 U.VA.'S OUTSTANDING TEACHERS ARE HONORED

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 13 -- Fourteen University of
Virginia faculty members and four graduate students have been chosen
as this year's winners of annual University-wide awards honoring
exceptional teaching.
	Chosen from among dozens of nominations supported by
detailed testimonials from students and faculty, the 1995-96 award
recipients will be honored Monday, April 15, in the Rotunda at the
University's fifth annual "In Celebration of Teaching" banquet,
hosted by President John T. Casteen III and Vice President and
Provost Peter Low.
	"The nominees are always some of our very top faculty
members and graduate-student teachers, and the Teaching Awards
Committee finds it extremely difficult to choose," said professor
Marva A. Barnett, director of the Teaching Resource Center, which
coordinates the awards.  "A great deal of thought and effort goes
into these nominations.  They clearly demonstrate what dedicated
teaching involves, and the selection process is always exciting."
	The 1995-96 award winners are:
	Ą K. Edward Lay, professor of architecture, and Jennings L.
Wagoner, professor of education: co-winners of the Alumni
Association Distinguished Professor Award.  The annual award is
given to a faculty member who has excelled as a teacher, shown
unusual concern for students and made significant contributions to
University life for at least a decade.  The co-winners will split a
$1,500 prize.
	Ą Stephen Arata, assistant professor of English: The Alumni
Board of Trustees Teaching Award.  The award is given to an
assistant professor for demonstrated skill in teaching and carries a
$1,000 prize, with $1,500 in additional support and offers a
semester's research assignment.
	Winners of All-University Outstanding Teaching Awards, each
carrying a $2,000 prize and recognizing ability to inspire and
motivate students, include:
	Ą  John D. Lyons, professor of French
	Ą  Toni Wegner, associate professor of psychology 
  	Ą  S. Joseph Poon, professor of physics
	Ą  Pamela S. Karlan, professor of law
	Ą  Dr. Michael F. Rein, professor of internal medicine
	Winners of All-University Outstanding Graduate Teaching
Assistant Awards, each carrying a $1,000 prize for teaching
excellence, are: 
	Ą  Genevieve Brock, French
	Ą  Matthew Ansfield, psychology
	Ą  Thomas Goebeler, mathematics
	Winner of the Resident Teaching Award in the School of
Medicine, carrying a $1,000 prize, is Dr. Lorne H. Blackbourne of
the surgery department.  
	The University Teaching Fellows Program, funded through the
Office of the Provost, supports junior faculty of outstanding
ability in efforts to design or redesign courses.  The year-long
program includes a $5,500 summer fellowship.  Winners are:
	Ą Robert J. Beck, assistant professor government and foreign
affairs
	Ą  Felicia A. Etzkorn, assistant professor of chemistry
	Ą  Cheryl Bland Jones, assistant professor of nursing
	Ą  Robert G. Kelly, assistant professor of materials science
	Ą  Michael Satlow, assistant professor of religious studies
	Ą  Douglas R. Taylor, assistant professor of biology
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April 12, 1996   

	For additional information please contact Marva Barnett at
the Teaching Resource Center at (804) 982-2815 or Bob Brickhouse in
U.Va. News Services at (804) 924-7116.  Television reporters should
contact out TV News Office at (804) 942-7550.