The 2025 PNWFM Symposium
Color in Minerals
October 10-12, 2025
Ellensburg, Washington
Online registration is now ready to go!
https://pnwfm.square.site/
Daytime Events
ALL daytime events on Saturday and Sunday will be held at Discovery Hall on the Central Washington University campus. These events include:
- Saturday and Sunday talks in the large lecture hall
- Mineral displays and silent auctions in the Intro Geology Lab classroom
- CWU geology student poster session (NEW for 2025!)
- Catered boxed lunch and lunchtime auction! Lunches will include a sandwich/wrap, chips, cookie, and water. We will also have a selection of soda available. If you’d like a boxed lunch, choose either a Southwest Turkey Wrap or a Hummus and Quinoa wrap during registration. Boxed lunches will be delivered to our location in CWU and can be eaten as we enjoy our auction. (NEW for 2025!)
Saturday Evening vendor hall at the hotel
NEW HOTEL: SureStay Hotel by Best Western Ellensburg. See details below.
- PNWFM will have a dedicated “hospitality” room in the vendor hall for member check in and questions, and will have light refreshments available during the evening as well as other plans to be determined. (NEW for 2025!)
- No Saturday evening banquet this year due to logistical challenges. Attendees are invited to explore Ellensburg for dinner options that suit your own preferences. More time for visiting with our vendors! (NEW for 2025!)
SureStay Hotel by Best Western Ellensburg
Reservation Information:
We have a contract with the SureStay Hotel by Best Western Ellensburg – 1500 Canyon Road, Ellensburg, WA. You will need to call the hotel directly at 509-962-6888 and reference Friends of Mineralogy to make your reservation. Reservations are for October 10 and 11. Club rate prices are $149 for a single queen and $160 for a double queen room plus 10.6% tax. The cut off date is September 19.
- It is very important that all room dealers have a reservation by this date and have communicated with Thea Stendar (theasmineralworld@hotmail.com). On September 20, we must to provide a list of room dealers to the hotel so that they can assign rooms on the first floor. If you have not reserved your room by the 19th of September, we cannot guarantee that you will be on the ground floor.
- The hotel address is 1500 Canyon Road, Ellensburg, WA 98926. It is just a short distance past the Red Lion where we stayed last year.
- Continental breakfast is included.
Prices
| Symposium Registration | Price |
|---|---|
| Symposium + Membership + Lunch (Southwest Turkey Wrap) | $127 |
| Symposium + Membership + Lunch (Hummus & Quinoa Wrap) | $127 |
| Symposium + Membership – No Lunch | $105 |
| Full-Time Student Symposium – NO membership, NO Lunch | FREE |
| Add-Ons | Price |
|---|---|
| Room Dealer Add-On (Paid Symposium Required | $25 |
| Extra or Student Lunch (Southwest Turkey Wrap) | $22 |
| Extra or Student Lunch (Hummus & Quinoa Wrap) | $22 |
| Extra or Student membership (included in paid symposium) | $20 |
Notes on prices:
- All paid symposium registrations include 1 year of PNWFM membership.
- Room dealers: The $25 Add-On is in addition to paid registration.
- There is a $10 discount on paid symposium registration if you register by September 30.
