The Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau web site lists area hotels and bed and breakfast inns. Do not make reservations or travel plans until your student's session assignment has been confirmed. Parents are encouraged to eat lunch in the dining hall on both days of Orientation. A meal ticket will be available for purchase at check-in on the first morning of Orientation. Dinner is NOT included in the price of this ticket.
Most parents choose to eat dinner at one of the many restaurants in Athens.
The students will be having dinner together at Orientation. Click here for the dates of the sixteen Freshman Orientation sessions. There will be a brief information session for parents with opportunities to ask questions. Students and parents will hear from representatives from campus housing , food services , the health center , and the academic area to which the student was admitted. Lodging is available the night before the session in Brumby Residence Hall.