Management & Economics Library hosting business-themed online games

Elaine Bahler — Mon, 01 Feb 2010

The Management & Economics Library (MEL) will be hosting a series of business-themed games throughout the month of February, leading up to Purdue’s third Digital Literacy Contest at the end of the month.

Each event begins at 6:00 p.m. in Krannert 250 (Learn Lab) and is open to all Purdue students. Participants are asked to register by emailing kranlib@purdue.edu. Refreshments will be served, and prizes provided for the winner of each game.

Wednesday, February 3 – Lemonade Stand Contest. Lemonade Stand is an online game that tests one’s business skills. The player controls the price, the lemonade recipe, supplies, and deals with the unpredictable weather. The players’ goal is to maximize customer satisfaction, inventory, and price. The player with the highest profit wins.

Wednesday, February 10 – Coffee Shop Contest. Players purchase supplies, create their own recipe, set their price, and start selling. Players can keep an eye on what potential customers think and adjust prices to maximize profits. The player with highest profit wins.

Tuesday, February 16 – Net Acquire. Players try to maximize wealth by investing in hotel chains in this high-finance electronic board game that includes elements of strategy, some luck, and a little cut throat instinct.

The Digital Literacy Contest will be held on Wednesday, February 24. This contest is a high-speed battle of minds to find information using the internet. Created by Purdue student Daniel Poynter in 2007, players are given 30 minutes, a seat at a computer, and a list of questions to answer by searching online. Registration for this event will be handled separately. Watch for more publicity for the Digital Literacy Contest with registration information.

C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits exhibit on display in Hicks Undergraduate Library

Elaine Bahler — Fri, 22 Jan 2010

"American Presidents: Life Portraits," a presidential portrait exhibit presented by C-SPAN and the White House Historical Association, is on display at the John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library at Purdue University. The exhibit will be open to the public through February 21, 2010.

"American Presidents: Life Portraits" features the only complete collection of American presidential oil portraits by one artist, renowned painter and sculptor Chas Fagan. Accompanying the Fagan portraits are biographical sketches of all 43 presidents, including Indiana’s Benjamin Harrison. In addition to the sketches are photographs contributed by the White House Historical Association that capture each president’s time in the White House, as well as historic front pages of American newspapers announcing presidential election results. The exhibit also features audio of speeches given from every president beginning with Theodore Roosevelt.

Commissioned by C-SPAN in 1999, North Carolina artist Chas Fagan painted the presidential portraits to complement C-SPAN’s Peabody Award-winning television series, American Presidents: Life Portraits. The exhibit has traveled to many presidential homes and libraries, with its most recent display in Washington, DC during the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. This is the "American Presidents: Life Portraits" first visit to Purdue University.

In Lafayette, C-SPAN programming is carried as a public service by Comcast, a C-SPAN board member company. Comcast’s affiliate fees help support C-SPAN operations, including this exhibit.

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Management & Economics Library hosting business-themed online games

C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits exhibit on display in Hicks Undergraduate Library

C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits exhibit on display in Hicks Undergraduate Library