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Here is a list of events happening May 13-19, 2013, at the West Lafayette campus. Additional information below: exhibitions; ticket purchasing information.

Other Purdue Today calendar documents
Events for the next 4 weeks (events and exhibitions)
Ongoing series and opportunities
Deadlines for faculty and staff

Monday, May 13

-- Summer school begins. Four-week modules. First module is May 13-June 7. Second module is June 10-July 5. Third module is July 8-Aug. 2. Commencement is Saturday, Aug. 3, at 9:30 a.m. ----- Summer grades are due by 5 p.m. of the second working day after the end of each module.

Tuesday, May 14

-- Baseball vs. Eastern Michigan. 6 p.m. Alexander Field. Tickets: adult, $5-$8; youth/Purdue student, $2-$8; groups of 15 or more, $1. (On game day, tickets are sold only at site starting one hour before game time.)

-- McCutcheon Drive Parking Garage cleaning begins. 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. nightly through May 30. No vehicles in affected area during cleaning hours. URL for overall garage cleaning schedule: https://www.purdue.edu/pfcommunications/construction_notices/parking_garage_cleaning.html

Wednesday, May 15

-- "Dynamics of Climate" conference. Day 1 of 3. Organizers: Purdue Climate Change Research Center, others. Opens at 1:30 p.m. Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Mann Hall. Featuring introduction of Purdue learning tool kit. Keynote (on day 2): David Archer, professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago. Registration was due May 1; cost is $25. URL: www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/climate-systems-educators-toolkit-to-be-unveiled-at-purdue-environmental-conference.html

-- Commencement for Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. 4-6 p.m. Arena, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. URL: http://new.ipfw.edu/commencement 

Thursday, May 16

-- "Organ-on-a-Chip" symposium of Purdue and South Korean researchers. Organizers: Discovery Park and its Bindley and Birck centers, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Korean Institute of Science and Technology. 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Jischke Hall, Room 2001. Keynote: Ali Khademhosseini, associate professor at Harvard-MIT's Division of Health Sciences and Technology, the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, on "Microengineered Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering" at 3:30 p.m. URL: www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/symposium-led-by-purdue,-s.-korea-teams-to-focus-on-advancements-in-organ-on-a-chip-research.html

-- Farmers market on campus. Organizer: Office of University Sustainability. Fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, crafts, other items from area growers and merchants. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 31. Centennial Mall (between Wetherill Laboratory and Stanley Coulter Hall). URL on this and links to other local farmers markets: www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-farmers-market-to-begin-thursday.html

-- Purdue Postdoctoral Association annual dinner. Open to all. Speakers: Beverly Davenport Sypher, vice provost for faculty affairs and director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence, on "Growing into Academic Leadership: Creating a Path, Creating a Narrative"; and Eckhard Groll, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Office of Professional Practice, on "Global Engineering Education." 5:30 p.m. PMU, West Faculty Lounge. Cost: ages 13 and up, $17; ages 3-12, $8.50; ages 0-2, free. Checks to Purdue University preferred; cash accepted. Pay by May 9 to Sharyl Niebert, Office of Research Administration, Hovde Hall, Room 334; indicate names of attendees and "PPDA Dinner." Event has cash bar, pasta bella noce buffet menu, family-friendly atmosphere.

-- Baseball vs. Iowa. 7 p.m. Alexander Field. Tickets: adult, $5-$8; youth/Purdue student, $2-$8; groups of 15 or more, $1. (On game day, tickets are sold only at site starting one hour before game time.)

Friday, May 17

-- Baseball vs. Iowa. 7 p.m. Alexander Field. Tickets: adult, $5-$8; youth/Purdue student, $2-$8; groups of 15 or more, $1. (On game day, tickets are sold only at site starting one hour before game time.)

Saturday, May 18

-- Baseball vs. Iowa. 1 p.m. Alexander Field. Tickets: adult, $5-$8; youth/Purdue student, $2-$8; groups of 15 or more, $1. (On game day, tickets are sold only at site starting one hour before game time.)

-- Blue Jean Ball benefit for Food Finders Food Bank. Organizer: College of Agriculture is a partner; Boilermaker Butcher Block is donating its butchering and processing services. Barbecue pork dinner; silent and live auctions; music. 6-10 p.m. Beck Agricultural Center, 4540 U.S. 52 West. Tickets: $50 per person; $90 per couple; $450 for table of 10. To obtain tickets: www.food-finders.org or 471-0062.

Sunday, May 19

-- Commencement ceremony for Purdue Calumet. 1:30 p.m. (CDT). Star Plaza Theatre, Merrillville. URL: http://webs.purduecal.edu/registrar/graduation-information

EXHIBITIONS

Monday-Friday

-- "National Security Garden." April 26-July 12. Purdue University Galleries. Two parts: (1) The garden, a public art installation, is just south of Elliott Hall of Music near the Bell Tower. (2) An exhibition is in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Stewart Center. Hours: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment. URL: www.cla.purdue.edu/vpa/galleries/exhibitions/12-13/National Security Garden.html

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 that or the following will be noted in the listing.

For varsity athletics tickets, go online; or call the Athletic Ticket Office, 765-494-3194 or 800-49-SPORT [497-7678]; or visit the office in the Mackey Complex facing Northwestern Avenue. The office is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events at Mackey Arena, the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility and Ross-Ade Stadium. For ticketed sports events at other Purdue venues, tickets will be on sale before the event at the venue. URL: www.purduesports.com/tickets/pur-tickets.html

For Purdue Convocations and Purdue Theatre events and some others as announced, go to a campus box office or call 765-494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW [914-7469]. In addition to listed hours, each box office is open two hours before ticketed events in that building.

* Elliott Hall box office (lower level, northeast end by Hovde Hall): 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
* Loeb Playhouse box office (west lobby, Stewart Center): 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday.
* Pao Hall box office (first floor southeast): 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday.

URL for box offices and venues: www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic