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Dear Participants:

We hope this letter finds you all well and looking forward to the 2009 Nanotechnology Workshop.  We would like you to know the following information.

Program: We have a very full and exciting program planned.  We will begin each day at 8:30 AM and conclude at 5:00 PM.  A light breakfast and full lunch will be provided. You will be on your own for dinner. The program will be available on our website shortly.  Website:
   http://www.umassk12.net/nano. All sessions will be in the new, fully air-conditioned Integrated Sciences Building. It is just north of the campus pond. For campus maps, go to

http://www.umass.edu/visitorsctr/Campus_Map/

Clothing: For the Institute, please wear lightweight, comfortable clothes and shoes.  Most areas will be  air conditioned but we may go outdoors from time to time. You may want a sweater; at times the air conditioning is set very cool.

A few other items of information:

  • Please bring a digital camera on Monday if you have one, along with the cable or card reader needed to transfer images to a computer. (If you don't have a digital camera, it is not a problem.)

  • If you have a laptop bring it in. We expect to have wireless access available for laptops in the classrooms and the dorms. We also have a computer lab where you can access the Internet
  • For all Nano Participants, staff member Rob Snyder is hosting an Evening Barbeque on Tuesday at 6 PM at his home. Everyone is welcome, and you can bring a guest if you like. We will need to know on Monday morning how many people are planning to attend.
  • For Credit: For those of you who are registering for  graduate credits, you must sign up and pay by check or credit card by Wednesday.  Registration forms will be provided on Monday. You will receive an Incomplete grade in the summer and a letter grade in December.

  • STAYING IN THE DORMS. The dorms provide new air-conditioned single rooms in singles-sex suites. Linens are provided, but the beds are firm; you may want to bring a pad of some sort. If you arrive on Sunday, you should report to North Building C in the North Residential Area. To get there, you drive north on North Pleasant Street past the pond and Hasbrouck Lab. At the traffic light, turn right on Eastman Lane, go past a parking lot and a gym, and turn left into the dorm area. Park temporarily and ask for the registration office. Someone will be there on staff 24/7 to check you in.  For campus maps, go to:

  • Parking  Your commuter parking lot is 63.  It is adjacent to the new Integrated Sciences Building (ISB) and across the street from Hasbrouck Lab, the location of the STEM Ed offices and of earlier STEM Ed institutes see map above).  A STEM Education Institute staff member will be in the ISB lobby at 8 AM. Please arrive in the lobby by 8:30 AM.

    After 5 PM, and on weekends, you can park in any campus lot without a permit. However, on weekdays from 7 to 5 parking rules are strictly enforced. They TOW!
     

We hope that this answers all the questions that you have.  If you want to speak with a staff person directly, you may call Dan Gullage at (413) 545-2016 M-F in the afternoons or Marie Silver (413)545-0734 Tues-Fri. all day. We look forward to your arrival at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst on July 20, 2009.


Dan Gullage - dan @ umassk12.net
Marie Silver - msilver @ umassk12.net
Mort Sternheim - mort @ umassk12.net