Sept. 11, 1998
Contact: Lawrence Adams
(804) 982-5252
lea2n@virginia.edu


U.VA. FACULTY WILL DESCRIBE VALUES, VISIONS AND MYTHS
INFLUENCING THE NATION IN THE 2000s
	
	In a series of programs in Richmond, Norfolk and Falls Church,
University of Virginia faculty will examine the diverse forces shaping
American life in the next millennium.
	The University of Virginia Associates Program will address
"Myths and Visions at the New Millennium" -- a topic chosen by U.Va.
President John T. Casteen III -- in four sessions in each of the cities
beginning Oct. 20.  The series will conclude at the University in May
when noted civil rights historian and U.Va. lecturer Julian Bond will
lead a discussion on race and culture in the 21st century.
	Peter Ochs, the Edgar Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic
Studies, will lead the first session, titled "Our Great Moral Decline:
American Culture, Morality and Religion Approaching the Millennium." 
	Kathryn A. Neeley, an associate professor of technology, culture
and communication in U.Va.'s School of Engineering and Applied Science,
will lead the second session.  The talk, titled "Technology in the New
Millennium: Hopes, Fears and Expectations," will be held in mid
November.	
	Margaret E. Mohrmann, the Harrison Medical Teaching Associate
Professor of Generalist Medicine, will lead the third session, titled
"It's Fascinating (or Heart-Warming, or Cost Effective), But Is It
Medicine?" That session will be held in late January and early February.
	Gregory Saathoff, an associate professor of clinical psychiatry,
will lead the fourth session, "Violence and Myth in America: From
Culture to Cell." Those sessions will be held in March.
	Open to anyone interested in pursuing contemporary issues in
depth, the Associates Program is sponsored by U.Va.'s Office of the
President, Continuing Education and alumni and friends of the
University.
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	Participants in the sessions will be invited to Charlottesville
for a May 7 discussion with Julian Bond, followed by a reception and
dinner.  Participants may also attend a talk on "Design and Leadership:
Sustaining Legacies for Virginia" that will be held Dec. 8 in Richmond.
William McDonough, dean of U.Va.'s School of Architecture, will lead
that session.
	Registration for the four sessions in the Associates Program
costs $100 per individual or $125 per couple.
	For more information, contact Lawrence E. Adams, Associates
Program director, at (804) 982-5252 or via lea2n@virginia.edu.
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