Martin Luther King Community Choir of Charlottesville and the Ingrammetes sang “Glory” and “We Shall Overcome.”

UVA mechanical and aerospace engineering professor and former NASA astronaut Kathryn Thornton marked the arrival of the space race.

Alumna Katie Couric heralded the full co-education of the University in 1970, joined on stage by some of the first women to graduate from UVA in 1974, 1975 and 1976, who received a standing ovation.

CavMan, the UVA cheerleading squad and great athletes past and present, including former basketball player Ralph Sampson and 2017 graduate and Olympic gold medalist swimmer Leah Smith noted the remarkable achievements of UVA’s student athletes.

Toward the end of the evening, special guest Andra Day took the stage.

Singer Andra Day brought the crowd to its feet with her powerful voice. (Photo byThe company's assets increased to nearly $92 billion with the addition of Riggs. The acquisition was the beginning of a series of purchases that would dramatically increase PNC's size and bring it deep into the U.S. Southeast.

In 2006, PNC and Rohr have received high marks for their decision to sell a 49.8 percent stake of the money manager firm BlackRock to Merrill Lynch in 2006. The deal valued PNC's 70 percent stake at $5.6 billion, compared to the $240 million PNC, under O'Brien had paid for the same stake in 1995.

In 2007, PNC acquired Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, headquartered in Baltimore, adding 240 branches, primarily in Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. In 2007 it also announced agreements to purchase two other banks. In 2008 PNC gained another