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Recruitment Weekend 2010:

Friday April 2 & Saturday April 3


The Recruitment Weekend is for admitted students to learn more about the Sociology Department at the University of Washington. Prospective students who have received notification that they have been admitted to the UW Sociology Ph.D. program for Fall 2010 are invited to attend.

The department may be able to reimburse a portion of your airfare (or bus or train fare or vehicle mileage).

Schedule for the 2009 Weekend

(2010 Schedule available in March)

2009 Recruitment Weekend Schedule (.pdf)

Sociology department events start first thing Friday morning so it is best to arrive in Seattle by Thursday. Events are scheduled through Saturday early afternoon so plan to leave Saturday night or Sunday.

Note that the Graduate Opportunity and Minority Achievement Program (GO-MAP) Prospective Student Days events begin Thursday morning, April 1st. Check their web site for events you might want to attend.

Map to Savery Hall

UW maps site

Accommodations in Seattle:

We can arrange for you to stay with a current graduate student. If you are interested, email
Michele Maroto (maroto@u.washington.edu). Once we get everyone assigned, we will contact you with the name and contact info of the person.

If you are bringing a spouse/partner/friend or just like more privacy, it is better to get a hotel. Here is a list of places nearby that may give UW visitor rates.

We cannot reimburse for accommodations.

Food

We will provide a continental breakfast in the department on Friday morning.

Friday afternoon prospective students will attend the Graduate Opportunity and Minority Achievement Program Prospective Student Days lunch.

A department reception will be held on Friday from 6 pm until you want to leave at a local restaurant or pub. It is a good opportunity to visit informally with graduate students, other prospective students, and faculty.

There are many inexpensive ethnic and fast food restaurants on campus and just off campus. And, of course, coffee is everywhere. We cannot reimburse you for food.

Traveling to Seattle:

Often the best deals are found online. Try some of these web sites:
http://www.cheapairlines.com

http://www.cheapflights.com/

http://www.expedia.com/

http://www.orbitz.com/

(If travel reimbursement was included in your offer.)

Note: If you are booking both an airline ticket and hotel through an online reservation place, be sure to get something that shows the price of the airline ticket separate from the hotel. We can't reimburse hotel fees (or food).

The Travel Office has strict rules about documentation. We will need something that shows the price, where you came from, date you left, that you arrived here, and the date you left…basically your itinerary. We also need an official document that shows the paid price.

From the airport:

There are a couple of very quick and reasonably priced ways to get from Sea-Tac Airport to the UW:

Gray Line Airporter

Seattle Metro Bus:

Try the Trip Planner on the Metro web site (enter from "Sea-Tac Airport" to "University of Washington HUB") or just take Metro Route 194 from Sea-Tac Airport (baggage claim, bay 2) to Convention Center station.

Take any number of busses from downtown to the University; they are listed on the UW UPASS web site.

Depending on arrival times, we may be able to coordinate picking people up downtown.

Traveling by Car, Bus, or Train:

We can pay for bus or train tickets and mileage (based on a Travel Office formula) for people driving from other Pacific NW locations. For tickets, we will need the receipt showing how much you paid and the from/to information.

RSVP

Please let us know whether you are coming by Friday, March 12th. Email Catherine Provost when you know your plans: cuala@u.washington.edu. Contact Michele Maroto (maroto@u.washington) if you want to stay with a graduate student.

Additional Information

The University of Washington web sites are unusually complete. Here are some you might want to check out:

Find everything from here: www.washington.edu/uwin Searching from here will get you most anywhere.

Everything for students: http://www.washington.edu/students/

Specifically housing: http://hfs.washington.edu/

Graduate School : http://www.grad.washington.edu/

 

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