April
23, 1998
								Contact:
Bob Brickhouse
									 (804)
924-6856
									

OUTSTANDING WORK OF U.VA.'S GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS
IS HONORED WITH AWARDS

	Twelve of the University of Virginia's most accomplished
graduate teaching assistants and graduate instructors were honored April
22 for their dedicated role this year in helping fulfill the
University's teaching mission.
	Kimberley Roberts, a graduate student in English, was selected
to receive the University's second annual Seven Society Graduate
Fellowship for Superb Teaching.  The $7,000 award was presented at a
banquet honoring finalists for the award.
	J. Jenry Morsman IV, a history graduate student, was presented
the 1998 Dr. Frank Finger Fellowship, a $4,000 annual award.  The
fellowship, named in honor of psychology professor emeritus Frank
Finger, is given to an Arts and Sciences teaching assistant who excels
in well organized and stimulating classroom teaching. 
	The Seven Society award, to further the recipient's graduate
studies and honor outstanding teaching by advanced graduate students at
U.Va., is sponsored with a bequest from the philanthropic Seven Society
and coordinated through the University's Teaching Resource Center.  It
is presented annually to a graduate student who embodies the highest
ideals of teaching:  dedication to students, substantial knowledge of
the subject matter, and skill in conveying a passion for that knowledge.
	A selection committee chaired by Jan Lacoss, faculty consultant
at the U.Va. Teaching Resource Center, and made up of undergraduate
students and faculty, chose finalists from among some 65 nominees put
forth through letters and enthusiastic endorsements from students.
	"The decisions were difficult, given the high standards set by
the finalists," said Lacoss. "The				
nominees for the awards exemplify outstanding teaching at the
University.  They have quite obviously had a great impact on
undergraduates and are all worthy of recognition for their
accomplishments."
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	The other 1998 award finalists honored at the Seven Society
Graduate Fellowship awards banquet were:
	Kelly Black, government
	Eduardo Bringa, physics
	Jeffrey Feldman, anthropology
	Edward Gurski, Spanish
	Christopher Harris, physics
	Slobodan Jurac, engineering physics
	Christopher Krentz, English
	Hun Lye, religious studies
	Lisa Szefel, history
	David Tabachnick, philosophy
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For additional information, Jan Lacoss may be reached at the U.Va.
Teaching Resource Center at (804) 982-2815. Television reporters should
call our TV News Office at (804) 924-7550.
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