Conferences

GEMELA 2010 Conference information

"Making Connections" conference to be hosted by Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley and UMass-Amherst, Massachussets, September 23-25, 2010. Please find a tentative program for the conference here.

To register for the conference, visit our secure registration site:

http://a3.acteva.com/orderbooking/bookEvent/A304698

Our meeting will be held at two locations: Willits Hallowell Hotel at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley (Thursday and Friday) and Herter Hall at UMass-Amherst (Saturday). We have reserved rooms for conference participants at the beautiful historic Hotel Northampton, in Northampton, a city in the middle between South Hadley and Amherst. To access the conference rate, you must make your reservation by phone directly to the local number listed below (you will not be able to access the rate via the website or a toll-free number) and reference the Mount Holyoke Spanish International Conference Rate. Please make your reservation as early as possible, or by August 22, 2010 at the latest.

The Hotel Northampton, (413) 584-3100 http://www.hotelnorthampton.com
Rate – W and Th $150/nt plus tax, F and Sat $195/nt plus tax

Bradley International Airport (airport code BDL) is located 31 miles south of the MHC campus on I-91 in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Airlines serving Bradley include America West, American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, Southwest, United, US Airways, and a number of regional carriers. Several companies provide transportation service to and from campus/hotel with advanced reservations. We are negotiating a special price with Valley Transporter. Closer to the conference dates, a group rate will be available.

Everyday of the conference, there will be a mini-bus that will pick up people at the hotel in Northampton and take participants to the conference sites. These mini buses will pick you up at the entrance of the hotel in the morning, and next to the conference sites, every afternoon, to return to the Hotel Northampton. The schedule is to be determined.

For more detailed information (other hotels, detailed driving directions, parking), please see this document.

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If you are interested in hosting the conference, please download our Conference Host Form, which provides a point-by-point description of Host and Board shared responsibilities for the conference.

Click on the link for a program of the conference in PDF format.

GEMELA mini conference grants

GEMELA invites members to submit proposals for sponsorship of mini-conferences. To be eligible, proposals must meet the following guidelines:

  1. Co-sponsorship will be considered as long as GEMELA is not hosting its conference during the same semester.
  2. The maximum amount awarded for an individual conference will be $250.00. No more than two awards will be granted per academic year.
  3. The conference/symposium must be hosted by a current GEMELA member/s.
  4. GEMELA will be listed on program and advertisements as co-sponsor.
  5. The theme of the sponsored conference must relate to GEMELA's mission.
  6. Please send your short request in an email to GEMELA’s 2nd Vice President: second.vice-president@gemela.org

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