Dr. Merritt Moseley will give the commencement address

UNC Asheville will hold its first December Commencement Ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at UNC Asheville’s Justice Center. Some 160 students are candidates for bachelor’s and Master of Liberal Arts degrees. A reception for graduates and their families will be held in the UNC Asheville Health & Fitness Center immediately following the ceremony. Tickets are not required.

The commencement address will be given by Merritt Moseley, UNC Asheville professor of Literature & Language and director of the University’s Key Center for Community Citizenship and Service Learning. Moseley, who joined the UNC Asheville faculty in 1978, was the 2005 recipient of the Alumni Distinguished Faculty Award. He has published books on writers David Lodge, Kingsley Amis and Julian Barnes and serves as the editor on the “Dictionary of Literary Biography” volumes. Moseley holds a doctorate from UNC Chapel Hill.

In case of severe winter weather, the ceremony will be postponed to 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 17. Information will be posted on UNC Asheville’s homepage at www.unca.edu and on the University’s Snowline at 828/259-3050.

For more information about UNC Asheville’s December Commencement Ceremony, call the University’s Office of the Provost at 828/251-6470.