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UVA holds a virtual town hall focusing on COVID-19 and the fall semester

UVA holds a virtual town hall focusing on COVID-19 and the fall semester

file photo of Pat Lampkin (red jacket) who's a top UVA official Photo: WINA


(CHARLOTTESVILLE – WINA)    University of Virginia officials have elaborated on plans for the fall semester which will begin as we inch closer to Labor Day.   President Jim Ryan and the top brass at UVA held a virtual town hall Monday afternoon.   The format included Ryan reading questions about COVID-19 that have been submitted.

Some responses came  from Pat Lampkin, a UVA Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer.   She was joined by University Counsel Tim Heaphy.  Both fielded questions about enforcement of UVA’s directives that deal with the virus.

 

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