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    DC: SmarTrip Goes Back to School

    Aug. 14, 2013
    Metro visits area campuses to promote SmarTrip cards to students.
    Related To: WMATA-Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

    Metro representatives will visit several local college campuses over the next two weeks to encourage new and returning students to buy one of the essentials of college life in this region: a SmarTrip card.

    “Cost savings and convenience are especially important to students, and having a SmarTrip card gives students in our transportation network the benefit of both as they use the Metro system,” said Lynn Bowersox, Metro's assistant general manager for customer service, communications and marketing.

    The upcoming campus sales events are:

    Aug. 16: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
    Northern Virginia Community College
    3001 N. Beauregard S.
    Bisdorf Building, 1st floor, outside of room 196
    Alexandria, Va.

    Aug. 19: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
    University of the District of Columbia
    4200 Connecticut Ave., NW
    Building 46 – Auditorium
    Washington, D.C.

    Aug. 19 - 20: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
    Howard University
    Blackburn Center, Ground Level
    2397 6th St., NW
    Washington, D.C.

    Aug. 20 – 21: noon - p.m.
    American University
    Community Showcase
    Mary Graydon Center
    4400 Mass, Ave., NW
    Washington, D.C.

    Aug. 21: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    Gallaudet University
    Student Academic Center, Multipurpose Room
    800 Florida Ave., NE
    Washington, D.C.

    Aug. 22 – 23: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
    Catholic University
    Student Orientation
    Edward J. Prybyal University Center Lower level
    620 Michigan Ave., NE
    Washington, D.C.

    Aug. 22: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
    Prince George’s Community College
    Largo Campus
    Novak Field House
    301 Largo Road
    Largo, Md.

    Aug. 24: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
    Georgetown University
    Red Square
    3700 O St, NW
    Washington, D.C.

    Aug. 24: 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
    Virginia Tech
    Northern Virginia Center, Room 214
    7054 Haycock Road
    Falls Church, Va.

    Aug. 28: noon – 5:30 p.m.
    Georgetown Law
    Georgetown Vendor Fair
    McDonald Hall
    600 New Jersey, Ave., NW 3rd Floor
    Washington, D.C.

    Aug. 29: 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
    George Mason University
    Founders Hall
    Arlington Campus
    3351 Fairfax, Drive
    Fairfax, Va.

    Aug. 30: 3 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
    University of Maryland
    Stamp Center Grand Ballroom
    College Park, Md.

    In addition to the sales events listed above, SmarTrip cards are sold in the campus bookstore and/or student union at American University, George Washington University and University of Maryland-College Park.

    Using a SmarTrip card saves students $1 on each Metrorail trip and 20 cents on each Metrobus trip. It also gives students free bus-to-bus transfers and a 50-cent discount when transferring between bus and rail.