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Group Chimposiums

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Special weekday group Chimposiums are conducted Monday through Friday for prearranged student, tour, senior citizen and other groups with 20 to 40 participants.



Group Chimposium Guidelines

  • Group Chimposiums may be scheduled between 9:00 and 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM, or 2:00PM weekdays. Please allow at least two weeks notice to reserve your group. Time slots are subject to availability.
  • We require a $50.00 cancellation fee at the time you reserve a Group Chimposium, which will be applied to the cost of your tuition. You may cancel a Group Chimposium up to one-week prior to your scheduled session for a full refund of this fee. Refunds of the fee will not be made for cancellations after the one-week deadline.
  • Purchase orders are accepted for the cancellation fee and for tuition fees.
  • Tuition fees will be charged for all persons attending the Chimposium.
  • Chimposium tuition payment needs to be in one transaction. Time restraints do not allow individual fees to be collected upon arrival.
  • Chimposiums are not recommended for children under six years old.
  • Arriving on time is critical to the length and quality of your visit. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start of your Chimposium.
  • We will mail a Group Chimposium confirmation packet to the contact individual that contains our guidelines.

Call Lynn Whitacre at (509) 963-2243 weekdays between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM for more information or to schedule a Group Chimposium.

We now have American Sign Language sample sheets of a few of the signs commonly used at CHCI. You may print these pages to help prepare your group for their scheduled Chimposium. We also have chimpanzee facial expressions available for you to print.


Group Chimposium Tuition

  • $10.00 per adult
  • $7.50 per college student
  • $7.50 per senior citizen
  • $5.00 per K-12 student and teacher(s)

Parking

CWU provides a campus map that includes parking lots.

Parking for individual vehicles is available in the lot across the street (Lot P-8) and on the opposite corner (O5) from CHCI. Parking in these lots is limited during Central Washington University’s school year. Individual car parking permits are $3.00 each.

Parking is not available in the back of our building; vehicles parked behind the building will be subject to towing/ticketing. We do not allow any student drop offs behind the building.

Bus Drop Off and Parking Directions

Buses may drop participants off at the drill pad/basketball court at the back of the Psychology and CHCI buildings.

Directions to drop off location: Heading east on Dean Nicholson Boulevard turn left on Walnut Street. Turn left again just after the Psychology Building and parking lot S10 onto an unmarked street (you will be turning into Wahle Apartments). Follow that road until it T’s with another road; stop at the T in front of a large ROTC sign. Drop the students off there, then turn right. Follow the gravel road as is winds around the apartments to parking lot X-12 (bus parking is free).

If X-12 is full please turn left at 18th Street, then left on D Street. Parking lot V7 is located on the left.

Free parking for buses is available in lots X-12 (preferred), V-7, and X-22.

 
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