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Accommodations and Travel
Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the institute and among the institute locations in southwestern Virginia, but institute staff will encourage carpooling and will help develop a plan that will meet everybody's needs, including those flying round-trip to Roanoke (the airport nearest to Ferrum). Some supplemental funding will be allocated to expenses for travel among the local sites for those sharing their cars with riders. As Breaks and Caretta are four hours southwest from Ferrum, some people will likely prefer not to return to the college after the institute ends, but a room at the college will be provided at no charge for those wanting to leave belongings there to pick up after the institute ends.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Applicants need to know in advance that sleeping accommodations in Caretta, West Virginia, are dormitory style and require climbing two flights of stairs. There are, however, limited possibilities for physically impaired people on the first floor. We regret that our arrangements in Caretta do not permit spouses, partners, or children to participate in this part of the institute. |
Ferrum College is a small, rural, liberal arts college related to the United Methodist Church, located near the Blue Ridge Parkway about thirty miles south of Roanoke, Virginia. Single occupancy housing will be provided in a recently constructed, air-conditioned residence hall. Each room is located in a pod of four rooms, each pod having two bathrooms, a lounge, and refrigerator. The building has wireless Internet service for the convenience of those bringing laptops with routers. Institute scholars will have access to a wide range of college library links such as the Academic Onefile, JSTOR, Blackwell Synergy Journals, Lexis-Nexis, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and the Oxford English Dictionary. The residence hall is located within a hundred yards of the dining hall, library (where most sessions are held), bookstore, and Blue Ridge Dinner Theater. 
The fee for room and meals throughout the institute is $47 per day. This fee covers all lodging and all meals at Ferrum and Caretta, lodging and two buffet meals at Breaks. It also includes local telephone service and cable television with HBO but participants who want this service must bring their own television and telephone. We also suggest that scholars bring reading lamps. Institute scholars who wish to bring spouses, partners, or children will need to arrange accommodations. Institute staff will provide contacts but cannot guarantee housing. We welcome those associated with participants to most optional activities, but NEH policy prohibits their participation in the regular schedule of activities. They are also invited (as are of course participants themselves) to use the campus library, swimming pool, fitness center, tennis courts, and other facilities. 
Two-to-a-room, motel-type accommodations and two meals are covered in institute fees during the weekend at scenic