For Atlanta events and information, visit www.atlanta.com or

visit http://biology.gsu.edu/people/location/placestoeat.html

- our thanks to the biology department!

Hotel Information:
These are several hotels within walking distance of GSU's campus.

You may wish to reserve or purchase rooms via the internet.

The following list comes from www.cheaptickets.com.

When searching, use the option that offers hotels in the GSU vicinity.

Quality Hotel - Downtown (Special rates for attendees)
89 Luckie St.
Atlanta , GA   30303
0.54 miles from location

Price: Approximately $69 a night

Fairfield Inn By Marriott Atlanta Downtown
175 Piedmont Avenue
Atlanta , GA   30303
0.11 miles from location

Price: Approximately $69 a night

Super 8 Hotel Atlanta - World Congress Center
111 Cone Street
Atlanta , GA   30303
0.6 miles from location

Price: Approximately $70 a night

Atlanta Downtown Travelodge
311 Courtland St. NE
Atlanta , GA   30303
0.76 miles from location

Price: Approximately $66 a night

Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel & Suites
54 Peachtree St.
Atlanta , GA   30303
0.43 miles from location

Price: Approximately $75 a night

Courtyard By Marriott Atlanta Downtown
175 Piedmont Avenue
Atlanta , GA   30303
0.12 miles from location

Price: Approximately $94 a night

Driving Directions. The following directions are adapted from MapQuest.

If you are arriving by car, you may also wish to secure directions to your hotel.

From north of Atlanta . . .

• I-75 South to Atlanta .
• I-75/I-85 South to Courtland St./Georgia State University exit, exit #249A.
• Go 0.9 miles on Courtland St. (NE becomes SE).
• Turn left on Gilmer St. SE .
• Arrive at 33 Gilmer St. SE .

From south of Atlanta . . .

• I-75 North to Atlanta .
• I-75/I-85 North to Central Ave./Fulton St. exit (for Georgia Dome), exit #246.
• Continue towards Fulton St .
• Turn right on Fulton St .
• Go 0.2 miles and turn left on Capitol Ave. SE/SW/Hank Aaron Dr. SE/SW.
• Continue on Capitol Ave. SE/SW 0.5 miles.
• Continue on Piedmont Ave. SE for 0.3 miles.
• Turn left on Gilmer St. SE .
• Arrive at 33 Gilmer St. SE .

Parking is available in many areas around the campus.

The cheapest places to park, however, are government owned and operated

lots on Central Ave. and Jesse Hill Jr. Dr.

($5 for GSU students and $8 for others).

Local/Ground Transportation (also from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport ).

If you will be flying into Atlanta, you can take public transportation from the airport

directly to Georgia State University 's campus and to hotels in the surrounding area.

You may wish to purchase passes (aka Breeze Cards) for MARTA,

Atlanta 's bus and metro transport system.

Passes can be purchased from any MARTA station,

one of which is Five Points Station (2.5 blocks from GSU's General Classroom Building).

For more information about passes, schedules, routes, etc., please visit

MARTA's website at http://www.itsmarta.com/ .

General Classroom Building . A detailed map of the campus can be

downloaded at: http://www.gsu.edu/map.html .

You can find more information about our campus on our main page www.gsu.edu .

For further information email the New Voices 2007 conference coordinators

at gea@gsu.edu (preferred) or call either Cara Minardi

or Melanie McDougald @ 404.413.5800.