PLEASE NOTE:  Although the conference is not open to the public,
reporters are welcome to attend sessions.  A schedule is enclosed.

CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 29 -- Faculty and students from
universities across the nation will discuss residential college
living at a March 30-April 1 conference at the University of
Virginia.
	The third annual Conference on Residential Colleges and
Living Learning Centers will take place in Zehmer Hall, where
participants will discuss factors contributing to successful common
living experiences such as faculty-student interactions.
	Mark Schwen, author of Exiles from Eden, will give the
keynote address on Saturday, March 31, at approximately 8 p.m. in
the RotundaÕs Dome Room.
	At the conference, sponsored by the Organization of
Residential College Administrators, U.Va. representatives will
describe the roles of faculty and the importance of physical
settings in establishing common living areas.  U.Va. has been a
leader in developing residential colleges, conference coordinator
Tim Pittman noted.
	ÒWhere there is common ground architecturally, students and
faculty can find common ground intellectually and more generally, as
citizens of the same world,Ó said Carl Trindle, director of studies
at U.Va.Õs Brown College.
	For more information, contact Tim Pittman at (804) 924-3312.
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March 28, 1995