Overview
- Country singer Eric Church delivered UNC–Chapel Hill’s commencement address using an acoustic guitar to guide his talk.
- He outlined six “strings” of life — faith, family, marriage, ambition and resilience, community, authenticity — as values graduates can tune.
- He urged students to stop and listen for what drifts out of tune, saying honest adjustments turn noise into music.
- He closed with his song Carolina, and coverage described the moment as emotional for the cap-and-gown crowd.
- The Granite Falls native and Appalachian State grad brought the weight of eight albums, 11 Country Airplay No. 1s, and seven ACM Awards.