| Directions to
parking
& unloading
for the fair at Squires |
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| To unloading at Squires Student
Center for the fair on Tuesday: |
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Campus map (pdf): N/0-3/4 area on grid. |
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For online mapping, use "Main Street and VPI Mall, Blacksburg, VA" to find entrance to Alumni Mall. |
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Guests of The Inn at Virginia Tech may arrange shuttle service directly with The Inn. |
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For those staying at hotels on or near Prices Fork Road, or at hotels in Christiansburg, see directions
to Virginia Tech (on university website), and follow instructions for downtown Blacksburg via Prices Fork Road.
Prices Fork Road ends on Main Street.
Turn right onto Main Street.
From Main Street go straight through
the first traffic light and turn right at the next street, the Alumni
Mall entrance to campus.
Go to item 3. |
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For those staying at hotels on or near Main Street, consult hotel staff or use online mapping to find entrance to Alumni Mall: "Main Street and VPI Mall, Blacksburg, VA." Go to item 3. |
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Alumni Mall (labelled "
VPI Mall" on maps.google.com) is a two-way divided campus street with U-turn areas; on Alumni Mall, make a U-turn just before
the Torgersen Bridge (over the Mall) and proceed to
the unloading area on the Mall side of Squires. |
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(Do not attempt to unload materials on
the College Avenue side of Squires; you will be ticketed.) |
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Student volunteers will be available
to assist you in taking your materials inside Squires, and will give you maps and directions to the
guest parking (below). |
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You will enter Squires on the second
floor; employer check-in is on that level. |
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You may check in when you unload, or
return to check in after parking. |
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Our CONNECTION shuttle service will
run between guest parking and Squires (Alumni Mall entrance) on 15-minute
intervals from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
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| Directions to Upper Chicken Hall (across from Lane Stadium)
Parking off Southgate Drive: |
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Campus map (pdf): N-11 on grid; parking lot is not numbered, but is across from P58 on Southgate Dr. |
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The Upper Chicken Hill (across from Lane Stadium)
parking lot is the only lot designated for CONNECTION participants
staying in off-campus hotels. Career Services does not have authority
to permit parking anywhere else on campus. |
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For online mapping use destination "Intersection of Southgate Drive and Tech Center Drive, Blacksburg, VA." |
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From Squires unloading: |
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From Alumni Mall with Squires on your right, continue to the end of Alumni Mall and turn right onto Main Street.
Go three blocks and turn right onto Washington Street.
Continue on Washington Street through two stop signs, and turn left onto Spring Road (the Coliseum is on your left at that intersection).
At the intersection of Spring Road and Southgate Drive, turn left at the traffic light. (The parking lot is in your view opposite left; lot newly paved in 2008).
Turn right into the parking lot. Use the hangtag provided to you by Career Services so that you will not be ticketed. |
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From hotels on or near Main Street: |
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Use online mapping for destination "Intersection of Southgate Drive and Tech Center Drive, Blacksburg, VA" for most direct route. Parking lot is on the northwest corner of that intersection, with access from both Southgate Drive and Tech Center Drive. |
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From Route 460, via Southgate Drive:
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From Route 460, turn onto Southgate Drive at the traffic light.
(Left turn if travelling east; right turn if travelling west.) |
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Continue straight and pass the Visitor Information Center on your right. |
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At the second light, continue straight. Parking area is visible on opposite right from that intersection. Turn right into the parking lot. Use the hangtag provided to you by Career Services so that you will not be ticketed. |
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Shuttles from Special Event Parking to Squires |
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Our CONNECTION shuttle service will
run between the Upper Chicken Hill (across from Lane Stadium)
parking lot and Squires (Alumni Mall
entrance) on 15-minute intervals from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
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The Upper Chicken Hill (across from Lane Stadium)
parking lot is the
only lot designated for CONNECTION participants staying in off-campus
hotels. Career Services does not have authority to permit parking
anywhere else on campus. |
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| Removing your materials at the
close of the fair day: |
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Please remove all materials from your
booth at the close of the fair on Tuesday. (If you are staying to
interview on Wednesday, your interview location will not be the same
as your fair day booth location.) |
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Student volunteers will be available
to assist beginning at 3:30 pm. |
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The shuttle service to the Upper Chicken Hill (across from Lane Stadium)
parking lot will run until 5:30 pm from Squires
(Alumni Mall entrance; same level as employer check-in). |
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| If you are conducting interviews
through Connection on Wednesday: |
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Guests of The Inn at Virginia Tech may arrange shuttle service directly with The Inn. |
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Guests of off-campus hotels using private vehicles: Go to the Upper Chicken Hill (across from Lane Stadium)
parking lot where you parked on Tuesday. Our CONNECTION shuttle
service will run between there and Squires
(Alumni Mall entrance; same level as employer check-in) on 15-minute intervals from 7:30 am to 5:30
pm. |
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See interview
scheduling for details on that process. |
