U.VA. WINS FOUR TELLY AWARDS

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 2 -- The University of Virginia
received
 four bronze statues as finalists in the 17th Annual Telly Awards.
Three awards went
 to the Educational and Distance Learning Technologies (E.D.L.T)
department within the Division of Continuing Education and the
Television News Office in University Relations received one award. 
	 Erik Elvgren, E.D.L.T. production manager, received two
awards for football and basketball animation used by Virginia Sports
Marketing for the Coach's Shows. These half-hour weekly shows
feature talks with U.Va. football and basketball coaches, highlights
of the games and special features on players. The shows air on
network affiliates across the state and the eastern seaboard. 
	Kent C. Williamson, E.D.L.T. producer/director, received an
award in the category of fundraising. The video, "Don't Forget Our
Faces," was produced for
 I Can/We Can, an organization that serves economically and socially
disadvantaged children by helping them discover their gifts and
talents.
	E.D.L.T. recently started producing videos. Serving the
general needs of the University, the department produces high-end
video production that includes educational support and sports
promotion. Elvgren said, "We look at this as a beginning on which to
build." John Payne, E.D.L.T. director, said, "Around here and
on-Grounds their skill is no mystery, but it's especially nice to
have outside peer recognition for these accomplishments."  
	Janet Martin, director of T.V. News; Sheri Winston,
assistant director; Jane Ford, associate producer; Rob Smith, media
liaison; and Wanda Gibson, unit manager, received a Bronze Telly for
"Hearing and Deaf Culture," a production of the TV News Office's
"Gateways" TV series highlighting advances in medicine, sciences and
the arts.  
	The show, which won in the education category, aired this
spring on WCVE-TV in Richmond, WHTJ-TV in Charlottesville and
WNVT-TV in Northern Virginia. It will air on WVPT-TV in Harrisonburg
and be rebroadcast on WCVE and WHTJ later this summer. The series
will also be broadcast internationally next year by the United
States Information Agency's Worldnet Television. "When you consider
the competition, this award means that you have joined the right
club," said Martin. 	
	Founded in 1980, the Telly Awards give recognition to
outstanding non-network and cable TV commercials.  Several years ago
the awards were expanded to include film and video productions as
well as non-network TV programming.
July 2, 1996
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	For more information, Erik Elvgren and Kent C. Williamson
can be reached at (804) 982 5254. Janet Martin, director, Television
News Office, can be reached at (804) 924-7550.