Southwestern University provides the following options for on-campus housing. Local hotels are also available (see below). However, they are located over a mile from the campus and there will be no shuttle service available between the hotels and the campus.
Please review all of the information below related to on-campus housing and the meal plan.
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On-campus housing/dining
Southwestern University provides both dormitory rooms and apartments for on-campus housing. NOTE: All housing and all other buildings on campus are air conditioned.
Dormitory rooms
- Dormitory rooms are organized into shared 4-person suites.
- Each suite has two bedrooms, sharing a bathroom and a small common area.
- Each bedroom, has two XL twin beds. This would be the most economical option for housing while at the congress.
- The cost per bed is $360 / week ($45 per night).
- For those preferring to have a private room, one should reserve both beds in a single room at the cost of $640 / week ($80 per night). However, the bathroom will still be shared with the adjacent room.
Examples of typical dorm spaces:
There are a small number of ‘quads’ available that would be a set of 4 rooms sharing 2 baths and a common area. The cost is the same, $360 / week ($45 per night) per bed.
Apartments
There are two styles of apartments offered at Southwestern University.
Apartment style 1 - Full-size bed, private bath and kitchenette - Single occupancy room
- Each apartment has two bedrooms (each with one full-size bed)
- Two bathrooms
- A kitchenette (dorm size refrigerator, sink, microwave).
- A common area
- The cost is $760/week ($95/night) per bedroom.
- Note: The kitchenette does NOT include cooking utensils or dishes and eating utensils. The congress team does plan plan on providing a set of paper plates, plastic eating utensils, cups and paper towels for each apartment.
Apartment style 2 - Full-size bed, private bath and full kitchen - Single occupancy room
- Each apartment has two bedrooms (each with one full size bed)
- Two bathrooms
- A full kitchen
- A large common area
- The cost is $920/week ($115/night) per bedroom.
- Note: The kitchen does NOT include cooking utensils or dishes and eating utensils. The congress team does plan plan on providing a set of paper plates, plastic eating utensils, cups and paper towels for each apartment.
Note: For families of 3 or more, wanting to share an apartment, special accommodations MAY be possible. Contact registrar@gocogress.org for more information.
Dining
The Mabee Dining Commons is the newly remodeled and award winning cafeteria for on-campus meals. In addition, a causal hangout spot with games (pool, shuffleboard, etc), called The Cove, is available for pub-style food.
Mabee Dining Commons
Mabee Commons is located in the heart of campus and offers an all-you-care-to-eat experience. You will find cutting-edge American entrees, ethnically-inspired foods, vegetarian selections and lots more, all prepared right before your eyes! Our menu changes daily to provide you with a variety of dining entrée options!
Full week meal plan
Meal card for the full week: $320. Includes breakfast, lunch and dinner meals at Mabee from Saturday July12th evening until Sunday July 20th breakfast. Note: Does not include dinner on July 19th (the night of the banquet). Mabee Dining Commons will not be open that evening.
A take away box lunch will be available on Wednesday for those going off-campus.
Standard Door Rate (Pay as you go):
Breakfast - $14
Lunch - $20
Dinner - $24
Payment Methods:
Visa, MasterCard and American Express
The Cove
Stop by the Cove for ready-made salads, wraps or parfaits or your favorite coffee beverage or a quick snack to go. Crew Brew offers your favorite Latte, Cappuccino or icy cold beverage perfect for an afternoon or evening break. Beer and wine are available for purchase.
Hours for the Cove are still TBD
The Cove is NOT covered by the full week meal card. Food and beverages bought here will be pay as you go.
Accepted Here: Visa, MasterCard and American Express
There is also small convenience store where you can find sweet and savory snacks of all kinds, an assortment of bottled beverages and frozen snacks.
Nearby Hotels
Georgetown has a number of nearby hotels. These are located 1-2 miles from the campus. There will be no shuttle service available. For those who have a car, these may be an option. There will be plenty of free parking on the Southwestern University campus.
Fairfield Inn
Modern hotel, closest to campus (1.2 miles), block of 30 rooms available. Website.
Group rate of King room - $139/night, or Double room - $149/night (plus 13.79% tax).
Price is only guaranteed through June 11th, after which the hold on rooms ends.
(Double check the date range on website as default includes Friday night 7/11.)
Book Your Room
Or, call the Front Desk @ 512-969-3500 and mention American Go Association (Code = AGA).
Sheraton Hotel
Hotel and Conference Center, (2.5 miles), block of 15 rooms available. Website.
Group rate of King room - $149/night, or Double room - $149/night (plus 13.79% tax)
Price is only guaranteed through June 13th, after which the hold on rooms ends
Book Your Room
Area Restaurants
Most Congress attendees will find the on-campus cafeteria convenient, economical, and tasty, and the
meal plan is highly encouraged, but you will have other options.
There are a number of restaurants within a 15-minute walk from the campus, most of them clustered
around the town square and courthouse in the center of Georgetown. These would include:
- The Golden Rule, 606 Church St.
- The Grumpy George Pub and Grub, 114 E 7th St.
- Juliet Italian Kitchen, 701 S. Main St.
- Goodfolks, 119 W. 7th St.
- Blue Corn Harvest Bar & Grill, 212 W 7th St.
- 600 Degrees Pizzeria, 124 E 8th St.
- Sweet Lemon Kitchen, 812 S. Church St.
- Wildfire, 812 S Austin Ave.
- Dos Salas, 1104 S. Main St.
If you have transportation, there will be many more choices within a mile or 2 of campus, mostly along the
I-35 corridor. And if you're willing to go further afield, the greater Austin area is not just the live music
capitol of America, it's also a great restaurant town. The web site Yardbarker recently rated Austin as #2
in it's "20 foodie destinations in the United States". (#1 was Portland, Maine.)
Note: The Cove pub on campus, which will be open in the evenings, will not have kitchen service, just
bar snacks available.