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Travel & Lodging

Travel

We ask that you try to arrive in Pittsburgh by early afternoon on the Sunday of your workshop week. We’ll be offering a guided tour of campus at 3 p.m. that day starting from the entrance of Posvar Hall. At 4:45 we’ve arranged for shuttles to take you to the The Bulgarian Macedonian National Educational and Culture Center, where we will provide you with dinner, entertainment, introductions, and ice breakers. We strongly encourage everyone to attend this welcome event, which will also prepare you for the week ahead. We anticipate that the activities on the last day of your workshop, Saturday, will run until Noon.

If you are traveling via plane, and need transportation from the airport, you can either arrange an Uber or Lyft, or take the Port Authority’s 28x bus, which leaves from the baggage claim area. The bus costs only $2.75 (exact change please) and will drop you off at the University at the intersection of S. Bouquet and Forbes Avenue, very close to where the dorms we’ve reserved are located. The 28x schedule is available here.

Lodging

On-campus lodging for this Engagement is provided in the form of apartment-style dorms. Each dorm holds a maximum of four (4) occupants, containing four (4) individual bedrooms, two (2) bathrooms, and a central living space with a kitchen. The dorms are located within a 1/2 mile walking distance to all on-campus activity locations.

All dorms include:

  • Air conditioning
  • Cable/network access.
  • Sink, refrigerator, stove, and microwave (all other appliances, cookware, glass/serve-ware, etc. are not provided)
  • Linens and towels (daily room cleaning services are not provided and additional linens are only provided upon request).

The cost of lodging accommodations is $192.50 PER DORM PER NIGHT, or:

  • Single Occupant (1 person per dorm): $192.50 per night
  • Double Occupancy (2 people per dorm): $96.25 per person per night
  • Triple Occupancy (3 people per dorm): $64.16 per person per night
  • Quadruple (4 people per dorm): $43.75 per person per night

Families are not permitted to stay on campus with you, nor are pets (if you have a service animal, please let us know and we’ll let you know the procedures for registering them on campus).

Parking

As an urban campus, parking can be…er…challenging. And costly. For those who drive daily to campus, or who have traveled here by car, on campus parking passes will be available for you to purchase.

Food

Sunday night’s dinner and two lunches will be provided for you. All other meals are on your own.

Affordable food options are plentiful throughout the University area, including a wide variety of restaurants as well as on-campus eateries. The dorm rooms also include kitchenettes, although they are not supplied with pots, pans or dishes.