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Venue and Travel

Join us on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver, home of MSU Denver, for three days of innovative teaching and learning discussions.

Conference Venue: Auraria Campus

All conference events will take place on the Auraria Campus, located in the heart of downtown Denver. This unique tri-institutional campus is shared by three institutions: Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Colorado Denver, and Community College of Denver.

Conference events will take place in both new and historic buildings across campus. Use this printable campus map or the Interactive Campus Map to find specific buildings.)

Signage and volunteers will be available to direct you. If you need assistance getting to or from a location, please contact us ahead of time for arrangements, or visit the registration desk during the conference.

Parking and Transportation

  • Daily parking is available in any open lot across campus. Locations and prices are shown on this Parking Map and further details are available through this parking and transportation guide.
  • Please note that the campus parking rate increases on Fridays and Saturdays. Instructions and a conference parking code (to obtain the regular $8.25/day rate on those days) will be sent to all registered attendees a few days before the conference.
  • The Auraria campus is served by multiple public transportation options, visit RTD-denver.com for options.

Hotel Accommodations

We have a small block of discounted rooms reserved at the SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown, located on the Auraria Campus within walking distance to all conference events. Reservations must be made by January 30.

The hotel block is full, please check with the hotel for any cancellations.

Hotel conference block reservation link

MSU Denver partners with SpringHill Suites as a unique, on-campus learning laboratory, integrating real-world hotel operations with student education in the School of Hospitality.

Things to Do in Denver

The Auraria Campus is located next to downtown Denver, a vibrant hub for culture, food, and entertainment. Known for its walkable mix of historic and modern neighborhoods, areas such as Larimer Square, LoDo, and Union Station contain top-tier dining, craft breweries, live music, museums, and sports venues. While you are here, why not visit Meow Wolf, History Colorado, Denver Art Museum, the Botanical Gardens, or Wings over the Rockies!

Getting to Denver

By air: Denver International Airport (DIA) is a large-scale international airport.

  • Traveling from DIA to downtown by train takes approximately 50-minutes via the A-Line to Union Station. Once at Union Station, it is a 15-minute walk or inexpensive Uber/Lyft ride to campus. Cost of train tickets is $10.00.
  • The commute from DIA to campus by car is approximately 30 minutes. Ride share or taxi is easily available and will typically cost $50-$60 although prices can fluctuate based on demand, time of day, or traffic.

Land Acknowledgement

We want to acknowledge the land and history of this space we are fortunate to gather in during this conference. We are located on the unceded territories of Indigenous peoples, the Cheyenne and Arapaho, both displaced many times via US Government treaties. Forty-eight Tribes have called this land home. We acknowledge the labor of enslaved Africans and their descendants who worked this land and who continue to disproportionately face economic oppression, racism, and exploitation. The establishment of our campus also dismantled culture and community through the displacement of the many Latino/x/a people who lived and worked in the Auraria neighborhood. We share this acknowledgment to encourage all of us to consider how our work in this space and in our daily lives can address historic and contemporary atrocities perpetrated against Native people and other marginalized communities.

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