Scenes from Homecoming 2022

Scenes from Homecoming ’22

The Lions’ 49–14 homecoming win against Emory & Henry put them first in the mountain division with a 4-1 record in the SAC.

President Floyd presents the 2022 Homecoming King and Queen: Tyler Reese and Rhyan Whitson.

REUNIONS

Young Alumni Class of ’97 cross country team

Kellye Ratcliff ’86 is 2022 Alumna of the Year

Kellye Smith Ratcliff ’86, of Greenville, South Carolina, has been chosen as the Alumna of the Year for 2022.

As the daughter of Walter and Pat Smith—long time employees of Mars Hill College/University—Kellye has literally been involved in the life of the Mars Hill campus all her life. Now, she serves on the Alumni Board and was president of that board for six years. She also served on the Presidential Search Committee that hired President Tony Floyd, and she is currently serving on the “Together We Rise” Capital Campaign Committee for the new Campus Center. As an MHU student, Kellye was active in Golden Pride. She also worked as a resident assistant in Huffman Residence Hall and a residence director in Fox Residence Hall.

Kellye graduated from Mars Hill in 1986 with a degree in business administration with a concentration in management. She then went on to earn her Master of Business Administration degree from Western Carolina University. She married Michael Ratcliff and moved to Greenville, South Carolina, in 1990. Kellye managed a multispecialty medical practice for three years before starting her own commercial cleaning and floor service company in Greenville in 1997 with her husband. They expanded their business in 2004 to the Williamsburg/Hampton/Newport News area of Virginia. Kellye and Michael have three children and seven grandchildren.