2005 Geosciences Alumni-Faculty
Homecoming Dinner
and
Celebration of the Careers of
Professors Donald Bloss and Lynn Glover, III
Dear Geosciences Alumni,
Please join us for the Eleventh Annual Alumni-Faculty Dinner on Friday, September 30, 2005, at the brand new Skelton Conference Center (see directions below). We invite you to bring your family and friends, renew old friendships, and make new ones while enjoying the beautiful new facility! The social with cash bar begins at 6:00 p.m. The buffet dinner begins at 6:45 p.m. (Dinner reservations must be received by September 16.) After dinner, we will celebrate the careers of Donald Bloss and Lynn Glover III (B.S. ’52; M.S. ’53).
Our celebration beings with two Friday afternoon lectures in 4069 Derring Hall, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., to honor Drs. Bloss and Glover.
- Dr. Robert E. Sheridan, Emeritus Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Rutgers University.
Title: “Mapping the Pre-Breakup Coastal Plain and Continental Shelf Basement, the EDGE Project with Lynn Glover” - Dr. Mickey E. Gunter (M.S. ’82; Ph.D. ’87), Professor of Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy, University of Idaho.
Title: “BLOSS (Books, Light, Optics, Spindle Stage): An Acronym for Fifty Years of Excellence in Optical Mineralogy”
Please reserve your hotel rooms as soon as possible because lodging is in strong demand and many area hotels sell out early. For your convenience, the Department has reserved a block of rooms (please see below for a list of hotels).
For more information on these rooms or information about the event, contact Mary McMurray, Department of Geosciences, (540) 231-6521 or mcmurray@vt.edu. We expect approximately 75 people, and we hope that will include you!
Sincerely,
J. Donald Rimstidt, Chair, Geosciences Department
Robert J. Tracy, Assistant Chair, Geosciences Department
Michael F. Hochella, Jr., Professor and Chair, Alumni Relations Committee
Hotels
All hotels have a one night minimum stay, but rooms are also available at the same rate for October 1, 2005.
The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center – 901 Prices Fork Road – (540) 231-8000
$119.00 plus tax per night. Rooms are available until September 23, 2005. Ask for the Department of Geosciences block. This new facility is a world-class hotel with elegant guess rooms and suites. It sits on 25 lush acres and is surrounded by breathtaking views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Holiday Inn University – Blacksburg – 900 Prices Fork Road – (540) 552-7001
$79.00 plus tax per night. Rooms are available until September 9, 2005. Reservations may also be made online. Reference the group code GEO when booking online or the group name Virginia Tech Geosciences when reserving by phone.
AmeriSuites – Blacksburg – 1020 Plantation Road – (540) 552-5636
$80 plus tax per night. Rooms are available until August 30, 2005. Ask for the Geosciences Department at Virginia Tech block.
Hampton Inn, Christiansburg/Blacksburg – 380 Arbor Drive, New River Valley Mall area – (540) 381-5874
$74.00 plus tax per night. Rooms are available until September 1, 2005. When making a reservation by phone, ask for the VT Geosciences block. You can also book reservations online (enter GSO under Special Accounts).
Microtel Inn & Suites – 135 Ponderosa Drive, New River Valley Mall area – (540) 381-0500
$49.95 plus tax per night. Rooms are available until September 16, 2005. Ask for the Science block. If fewer than 10 rooms are booked, the rate will be $57.95 plus tax per night.
Directions to The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
Interactive map and directions from Google.com
From I-81: Exit 118B Blacksburg/460 West. Exit Prices Fork Rd/Downtown. Right at first traffic light into hotel entrance.
From Downtown Blacksburg (Main Street): Left on Prices Fork Road. Left at third traffic light into hotel entrance.