Cohort FAQ

2023 ASET REU FAQ

• Summer Shipping and Mailing Address

  • You all will pick up your mail at Price Hall, Room 2100, which is the Honors Program Office.  The mailing and shipping address is:

    • Your Name

    • % Alan Christian, Honors Program

    • CU Box 5755

    • 8 Clarkson Ave

    • Potsdam, NY 13699

• Housing

o    You will be at Woodstock Village, here is our residence page where you can scroll down to Woodstock Village description

•    https://www.clarkson.edu/residence-life

• Please note, we will be providing program purchased kitchenware, cookware, and linens, contrary to what academic students are provided.

• Will I get my own bedroom?

  • Yes, each of you will have your own bedroom.  However, there will be a combination of 2, 4, or 6 bedroom apartments. Each apartment complex (2, 4, or 6 bedroom) has a shared kitchen, dining, and living area and 1 or 2 bathrooms depending on the configuration.

• Campus Map

  • Residence: Woodstock Village

  • Workshops / Meetings: Snell Hall

  • Lab Space: Science Center, Rowley Labs, CAMP

  • Campus Map Website: https://www.clarkson.edu/visit-our-campuses 

• Groceries

1. Does the program provide weekly groceries

   1. For the food, that is on your own.  We built in a modest sustenance into the total stipend of $6000.  

   2. There are no real meal plans on campus during the summer and that is why we have you all (and all summer programs) on campus apartments with a kitchen and why we provide cookware (pots, pans, bowls, cooking utensils) and dinning ware (plates, cups, glasses, knives, forks, spoons).  

   3. So you can either go get groceries before you check in, or check in and then go get groceries.  Most students wait until everyone in the apartment arrives so they can plan for common items like sugar, salt, pepper etc. 

   4. Program staff will facilitate planned weekly trips to the grocery store and we can talk about a general schedule to do so during the first week of the program.  However, we will provide a trip to the grocery store/Walmart on the first Monday either before or after you check into the apartments. 

• Workout facilities

o   Will I have access to workout facilities?

§  Yes, you will have access to campus fitness facilities, however, because you are not Clarkson students who pay fees, you may have to pay a modest fee to access, but last year the cohort got free access

§  Here is out fitness and recreation web page

·         https://clarksonathletics.com/sports/2019/12/5/new-rec.aspx

·         https://clarksonathletics.com/facilities

·         Local Transportation

o   How do I get around Potsdam for groceries, pharmacy, etc.?

§  Most things are within walking distance of campus, but if you wish to take the public transportation within town or other towns in St. Lawrence County, here is the web page that has intra and inter city travel in St. Lawrence County. You may have to transfer buses in Canton

·         http://www.slcnypublictransit.com/transit-schedules

Here's a link to the schedules (look for the Clarkson shuttle): http://www.slcnypublictransit.com/transit-schedules 

§  Program staff will facilitate planned weekly trips to the grocery store and may be able to facilitate urgent or emergency travel various businesses in Potsdam.

§  I also found two very small taxi companies that serve Potsdam on Yelp

·         https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Taxis&find_loc=Potsdam%2C+NY

§  Uber and Lyft are hit and miss in Potsdam

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• Things to Do

o   What things are there to do in the area?

§  Please see: https://www.clarkson.edu/explore-region 

• Program To-From Air Travel

o   Can I fly to and from the program from different airports?

§  Yes, we can accommodate flying you back to a different airport than the one you departed.

·         Program staff will be scheduling your travel using the form responses.

• Driving to Program

o   Parking Permit

§  Can I park my own car on campus?

·         Yes, during the first week of the program we can get you a sticker if needed.  Clarkson does not have a fee for student parking, but they do check the stickers after a few day

o   Gas Reimbursement for Drivers

§  For those driving or being dropped off, after each travel event, we can reimburse you for mileage at the federal GSA mileage rate of 58.5 cents per mile up to a round trip total (to program plus back home) of $500.00.  So, once you arrive, remind me to have us submit a mileage reimbursement disbursement on your behalf from your departure city to Potsdam.  After the program, we can submit another reimbursement, again, up to a total mileage payout of $500 (to program plus back home).