Mars Hill University is a private Christian liberal arts university in Mars Hill, North Carolina, United States. The university offers 35 undergraduate majors and includes a school of nursing and graduate schools in education, criminal justice, and management. From 1859 to 2013, the school was called Mars Hill College; in August 2013, it officially changed its name to Mars Hill University. Mars Hill University was founded in 1856, and it is the oldest college or university in western North Carolina. It started as the French Broad Baptist Institute, sharing a name with the nearby French Broad River. In 1859, the university changed its name to Mars Hill, in honor of the hill in ancient Athens on which the Apostle Paul debated Christianity with the city's leading philosophers. During the American Civil War, the university was closed for two years, but it reopened after the war. From 1897 to 1938, the university, under the leadership of Robert Moore, enjoyed substantial financial and physical growth. In 1921, Mars Hill became an accredited junior college. Hoyt Blackwell served as president from 1938 to 1966, and under his leadership, Mars Hill became an accredited four-year college in 1962. From 1966 to 1996, Fred Bentley served as the college's president. Bentley was, at the time of his appointment in 1966, one of the youngest college presidents in the United States. In 1996, Max Lennon was appointed president and served until 2002. More information...
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