Gateway to Technology (Urbana campus)
June 15 - 27, 2008 (two-week session)

Costs:
- Registration (includes lunch, refreshments, and 3 dinners): $2,200 (your school will be billed)

- Housing -- Make reservation and payments arrangements directly (after STI Registration has been confirmed), asking for rooms in the PLTW block, at either 1) Illini Union Hotel , 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 217-333-1241 or www.union.uiuc.edu/services/hotel , singles or doubles at nightly rates of $94-$101 plus 11% tax; or 2) Hawthorn Suites, 1010 Trade Centre Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, 217-398-3400 or www.hawthorn.com at the nightly rate of $89.99 plus 11% tax. Note that both hotels provide free parking and continental breakfast; Illini Union is located within 3 blocks of campus PLTW classrooms, and Hawthorn Suites is 1/5 miles from campus classrooms.

Parking--Campus parking garage pass is optional ($85.00), located within one-two blocks of PLTW classroom locations.

Important Pre-Planning Reminders:
-Summary Schedule
-Participant and Instructor Expectations for PLTW Summer Training Institutes
-Computer Requirements
-Computer Letter
-Pre-Training Experience Survey
-Supply List to Bring to STI
-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Local Information
-Graduate Credit Option
-How to Register Online

Staff:

Bill Ganter - Master Teacher
Young Middle School, FL
bill.ganter@sdhc.k12.fl.us

Jana Sebestik - Affiliate Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
sebestik@uiuc.edu

For further information about Summer 2008 STI offerings, contact:

Brenda Pacey
Illinois Project Lead the Way Affiliate Director
University Outreach and Public Service
807 S. Wright, Suite 370, MC-307
Champaign, IL 61820
bpacey@uillinois.edu
217/244-5217
217/244-3173 FAX

UIUC Conferences and Institutes
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
302 E. John, Suite 202 (MC-433)
Champaign , IL 61820
217/333-2880
FAX 217/333-9561

Michelle Chappell
mchapp@uiuc.edu