Kalamazoo Bound: Frank Klaassen and Sharon Wright offer the following astounding opportunity to students:
"A number of students (grads and undergrads) have expressed interest in going to the International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo Michigan Thursday-Sunday, May 5-8, 2005. The atmosphere is comfortable and the congress is huge (3-4000 attendees and 40 concurrent sessions over 4 days). The program is posted on the web site (link below). For any student centrally interested in topics between 300 and 1600 AD this is a very good conference to attend. In fact, we believe it is CRUCIAL that any graduate students at the U of S working on medieval topics go [and return - ed.]. Sharon and I plan to drive down with any students who want to go (yes, you heard that correctly). We assume the trip will take about 25 hours each way. The savings should be relatively substantial as a result. We also expect to be able to have some of the trip subsidized by the university under programs for grads and undergrads. The cost of registration is $80US for students and accomodation can be had for $26US/night (double occupancy). (Students may, of course, wish to bring sleeping bags and sleep 4 to a room, reducing that cost to $13.) You can eat in the cafeteria (see web page) or at nearby restaurants. We often bought cheese, bread, and fruit and had picnics in our student days. We should have more information about the possibility of subsidies and the cost of transportation at the meeting."

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All faculty, grad and undergrad students interested should attend the Organizational Meeting for the Trip to International Medieval Congress. Monday February 7, 2005, 4:30 p.m., Arts 710.