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Inauguration Week Highlight Events
Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series — College of Technology
Time: 3:00–4:30p.m. EDT
Location: Fowler Hall in Stewart Center
Special Guest: Mike Morris, CEO of American Electric Power
More Information: www.purdue.edu/techweek
2008 Boeing Lecture
Time: 10:30 a.m. EDT
Location: Fowler Hall
Special Guest: Sigmar Wittig, Chairman Emeritus of the German Aerospace Center. He will speak on "Space Policy in an Enlarged European Union."
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The Diversity in the Classroom Project
Time: 11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. EDT
Location: Stewart Center, Room 218 ABCD
Facilitated by: Dr. Carolyn Johnson, Director of the Diversity Resource Office
Panelists: Professor Mark Russell, Animal Sciences, Career Leadership; Professor Anne Knupfer, American Studies, The Chicago Black Renaissance; Matthew Kirkwood, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture; Professor Robin Clair, Communication, Diversity at Work: A Rhetorical Approach; Professor Dawn Riggs, History, History of Native America; and Professor Melanie Shoffner, English, Literature in the Secondary Classroom.
More Information: events@purdue.edu or (765) 494-0900
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“The Global University” Convocation
Time: 2:30–4:30 p.m. EDT
Location: Loeb Theater in Stewart Center
Facilitated by: Brian Lamb (LA '63), C-SPAN co-founder and CEO
More Information: events@purdue.edu or (765) 494-0900
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Panelists:
Jorge Allende
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, and Vice President for Research and Development, University of Chile
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Robert Berdahl
President, AAU
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Gebisa Ejeta (A, '76, '78)
Distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics and International Agriculture
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Nina Fedoroff
Willaman Professor of Life Sciences, Penn State University; Science & Technology advisor to the Secretary of State
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Leah H. Jamieson
The John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and the Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
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Renu Khator (LA '75,'85)
President, University of Houston, and Chancellor of the UH System
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Maurilio Alves Moreira (A '80)
Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil
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Sigmar Wittig
Rektor Emeritus, U. Karlsruhe; Chair Emeritus, European Space Agency; and Professor of Tubomachinery, U. Karluhe, Germany
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Felker Women in Leadership Conference – College of Consumer & Family Services
Time: 8:00 a.m. EDT
Location: Stewart Center, Room 218
Special Guests: Tami Longaberger, Sally Brown, Joyce Beery Miles, Fred Whitford
More information: www.cfs.purdue.edu
Faculty Symposia
Time: 10:00 a.m.–noon EDT
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“Serious Games for Serious Learning: Harnessing the Digital Generation”
Location: Lawson Computer Science Building Commons
Moderator: Rusty Rueff
CEO of SNOCAP, Inc., former Executive VP of Human Resources for Electronic Arts (EA)
Purdue Panelists:
Nicoletta Adamo-Villani, Computer Graphics Technology
Gary Bertoline, Computer Graphics Technology, The Envision Center for Data Perceptualization
Dan DeLaurentis, Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering
Lorraine Kisselburgh, Communication
Carlos Morales, Computer Graphics Technology
Voicu Popescu, Computer Science
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“Building a New Planet”
Location: Pfendler Auditorium
Moderator: Moira Gunn
Founder and host of Public Radio’s Tech Nation and BioTech Nation
Purdue Panelists:
Kirk Alter, Building Construction Management Technology
Hugh Hillhouse, Chemical Engineering
Inez Hua, Environmental and Ecological Engineering
Valentine M. Moghadam, Sociology, Anthropology, and Women's Studies
Robin Mills Ridgway, Physical Facilities
Paul Shepson, Earth and Atmospheric Science
Gerald Shively, Agricultural Economics
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“Tiny Technologies for Huge Impacts on Health”
Location: Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering Atrium
Moderator: Timothy D. Sands
Basil S. Turner Professor of Engineering, Director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center
Purdue Panelists
John Hertig, Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Development at Purdue
Joseph Irudayaraj, Agriculture and Biological Engineering
James F. Leary, Basic Medical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Alyssa Panitch, Biomedical Engineering
Jenna Rickus, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Masaru Rao, Mechanical Engineering
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Inauguration of France A. Córdova, Purdue University’s 11th President
Time: 2:00–4:00 p.m. EDT
Location: Elliott Hall of Music
Special Guests: Delegates from across the country and world
Ticket Information: Contact Campus Box Office at (765) 494-3933 or
(800) 914-7469.
Live Broadcasts: The Purdue systemwide campuses will televise the inauguration in the following locations:
Purdue University North Central - LSF002
Purdue University Calumet - GYTE103, GYTE107
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne - Kettler Hall room G22
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis - TBD
Click here to view the ceremony lineup.
Black Tie Inauguration Gala Ball (Invitation only)
Time: 8:00–11:00 p.m. EDT
Location: Purdue Memorial Union Ballroom
College of Engineering Gala Alumni Breakfast with the Dean
Time: 8:30 a.m. EDT
Location: Kurz Atrium, Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering
More Information: events@purdue.edu or (765) 494-0900
Gala Weekend and Spring Fest
Time: 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. EDT (continues through Sunday, April 13)
Location: Various locations around campus
R. B. Stewart Society Luncheon
Time: Noon–1:30 p.m. EDT
Location: Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering
More Information: events@purdue.edu or (765) 494-0900
Purdue Cancer Center 5K Run/Walk
Time: 8:30 a.m. EDT
Location: Ross-Ade Stadium
More information: www.cancer.purdue.edu
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