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Date, Time, and Location:
The workshop will begin June 30, 2008 at 8:30 AM
at the
Region 8 Education Service Center in Mt. Pleasant located at 2230 N. Edwards
Avenue and will end July 1, 2008 at ~4:00 PM.
Lodging: Participants
living > 70 miles away and needing lodging
will lodge at:
Holiday Inn Express
2306
Greenhill Rd.
Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455
Hotel
Reservations must be made by June 1st.
Ph:
(903) 577-3800
Teachers who live >70 miles from the workshop and need lodging must contact
the hotel and reserve a room in their name from the “Texas A&M PEER
Workshop” block of rooms by June 1, 2008. Participants must guarantee
their rooms with a personal credit card, and then, when checking in to the
hotel, participants will present a letter from us (which we will mail to
qualified participants) directing the hotel to bill TAMU for the room(s)
instead of your credit card. Having room charges direct billed to TAMU will
circumvent the reimbursement process and prevent participants from having
out-of-pocket expenses for lodging.
Should you not be able to attend this workshop,
it is the participant's responsibility to cancel their hotel reservation by
6:00 PM the day of arrival to prevent a charge to their credit card.
Checking into Hotel:
Participants lodging at the Holiday Inn
will check in under their own name, having
already called and reserved a room in their name
under the Texas A&M University block of
rooms.
Upon check in, participants must present Holiday Inn Express with a letter directing them to
bill our account for their room.
This letter will be mailed to participants needing lodging as the workshop date
approaches.
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Directions from
the Hotel to the Workshop:
From the Holiday
Inn Express, travel south on Greenhill Rd. to
Jefferson Avenue. Cross Jefferson Ave. and
proceed on Lakewood Dr. (which parallels I-30).
Turn west on N.
Edwards Avenue and proceed ~ ¾ of a mile to the
Region 8 Education Service Center located at
2230 N. Edwards Avenue.
Travel and Meal Reimbursement:
Participants living in the same city
(leaving for and returning from the workshop at
the same time of day) should carpool to the workshop if at all
possible. Texas law prevents reimbursement of
individuals who do not carpool when appropriate.
Before leaving home, participants
should record their beginning odometer reading
for their vehicle as participants are required
to keep a beginning and ending odometer
reading
to and
from the workshop, and to keep all meal receipts
in order to obtain reimbursement.
For
participants lodging at the
Holiday Inn Express, a Continental Breakfast will be provided
consisting
of bagels, donuts, cereals, milk, juices, coffee
and fruit, etc. PEER
will provide lunch on both days of the workshop.
During the trip
to and from the workshop, teachers driving to
the workshop will be reimbursed for automobile
travel at a rate of $0.38 per mile traveled per
vehicle. All workshop participants will be
reimbursed up to $28 per day per teacher for
meals (up to $6 for breakfast, $7 for lunch, and
$15 for dinner) provided that participants fill
out and sign a travel reimbursement form (which
will be provided at the workshop) including the
participant’s name, mailing address, and social
security number, plus a beginning and ending
odometer reading for the trip. Reimbursements
for meals and travel, and payment for lodging
for any teacher will not exceed a total of $225.
NOTE: Alcohol costs incurred during meals
IS NOT considered part of “meals”, and
cannot be reimbursed.
To obtain reimbursement for travel and
meals, participants must write their names on
any meal receipts and return them with their
Travel Reimbursement Form to:
Ms. Sandra Reyes
Department of VIBS - MS # 4458
College of Veterinary Medicine
College Station, TX 77843-4458
We
look forward to your attendance of our PEER
Integrative Curriculum Workshop to be held in
Mt. Pleasant on June 30 - July 1, 2008.
If you have any questions, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Thank
you.
Vince Hardy
PEER
Workshop Coordinator
Texas
A&M University
Phone:
(979) 845-8339
Email:
vhardy@cvm.tamu.edu
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