Civil Rights leader, freedom singer Bernice Johnson Reagon will deliver UNCA commenceme­nt address

Noted Civil Rights leader and Freedom Singer Bernice Johnson Reagon will give this year’s commencement address at UNCA. Chancellor Anne Ponder will confer honorary degrees on Reagon and legendary UNC-Chapel Hill Coaches Dean Smith and Roy Williams at the university’s spring commencement. The ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 15, on UNC Asheville’s Quad.