2024 Campus & Local Info

Accommodations

Dorms

Our building is Hickory Hall.  Attendees are assigned individual rooms within suites.  Suites in this residence hall offer shared kitchen, bathroom, and lounge in addition to bedrooms.  Your key will let you into the suite and into your bedroom.  You can indicate a gender preference  in your suitemates and name a specific colleague on the Registration website.  

Nearby Hotels

If you choose not to camp out in the dorms, there are several nearby hotels that may have availability.  Secure your room, then register with the Commuter option to remove the dorm from your registration.

Best Western Dartmouth-New Bedford
737 State Road, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747
Less than 10  minute drive to the campus parking lot. 
Price range around $110 per night.

Residence Inn by Marriott New Bedford Dartmouth
181 Faunce Corner Road, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA, 02747
About a 10 minute drive to the campus parking lot.
Price range around $200 per night.

UMass Dartmouth maintains a page of area accommodations and even advises that some offer a discount for visitors.  Call to make your reservation and mention that you're attending an event at UMass Dartmouth to find out.

Parking Info

Lot 12, which is immediately adjacent to our dorm, Hickory Hall.
If Lot 12 fills up we will use Lot 10, a 4 minute walk to Hickory Hall.

Accessibility

Please indicate on your Registration form any accommodation that would improve your experience of Boot Camp.

Buildings

Claire T. Carney Library
Topical lectures for community nursing and civil & environmental engineering, as well as the capstone, will take place in the Grand Reading Room of the Claire T. Carney Library.  The room is accessible by wheelchair.

SMAST: School of Marine Science & Technology
The fisheries oceanography topical lecture will take place on site at SMAST's East Seawater Lab in New Bedford.  We will be in classroom 101-103.    

All meals except dinner Thursday will take place in The Grove Dining Hall.  The Grove is wheelchair accessible.

Thursday dinner and the after-dinner presentation will take place in the Woodland Commons, within the residence quad of our dorm.  Woodland Commons is wheelchair accessible.

Our dorm is Hickory Hall, which is wheelchair accessible and has an elevator.

Parking

Vehicles with a disability license plate or placard can use any accessibility marked parking space on campus.

Lactation Rooms

The Claire T. Carney library has a lactation room.  It will be made available for attendees.  Details on gaining access will be shared in communications.

Maps

Interactive Campus Map

Wireless Access

UMass Dartmouth has both eduroam and a guest wireless network.  If your home institution uses eduroam, you should have access to the network with your regular credentials.

If you do not have an eduroam account, a guest account will be created for you.  Login and password information will be supplied to you as part of your campus packet.

Directions

By Car

UMass Dartmouth dormitories are in Google Maps, 'Hickory Hall' produces Hickory Hall, Dartmouth, MA 02747.  It will get you to Lot 12.  If Lot 12 is full, the overflow lot is #10.

There will be lawn signs once your reach campus directing you to Lot 12 as well.

From Boston and Points North

• Route 128/93 to Route 24 south.

• Route 24 to Route I-195 east.

• Route I-195 east to exit 22.

• Take right off exit onto Faunce Corner Road.

• Proceed south, traveling across Route 6 onto Old Westport Road.

• At fork, bear right, staying on Old Westport Road.

• Campus is one mile on left.

From Providence, RI and Points West

• • Route I-195 east through Fall River, MA to exit 22.

  • Take right off exit onto Faunce Corner Road.

  • Proceed south, traveling across Route 6 onto Old Westport Road.

  • At fork, bear right, staying on Old Westport Road.

  • Campus is one mile on left. 

From Exits 22 or 22A

• Take right off exit onto Faunce Corner Road.

• Proceed south, traveling across Route 6 onto Old Westport Road.

• At fork, bear right, staying on Old Westport Road.

• Campus is one mile on left. 

By Bus

Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) is the bus line that stops at UMass Dartmouth. It goes to and from Fall River and New Bedford. SRTA Bus: New Bedford & Fall River. 

By Plane

While the New Bedford Regional Airport is the closest option at a 15 minute drive, you may not be able to find a flight to such a small airport serving limited airlines.  The Rhode Island T. F. Green Regional Airport is somewhat larger, and about a 45 minute drive to UMass Dartmouth.  Logan International Airport in Boston is about an hour and 15 minutes' drive.

Camping in the Dorms

What to Bring

• shampoo, conditioner, soap (including hand soap), shower items

• flip flops (for showers)

• washcloth

• pillow (if you have a favorite one)

• power strip

• alarm clock

• musical instruments (if you play)

• snacks and drinks

• walking shoes

• rain gear

• clothes hangers

• reading lamp

• umbrella

• fan - dorms have air conditioning but you may want more air flow

• chargers (phone, tablet, laptop, mp3 player, etc.)

• extra blanket (dorm temperatures may not be to your taste)

• sweater or sweatshirt (lecture hall and library temps are set to 70F but may vary by a few degrees)

• mattress pad (mattresses in dorms are often slick and it can be a challenge getting the flat sheet that is provided as a bottom sheet to stay on!)

What Will Be Supplied

• • 2 flat sheets & pillowcase

  • blanket (thin)

  • pillow

  • two towels

Near-Campus Dining

Meals are only covered as part of Boot Camp registration from Wednesday lunch through Friday lunch.  For those arriving Tuesday or staying in the area for the weekend, there are several chains just off campus on Route 6 or Faunce Corner Rd.  UMassD librarians have also shared a few local favorites:

Breakfast

Persy's Place (diner)

715 State Rd, Dartmouth, MA

Mirasol's Cafe

439 State Rd. Dartmouth, MA

Panara Bread 

84 N Dartmouth Mall Dr, Dartmouth, MA 0274

iHop

47 Faunce Corner Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02747-1210

Lunch

Mirasol's Cafe

439 State Rd. Dartmouth, MA

Brick Pizzeria Napoletana

634 State Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02747-1818 

Lebanese Pita Pocket

519 State Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02747-1801

Chipotle

349 State Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02747

Five Guys

85d Faunce Corner Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 

Dinner

Cask & Pig

780 State Road Dartmouth, MA 02747

The 9th Monarch (Thai & sushi)

634 State Road Suite G, Dartmouth, MA 02747

Ayur-Shri Indian Cuisine

387 State Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02747-4301

Max's (pub, burgers, seafood)

405 State Rd, rte 6-next to Gumbo, Dartmouth, MA 02747-4304

Texas Roadhouse

131 Faunce Corner Mall Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 

Applebees

500 State Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747

Olive Garden

80 North Dartmouth Mall, Dartmouth, MA 02747

99 Restaurant

161 Faunce Corner Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02747-6238

Popular chain restaurants are also available in New Bedford.  If you are looking for a specific cuisine or in need of dietary accommodations, please don't hesitate to email or ask your host Sara Pike.

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