April
3, 1998
									Contact:
Prue Thorner
										  (804)
982-2303

	ORGANIZATION HONORS THREE WOMEN AT U.VA.

	The Women Faculty and Professional Association (WFPA) at the
University of Virginia has tapped three employees to be honored this
spring.
	Elizabeth K. Meyer, associate professor and chair of landscape
architecture in U.Va.'s School of Architecture, will receive the
organization's Woman of Achievement Award in recognition of her
mentoring of young women and her contributions to the design field. 
	Cathy S. Sides, a nursing assistant in the Children's Medical
Center, and Carol Merica, a program support technician in the School of
Nursing, will receive Aspiring Woman Awards.
	They will be honored at the WFPA's Annual Spring Luncheon and
Awards Ceremony April 29 at Alumni Hall.
	Meyer, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees in landscape
architecture from U.Va. and a master's in historic preservation from
Cornell University, was associate professor at Harvard University
Graduate School of Design before she returned to U.Va. in 1993 as chair
of the landscape architecture department.
  	Author of more than 20 essays and book chapters, Meyer has
conducted reseach that is considered a model of feminist scholarship in
the design field. She teaches landscape architecture theory courses and
interdisciplinary design studios. 
	"Elizabeth Meyer articulates a vision of teaching, design and
research that is rigorous, innovative and ambitious," said Daniel
Bluestone, associate professor of architectural history at U.Va.  "She
deserves enormous credit for her pivotal role in building and
maintaining the landscape architecture department as one of the premier
programs in the country."
	Sides, a full-time nursing assistant who works the night shift,
is enrolled in the pre-nursing program at Piedmont Virginia Community
College (PVCC).
	Merica, who has been at U.Va. for 12 years, is also a student at
PVCC.  After she receives her associate's degree this year, she plans to
transfer to a four-year program to complete a bachelor's degree.
	To reserve a seat at the awards lunch, call (804) 982-2303 by
April 21.
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