Reporters and photographers:  A schedule of events is attached.

UNIVERSITY TO HOST PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
ON JEFFERSON'S BIRTHDAY

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 10 -- Approximately 1,400 newly
accepted students and their parents will mark Thomas Jefferson's
253rd birthday April 13 at the University of Virginia while learning
about U.Va.'s academic, social and architectural attributes.
	Birthday cake will be available as activities begin in
U.Va.'s annual "Day on the Lawn," which offers prospective students
a sampling of U.Va. life.  The day will include faculty
presentations, panel discussions, performances by musical groups and
walking tours of the Grounds.  
	As part of the day, "Spring Fling," activities that offer a
taste of campus life to minority students, will be held.  Minority
students, who will be paired with U.Va. hosts, will participate in
student-life discussions and attend social events as well.
	Sponsored by the Office of Admission, the "Day on the Lawn"
will also provide families with information on financial aid,
University services and housing options.
	In addition to the April 13 activities, the Admission Office
is offering newly admitted students a series of panels throughout
April.  The panels allow families to ask current U.Va. students
about academics, housing and campus organizations.
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April 9, 1996
	FOR MORE INFORMATION contact the Admission Office at (804)
982-3200.  Television reporters should contact our TV News Office at
(804) 924-7550.







UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
1996 DAY ON THE LAWN,  SPRING FLING
SATURDAY, APRIL 13

9 a.m. - 10 a.m.	Registration, Miller Hall
9 a.m.- noon		Student Life Expo on the Lawn
10 a.m. - noon		Academic Open Houses and Information Sessions
			African-American
Studies		Minor 108

Anthropology				Pavilion III

Astronomy				Pavilion II

Chemistry				Chemistry Building

Classics				Pavilion I

Drama					Culbreth Theater
			Environmental Science		Pavilion IV

French					Pavilion VIII
			Government & Foreign Affairs	Wilson 301

Math					Pavilion IX

Music					Pavilion II
			Physics				Physics 220
			Political & Social
Thought		Pavilion III

Religion				Pavilion X
			Slavic Languages &
Literature		Pavilion I

Sociology				Pavilion III
			Spanish				Pavilion VI
			Women's Studies			Minor 227
			Int'l Studies/Overseas Program	Minor, 2nd
floor

			Professional Schools Open Houses:
			School of
Architecture			Campbell 138
			School of
Education			Pavilion VIII
			School of
Nursing			McLeod 2014

10 a.m. and 11 a.m.	Formal Presentations, with Q & A
			Biology				Wilson 402

Economics				Rouss 104
			English				Jefferson
Hall, Hotel C
			German				Pavilion VIII
			History				Rotunda West
Oval

Psychology				Rotunda Dome Room
			McIntire School of
Commerce		Monroe Hall
			School of Eng. & Applied
Science	Chemistry Auditorium

noon - 3 p.m.		Walking tours of Grounds, leaving every 15
minutes from 			the Rotunda

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.	Student Panel for students with A-L last
name, Wilson
			Hall Auditorium
			Parent Panel for parents with A-L last name,
Old Cabell
			Hall Auditorium
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.	Student Panel for students with M-Z last
name, Wilson
			Hall Auditorium
			Parent Panel for parents with M-Z last name,
Old Cabell 			Hall Auditorium

2:30 p.m.		Concert by University singing groups,
Amphitheater
			(Rain site: Old Cabell Hall Auditorium)

3:30 p.m.		Virginia Glee Club Concert, Rotunda steps 
			(Rain site:  Old Cabell Auditorium)