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GENERAL FACULTY "IN THE NEWS"
GENERAL FACULTY AIM FOR CLEARER STATUS

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) announces
2003 Willard M. Duff, PhD Award Presented to Jann Balmer, RN, PhD

Yoke San Reynolds Meets with General Faculty Council
ANN LOPER, professor and clinical psychologist at U.Va. who is researching how incarcerated mothers cope with the separation from their children, is featured prominently in a Washington Post story headlined: BITTERSWEET REUNIONS / PROGRAM HELPS IMPRISONED MOMS EXTEND, ENRICH TIME WITH CHILDREN By Robin Shulman of the Washington Post

ANN LOPER, A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S CURRY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION. "Most of these women are going to be reunited with their kids," said Loper. "But they are going to be reunited after this very abrupt change where they will have been separated. Figuring out how to maintain that bond in a way that affirms to the child that they are loved and cared for ... can be very, very important in the reunification process." Daily Progress
Beyond Nursery Rhymes / Curry programs aid state in improving reading skills which focuses on "No Child Left Behind and Reading First" programs (Mary Abouzeid, General Faculty Council member)

Ten-year Anniversary: General Faculty Council Ccelebrates with Forum

In the ribbon section of the May 30 issue (page 9) there was a news item about Lotta Lofgren assuming chairwoman of the General Faculty Council as well as some other changes in the governing board. http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/news_briefs.html (You need to scroll down a ways to the story.)