Illini Tower
 
Associates with Housing Grants: SRL associates with grants will be booked at the Illini Tower. Center staff will make these arrangements. A refundable housing deposit is required upon acceptance of the grant. If you arrive and leave as scheduled, the deposit will be fully refunded. However, if you depart early without having made prior arrangements through the Center, then you will be billed for the remaining days. In lieu of a deposit you may call the Center and give us a credit card number for us to hold and, if necessary, to bill should you leave early.

Associates without Housing Grants: SRL associates without grants will also be booked at the Illini Tower if they request the Center staff to make these arrangements. A refundable housing deposit is required upon acceptance of the associateship. If you arrive and leave as scheduled, the deposit will be fully refunded. However, if you depart early without having made prior arrangements through the Center, then you will be billed for the remaining days. In lieu of a deposit you may call the Center and give us a credit card number for us to hold and, if necessary, to bill should you leave early.

Illini Tower is a private student dorm conveniently located 2 blocks from the University Library and across the street from the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center. Illini Tower has two-bedroom suites with a shared bathroom, living room, and kitchenette with a refrigerator. Associates with housing grants will be placed two to a two-bedroom suite, unless otherwise indicated on the application; those desiring a private suite are responsible for the extra housing costs.

RATES
$46 per person per night for a shared two-bedroom suite.
$92 for a private two-bedroom suite.

HOUSING SERVICES
Bed linens and towels will be provided by Illini Tower. The bed linens will be changed on a weekly basis. Bath towels will be changed daily. Apartments will be vacuumed and bathrooms will be cleaned on a weekly basis.
Illini Tower does not provide hangers or any cookware. 

Illini Tower will make every effort to place conference guests in rooms they have requested, as well as keeping conference guests on the same and/or adjoining floors. However, due to extenuating circumstances this may not always be possible, and Illini Tower reserves the right to change rooms and floors prior to the program dates, if this is necessary.

FOOD SERVICES
Illini Tower has a cafeteria that is open during the following hours: Breakfast is served between 7a.m. and 8a.m. Lunch is served between noon and 1p.m. Dinner is served between 5p.m. and 6:30p.m.

AMENITIES
Phone: Illini Tower will provide phones and free local calls in each bedroom of each apartment. Conference guests will be responsible for paying for long distance calls.
Fax: Use of the fax machine at the front desk is permitted. The cost is $1 per page to send or receive faxes. If a conference guest requires more than ten pages to be faxed, special arrangements should be made with Illini Tower in advance.
Laundry Facilities: Illini Tower has two laundry rooms available in the basement. It is the responsibility of each conference guest to purchase a laundry card for $5. A non-refundable laundry card expense of $2 is paid upon the purchase of the card. The initial value on the card will be $3. The card value can be increased by use of a card machine located in the mailroom on the first floor.

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