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PAMELA F. CIPRIANO:
Hi, everyone.

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This is Pam Cipriano.

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I want you to know
how much I'm thinking

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about every one of you--
our students, our faculty,

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and our staff.

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I know these are
really unusual times.

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And we are all learning
how to work from home,

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be around our family members,
away from our friends,

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but also be in close quarters
sometimes with the people

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that we're living with.

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Hopefully, you're getting some
comfort from them, perhaps

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from some pets, and just
trying to figure out

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what is your new routine.

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So to our students
in particular,

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I really hope that adjusting
to your online classes

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is going well.

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I know, again, that that's
something new for many of you.

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For our faculty, a
big thank you in terms

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of making that transition
too as you're continuing

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to develop some
alternative experiences

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as well as create classes that
are fun and interesting and not

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too difficult in terms of
the delivery, and clearly,

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all of our staff, who are
also working from home

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and who are figuring
out how to make sure

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that their technology works
and that they can support

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all of the needs of the school.

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This is not easy.

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It's not anything that any
of us have done before,

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and we also don't know how
long it's going to last.

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As many of us are following the
science as closely as we can,

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we recognize that,
once again, we're

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really in uncharted territory.

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So even as we try to look
at what has happened around

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the world, whether it's in
China, or Korea, or Singapore,

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or Italy, or Spain, or other
European countries now,

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and also look at the rise of
cases of COVID-19 in the United

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States, look at how the
disease has affected different

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communities here--

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we're all learning as we go.

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But one thing is true.

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We know this is
going to be months

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in the making of, again,
sort of a new normal.

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So we need to be
prepared to continue

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to adjust and to
recognize that each of us

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will have ways that
we want to adapt.

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Don't forget in addition to
checking in for your classes

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to check the school's website.

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I know you're getting some
announcements from Collab,

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but as of tomorrow, Tuesday--

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today is the 23rd--

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and so tomorrow,
the 24th, whenever

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you're seeing this
message, we know

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that Kenny will be having
some virtual hours.

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And there will be some special
guests along with Kenny.

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So I encourage you to
check in and make sure

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that, again, you're taking
advantage of some of the more

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fun resources.

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Similarly, if you would
like some more ways to think

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about some mindfulness,
reflection, meditation,

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and other ways to help if
you've got a little anxiety

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or just want to relax
a little bit more

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to go to the CCI
website, the link

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from our page, which has
a number of great helps.

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And I know that our CCI
student ambassadors have also

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sent out some information.

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But all in all, I want, again,
to really say thank you.

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This is an unusual time.

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We're all helping one another.

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And that means not just
our classmates, not just

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the people that we work
with, but our neighbors,

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our family, our friends.

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So this is also a time to not
be afraid to reach out for help,

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to raise your hand, to say, you
know, I need to talk to someone

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or I need some recommendations
for how I might

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get a little additional help.

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This is a time that we
all must come together,

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and I know we're
already doing that.

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I know we have a number of you
who have already reached out

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to help our community
to find supplies,

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to find other supports, to,
once again, try to care for one

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another.

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We are fortunate to be at
the University of Virginia,

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and we're fortunate to have a
distributed network of friends

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and colleagues not just in
Charlottesville, not just

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across the Commonwealth, but
really all around the world

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as well as across
the United States.

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So this is a time to stay
connected in any way you can.

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And as you have creative ideas,
or things that are working,

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or virtual suggestions,
please let us

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know, and we will
pass them along.

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We're trying not to bombard
you with lots of communication

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but also know you need
access to information,

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so we'll do our best to group
those messages to figure out

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ways that we can make sure
things are available to you

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in real time.

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And I wish every single
one of you, again,

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some time for reflection,
and wellness, and rest,

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and relaxation.

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But don't forget to ask
for help if any of us

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can be of service in any way.

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As your dean, I want you to
know that I am in meetings a lot

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every day, at least
five phone calls a day,

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either with the executive vice
president for health affairs,

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or the provost, or the
medical center leadership.

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We are tracking
very carefully all

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of our preparedness, all
of the workforce issues,

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making sure that nurses and
other health care providers

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are being protected.

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We are in good shape.

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And so I think, again, we want
to give you that reassurance

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that we are in a great place.

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And while it is stressful--
no question about it--

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we've got some really
wonderful people

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who are making things work, who
are helping the community, who

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are keeping our
patients safe, who

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are keeping our workforce safe.

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And we all look
forward to when we

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can get back to what we
thought was normal before

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and be able to ease
up on some of the ways

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that we've had to alter
not just the daily life

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but our academic experience.

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It will be a while.

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It will be down the
road, but we will all

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look forward to
working together to see

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those changes happen as well.

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So hang in there.

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Please let me know
how you're doing.

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Let your teachers know.

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And, again, if you're
part of our student group

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and certainly with our staff and
our faculty department chairs,

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associate deans, me--
please, just give a holler

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and let us know how
you're holding up.

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These are indeed unusual
times, and I thank you

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again for all of your efforts,
for your perseverance.

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Keep your sense of humor.

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That's really important.

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Help one another,
and just be well.

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Thanks.

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