College who will be interviewing at the college through Friday.

Ciara Felder of Mars Hill College received the fourth annual North Carolina Campus Compact Community Impact Student Award during the Compact's Student Conference held at Western Carolina University Saturday, Nov.

EVANS, GA: James Archie Hedgpeth came into this world on September 9, 1917. He was born in Rowland, NC, the son of Archibald B. and Ophelia Lytch Hedgpeth.

A teacher with a passion for learning and high expectations for his students, D.J. Keith touched thousands of lives during his career.

Any discussion of the Lambda Chi chapter at Appalachian State University must begin with James F. Jones.

Causes like helping refugees in Darfur are easy to support in theory and just as easy to forget if there is no practical way to make a difference.

In the realm of short fiction, many local authors have produced books of note. In a previous column, I raved about the anthology "Clothes Lines," , stories and poems by Western North Carolina women inspired by the theme of clothing.

Students at a North Carolina college were so inspired by the author of a summer reading assignment they launched a campaign to help refugees in war-torn Darfur.

Students at a North Carolina college were so inspired by the author of a summer reading assignment they launched a campaign to help refugees in war-torn Darfur.

After 20 years of service to her town, and 16 years as mayor, Mary 'Bett' Stroud can readily point to her legacy: Trees.

Mars Hill College has awarded grants to 12 students and faculty members for research projects ranging from mountain history to pop music.

Four defendants in the gang-style invasion of a Mars Hill College housing unit were sentenced to prison last week after the last one entered a guilty plea.

College may very well be intellectually enthralling and socially beguiling, but all that excitement calls for small sacrifices.

Buncombe County Democrat Martin Nesbitt's leap to the powerful position of N.C. Senate majority leader is the story of a mountain resident's political ascendance.

The grave of Joe Anderson, one of the slaves of Mars Hill College co-founder Rev.

A Seed-and-story swap and 'local food' meal will be held on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Pittman Dining Hall on the Mars Hill College campus.

Harley Jolley, professor emeritus of history at Mars Hill College, will be one of the featured experts in a PBS documentary about the Civilian Conservation Corps set to air Monday.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:02 p.m. Special to the Times-News Some say that tragedy was inevitable for May, when she broke an old mountain tradition on the night that she met her future husband.