Area Information

PARKING INFORMATION

For Thursday and Friday you will want to park at the Union Lane Garage. If the Union Lane Garage is full, you will need to proceed to the Stadium Lane Garage. Please refer to the driving directions to find these garages upon entering campus.

There is a football game on Saturday and you should park at the Mowatt Lane Parking Garage. Parking is also available at the Inn and Conference Center for reasonable rates.

Detailed campus maps are available at: http://www.parking.umd.edu/themap. Additional parking information is available at: http://transportation.umd.edu/parking_services/where_park.htm.


DINING INFORMATION


HOTEL INFORMATION

Rooms have been blocked at the University’s campus hotel for the nights of November 8, 9, 10, and 11. Out-of-town participants should make reservations as early as possible. Once the rooms at the conference hotel are filled, participants will need to arrange for accommodations in or near College Park, Maryland.

The conference will provide shuttle service, running every half hour, between the conference hotel and the Stamp Student Union.
The Inn and Conference Center
University of Maryland University College
University Boulevard at Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20742

Telephone: (800) 228-9290
Fax: (301) 985-7445

Rooms are $129 per night; taxes are not included. To receive the conference rate, guests must make reservations by October 11, 2006. Call 1-800-228-9290. Tell the operator you will be staying in College Park, Maryland, at the Inn & Conference Center, University of Maryland. Ask for the group rate for “Attending to Early,” code AEM.

The University maintains a list of area hotels for campus visitors. Information is available at:
www.uga.umd.edu/admissions/visit/accommodations.asp

Hotels in the District offer this information to visitors: www.washington-dc-hotels.org


CHILDCARE INFORMATION

The Center cannot arrange childcare services, and there is no day care center on campus. The University of Maryland's campus newspaper occasionally lists babysitting services at: www.diamondbackonline.com/?static=classifieds

Participants in previous conferences have also found babysitters by contacting student organizations on campus. A listing of student organizations is maintained at: http://stars.umd.edu/view_groups.asp


MUSEUM INFORMATION


COLLEGE PARK & DC


THEATRE LINKS


LOCAL TRANSPORTATION

Click here to view a map of campus and the conference locations. (PDF, 166 KB)