Steubenville Conferences

Guest Assistance

Our staff and student workers are eager to help you and can be identified with applicable attire. For general conference questions, please ask someone wearing a staff shirt or call 740-283-6801. For nighttime on-campus needs, contact your Housing Host. Student hosts are available on the main floor of each residence hall.

Registration Office

On opening day of each event, Registration Check In, located in the St. Joseph Center Seminar Room, is open from noon to 8:00 p.m. To contact the Registration Team, please call 740-283-6315 or email conferences@franciscan.edu. The Registration Office is closed on Sundays.

The Ohio Smoke-Free Workplace Act prohibits smoking in all buildings/tents on the campus of Franciscan University and in areas adjacent to building entrances. Smoking is also prohibited outdoors within 30 feet of all building entrances and open windows where smoke may enter a building and in any other designated outdoor nonsmoking area. Please respect those around you by complying with these mandates. Ohio State Law also prohibits the purchase, possession, and use of tobacco products by anyone under the age of 21. Please help us by obeying this law.

The sale of any books, pamphlets, CDs, artwork, etc. is permitted only through the Franciscan University Campus Store. Please contact the Campus Store at 740-283-6271 for more information.  

To learn more about the items available in the store, please visit its website at  store.franciscan.edu/home or send questions to campusstore@franciscan.edu.  

Video or audio recordings may NOT be made of liturgies, speakers, or music. This material is copyrighted and subject to all copyright laws. Flash photography is not allowed during liturgy in the Diocese of Steubenville. Portions of this conference are being photographed and recorded in video and audio format. By attending this conference, you give Franciscan University your consent to use these images and recordings without restriction in publications, advertisements, videos, websites, web-streaming video, and other uses. 

Please silence your cell phones during ALL sessions. This includes Liturgy, Main Sessions, and Workshop Sessions. House phones (for internal use only) are located in the J.C. Williams Center at the Information Desk. 

Our staff will help you find parking upon arrival. We ask that you not park in spaces reserved for service vehicles,  residence directors, conference team members, or in marked fire lanes. Use of handicapped parking spaces requires proper license plates and/or hang tags.  

The name badge you received serves as your conference pass, which allows you to attend the sessions. Please wear your name badge each day of the conference.  

The Lost and Found is located at the J. C. Williams Center Information Desk throughout the scheduled conference. Items in the Lost and Found must be claimed within two weeks of the close of the conference. After that time, return of lost items is not guaranteed. If you realize after the conference that you have lost something, please call 740-283-3771. 

Please keep your room locked when you are not in it. At the conclusion of the conference, please return your key to the appropriate key box located in the lobby of your residence hall. There is a $50 charge for lost keys. 

Access to the University’s wireless network, “BaronNet-Guest,” is available to all conference guests. If you experience any trouble, call Guest Services at 740-283-6801.

The University provides emergency first-aid care on the upper floor of the J. C. Williams Center during conference hours. Please follow the signs or locate a staff member for directions.  

Medication requiring refrigeration should be checked in with the medical staff and can be kept in the first-aid area.  We are not authorized to dispense medicines, including Tylenol and Advil.  Anyone needing these medicines can purchase them in the Campus Store located in the lower level of the J.C. Williams Center.   Only the most basic service can be provided in the First-Aid Center.  Anyone requiring more than one hour of medical attention will be sent to a local hospital.  

In case of a life-threatening emergency, call (9)-911 from a campus phone or 911 from a cell phone. (Please note that some campus phones require dialing “9” to access an outside line.) In case of an emergency that is not life-threatening, call Security at 740-283-6911 (or at Extension 6911 from a campus phone), the University operator (0), or locate a staff member. The general number for security is 740-283-6333.