Events for the next four weeks
Here is an early list of events happening at the West Lafayette campus in the four weeks (Monday through Sunday) after the current week. As other events become known, they will be added each Monday.
Week 1: Aug. 9-15
Week 2: Aug. 16-22
Week 3: Aug. 23-29
Week 4: Aug. 30-Sept. 5
-- Arrivals of international students and scholars will increase rapidly this week.
Thursday, Aug. 12
-- "Using SharePoint Efficiently" workshop. ITaP. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration link plus other information at www.itap.purdue.edu/newsroom/detail.cfm?NewsID=2183. Register by noon Wednesday.
-- Farmers market on campus. Physical Facilities. Fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, other items from area growers and merchants. 3-6:30 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 28. Lot on southeast corner of intersection of Sheetz and Woods streets, just west of Dauch Alumni Center. More on this and other local farmers markets at www.lafayettefarmersmarket.com and www.westlafayette.in.gov/department/division.php?fDD=8-164.
Saturday, Aug. 14
-- Boiler Gold Rush arrival day. New student orientation. Student Access, Transition and Success programs. All day. Initial programming in the evening. Continues through Aug. 20. More at www.purdue.edu/sats/bgr/index.html.
Sunday, Aug. 15
-- Boiler Gold Rush. New student orientation. Student Access, Transition and Success programs. All day. Continues through Aug. 20. More at www.purdue.edu/sats/bgr/index.html.
Monday, Aug. 16
-- Boiler Gold Rush. New student orientation. Student Access, Transition and Success programs. All day. Continues through Friday; large-scale activities through Wednesday; "on your own" Thurday; Community Action Day through Boiler Volunteer Network on Friday. More at www.purdue.edu/sats/bgr/index.html.
Tuesday, Aug. 17
-- ADA audio conference. "ADA and After School and Day Care Programs for Children with Disabilities." Office of Institutional Equity. 2-3:30 p.m. Room 1057, Young Hall. Description and online registration at www.purdue.edu/ethics/oie/events.shtml; select event title. For more information, for registration assistance or to request a reasonable accommodation: OIE at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or equity@purdue.edu.
Thursday, Aug. 19
-- Farmers market on campus. Physical Facilities. Fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, other items from area growers and merchants. 3-6:30 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 28. Lot on southeast corner of intersection of Sheetz and Woods streets, just west of Dauch Alumni Center. More on this and other local farmers markets at www.lafayettefarmersmarket.com and www.westlafayette.in.gov/department/division.php?fDD=8-164.
Friday, Aug. 20
-- Events for new graduate students. The Graduate School. 1) Convocation. 9-10 a.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. 2) Information Fair. Complimentary breakfast. 10-11:30 a.m. Rooms 202 and 214, STEW. 3) Graduate Staff Benefits Session. 10-10:45 a.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. (4) Fellowship Session. 10-10:45 a.m. Room 1011, Rawls Hall.
-- Soccer (women's) vs. Toledo. 5:30 p.m. Varsity Soccer Complex. Tickets: adult, $5; student, $2; groups of 15 or more, $1 (on game day, tickets are sold only at site).
Sunday, Aug. 22
-- Soccer (women's) vs. Morehead State. 1 p.m. Varsity Soccer Complex. Tickets: adult, $5; student, $2; groups of 15 or more, $1 (on game day, tickets are sold only at site).
Monday, Aug. 23
-- First day of classes for fall semester.
Thursday, Aug. 26
-- Farmers market on campus. Physical Facilities. Fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, other items from area growers and merchants. 3-6:30 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 28. Lot on southeast corner of intersection of Sheetz and Woods streets, just west of Dauch Alumni Center. More on this and other local farmers markets at www.lafayettefarmersmarket.com and www.westlafayette.in.gov/department/division.php?fDD=8-164.
-- Boilerfest New Student Orientation; all are welcome. Black Cultural Center. An informal festival atmosphere with live entertainment by the BCC performing arts ensembles and Soul Train dancing in keeping with current theme of "Black Power Movement." 4-6:30 p.m. BCC.
Friday, Aug. 27
-- Volleyball (women's). Mortar Board Premier. First of two days. 4:30 p.m.: Central Michigan vs. Northern Iowa. 7 p.m.: Purdue vs. Western Kentucky. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.
-- Soccer (women's) vs. Miami (Fla.). 5:30 p.m. Varsity Soccer Complex. Tickets: adult, $5; student, $2; groups of 15 or more, $1 (on game day, tickets are sold only at site).
-- Purdue Varsity Glee Club "First Nighter" Concert. Purdue Musical Organizations. 7:30 p.m. Ballrooms, PMU.
Saturday, Aug. 28
-- Volleyball (women's). Mortar Board Premier. Second of two days. 10 a.m.: Purdue vs. Central Michigan. Noon: Northern Iowa vs. Western Kentucky. 5 p.m.: Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan. 7 p.m.: Purdue vs. Northern Iowa. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.
Sunday, Aug. 29
-- Soccer (women's) vs. St. Bonaventure. 1 p.m. Varsity Soccer Complex. Tickets: adult, $5; student, $2; groups of 15 or more, $1 (on game day, tickets are sold only at site).
Friday, Sept. 3
-- Cross Country (men's and women's). Great American Legends. Women's 5K at 6 p.m. Men's 8K at 6:45 p.m. Varsity Cross Country Course (near McCormick Road south of Schwartz Tennis Center).
ONGOING EVENTS
All week
-- Exhibition: "Strangers No More: Village Churches on the Good Earth of the Sacred Land." Purdue University Galleries. Photographic collages completed in 2004-08 focusing on Christian churches in the rural areas of central China. Presented in collaboration with the Purdue Center on Religion and Chinese Society and the College of Liberal Arts. Through Oct. 10 in Stewart Center Gallery. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus until 8 p.m. Thursday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. More about Galleries is at www.purdue.edu/galleries.
-- Exhibition: Rotating Selections from the Permanent Collection. Purdue University Galleries. Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. More about Galleries is at www.purdue.edu/galleries.
Monday-Friday
-- Exhibition: "The Science of Psychoactive Substances: Unlocking the Doors of Perception." Archives and Special Collections in Purdue Libraries. Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, fourth floor, HSSE Library, STEW. Summer hours: 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Exhibition through Aug. 13. More on Archives and Special Collections exhibitions at www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/?page=exhibits.
-- Exhibition opening Aug. 23: "Purdue's Bellwether of Diversity: The Life & Legacy of Dr. Cornell Bell." Archives and Special Collections in Purdue Libraries. Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, fourth floor, HSSE Library, STEW. Summer hours: 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Exhibition Aug. 23-Dec 29. More on Archives and Special Collections exhibitions at www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/?page=exhibits.
TICKETS
Events are free unless noted (except that conference registrations may be omitted here); some performance and athletic events are marked "free" for clarity. Ticket prices are for single events, not any series or discount offers. An exception to the following will be noted in the listing.
For varsity athletics tickets, call the Athletic Ticket Office, (765) 494-3194 or (800) 49-SPORT [497-7678]; or visit the office in the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. The office is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events at IAF, Mackey Arena and Ross-Ade Stadium. For ticketed sports events at other Purdue venues, tickets will be on sale before the event at the venue. More at www.purduesports.com.
For Purdue Convocations and Purdue Theatre events and some others as announced, go to ticket offices in Elliott Hall (lower level, northeast end by Hovde Hall) or Stewart Center (west lobby), or call (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW [914-7469]. The Elliott Hall box office is open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events there. The Stewart Center box office is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday during the summer. The Pao Hall box office is closed during the summer.
More about box offices and venues is at www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic/Welcome.html.