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Temporary Housing
Free temporary housing through Madison Friends of International
Students.
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It is your responsibility to arrange your own temporary and permanent housing.
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Madison Friends of International Students (MFIS) is an organization whose
temporary housing volunteers will provide free accommodation and
breakfast for the first three nights of your stay. This arrangement
has been very popular with international students. Many
families are able to meet you upon arrival at the airport or bus stop.
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Through
MFIS,
you may not know where you will be staying until a week or less
before your arrival.
Therefore, it is very important that you keep the following groups informed of how to contact you at all times:
MFIS,
International Engineering Studies and Programs, and
whomever will meet you upon your arrival to transport you to your
temporary housing.
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Because
MFIS
housing is limited, International Engineering Studies and
Programs asks that you do not use this service for temporary housing if you already have a place to stay when you arrive.
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The contact information for the administrative office of Madison Friends of International Students is below.
Please be mindful that the
MFIS
is run by volunteers. Thus, they have limited hours of operation.
Please make sure to write or fax at least 6 weeks in advance.
Also, include your exact date of arrival and flight or bus arrival time.
Madison Friends of International Students
Room 149, The Red Gym
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608/263-4010
Fax: 608/262-2838
Other Options for Temporary Housing
If
MFIS
is unable to arrange temporary housing for you, or if you choose to make other arrangements for temporary housing, more resources are listed. Rates as of May 2003 for single rooms. Rates are subject to change.
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Short Course Dorms
- 1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608/262-2270
Fax: 608/265-5905
Email: mary.vance@mail.admin.wisc.edu
Rates: $14.00-32.00 per night. Parking is $6.00 per day. Children under the age of 16 are not allowed to stay here.
Limited availability.
Madison Inn
- 601 Langdon St.
Madison, 53703.
Phone: 608/257-4391
Fax: 608/257-2832
Website: www.themadisoninn.com
Rates: $105.00 for one person and $120.00 for two + 13.5% tax.
Rates vary according to the size of the room.
Children under eight — there is no charge.
Older children have an additional charge of $15 per person.
Rates higher on football weekends.
Wisconsin Center Guest House (Lowell Hall)
- 610 Langdon St.
Madison, 53703
Phone: 608/256-2621
Fax: 608/252-5445
Website: conferencing.uwex.edu
Rates: $67.00 for a single room, $77.00 double; includes breakfast and parking
You must indicate that you are affiliated with International Studies and Programs to reserve a room.
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Memorial Union
- 800 Langdon St.
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608/262-1583
Website: www.wisc.edu/union/
Rates: $55.00 for one person and $10.00 each additional guest (no tax); student rate. Wonderful lake view.
To obtain this rate, you must give your UW-Madison student ID number, which is on your admission letter.
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Union South
- 227 N. Randall Avenue
Madison, WI 53715
Phone: 608/263-2600
Fax: 608/263-8119
Rates: $55.00 for single and $10.00 each additional person (no tax); student rate.
To obtain this rate, you must give your UW-Madison student ID number, which is on your admission letter.
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Howard Johnson Hotel
- 525 W. Johnson St.
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608/251-5511
Fax: 608/251-4824
Rates: $89.00 one person and $99.00 for four people maximum + 13.5% tax.
Parking free. Swimming pool and hot tub! Rates are higher on football weekends.
Hotel rates are subject to change. Memorial Union, Union South, and Lowell Hall have very limited space. Make your reservations now if you would like to stay at one of these lodgings.
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