94-02-07 CMC at UVA wins international video award

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                                      Contact:  Katherine Jackson
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER AT U.VA. WINS INTERNATIONAL VIDIO AWARD
     CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., Feb. 8--"A Caring Place: The U.Va. NICU"
won a bronze medal in the health and fitness category at the New
York Festivals recently. The University of Virginia Children's
Medical Center commissioned the production of a video to orient
parents and families to the services of the Newborn Intensive Care
Unit.  The video competed with 1,383 non-broadcast entries from
more than 34 countries.
     Coordinator Stephanie McGuire, R.N., and Technical advisor
Greg Newman, M.P.H., submitted the entry in the non-broadcast
health and fitness category.  The New York Festivals showcases
selections of television and non-broadcast film and video
productions that have achieved medalist status in awards
competition.
     It presents gold, silver and bronze medals and grand award
prizes for television and non-broadcast film and video production.
U.Va. received the bronze medal at the Gala Awards Ceremonies in
New York.
     The New York Festivals was founded in 1957 as an international
awards competition designed primarily to reward outstanding
achievements in non-broadcast media.  It is still the major awards
event honoring achievements in the educational, industrial, audio-
visual and non-theatrical home video fields.
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Charlotte A. Buttner, Program Support Technician, Health Sciences
Center News Office, McKim Hall Room 3116, #429, Charlottesville,
Va.22908, 80-924-5679, cab2j@virginia.edu


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               07 Feb 94 12:24:42 EST]