NSF-Supported Workshop
Sponsored by the EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative (CDI) and held at the University of Oklahoma

EPSCoR GK-12 Assistance Workshop
(GK-12 = Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education)

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LOGISTICS

Registration
The workshop is being held at the University of Oklahoma's Center for Continuing Education, Thurman J. White Forum Building, Norman, Oklahoma. Participants will be staying at the Sooner Hotel and Suites, Norman Oklahoma.

If you have trouble registering, please contact Rand Haley (randhaley@earthlink.net; 202-737-7399).

Please book you room soon – see the information below.

Hotel Location
Sooner Hotel and Suites
300 Kellogg Drive
Norman, Oklahoma
Tel: 405-329-2270
Fax: 405-325-7459
E-mail: dupchurch@ou.edu
Web: www.housing.ou.edu/soonerhotel
(A confirmation will be returned via e-mail.)
Web or e-mail preferred for room booking.

If you have any trouble with room booking, contact Denise Upchurch from 8:00 AM – 5:00 pm, Central, at (405) 329-2270 [OU Ext. (Direct) 77003].

The Sooner Hotel and Suites is a three-story hotel adjacent to the Thurman J. White Forum Building. The hotel “provides a genuine spirit of service to conference participants and University guests. Enjoy affordable luxury and the tradition that is the University of Oklahoma. The Sooner Hotel and Suites offers a number of helpful services and amenities. Each room contains a mini-refrigerator, microwave, and cable TV with free HBO and a VCR. Complimentary continental breakfast is served in the Hotel lobby each morning.” Free parking permits are available from the front desk.

Room Block
Room Rate: $51, plus tax/night, single or double; $85, plus tax/night, two bedroom executive suites and cottages.
Group Name: "GK-12 Workshop"
Room block held until October 22.


Transportation to/from Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), Oklahoma City
Transportation to and from the airport is available by a van service, “Airport Express.” Call (405) 681-3311 for reservations. For one traveling alone the cost is $27.00 each way but can be reduced if several people take the shuttle at the same time. The blue Airport Express vans pick up outside the baggage claim area. The trip is approximately 20-30 minutes each way. Taxi is available, but very expensive.

Driving/Parking Instructions
If you choose to drive, OU will mail parking permits, driving instructions and campus maps to all people who have registered for the workshop after October 22.


EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative (CDI) - an EPSCoR Foundation initiative funded by the National Science Foundation