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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: May 28-June 3
Week 2: June 4-10
Week 3: June 11-17
Week 4: June 18-24

Monday, May 28

-- Memorial Day holiday. Offices closed. ----- NOTE: Operator Services Office (telephone) closed until 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. In emergency, call 911 or Purdue police at 49-48221. Questions: 49-43050.

Wednesday, May 30

-- Advancing Manufacturing Summit (10th annual). Organizer: Purdue Center for Advanced Manufacturing. Theme: "Manufacturing Partnerships." Keynote: Michael F. Molnar, U.S. chief manufacturing officer, on recent federal Advanced Manufacturing Partnership initiative. Program includes other speakers, panel, interactive town hall. Advance registration offered. On-site registration opens at 8 a.m.; program 9 a.m.-4 p.m. PMU, South Ballroom. Cost: $50. URL for description and link to registration: www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2012/120430SchneiderManufacturing.html

Thursday, May 31

-- 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. 25. Centennial Mall (between Wetherill Laboratory and Stanley Coulter Hall). URL on this and other local farmers markets: www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/general/2012/120427_FarmersMarket.html

Saturday, June 2

-- John Purdue Club Day. Registration at 10 a.m.; lunch at 11; program at noon with hosted Q&A's with Morgan Burke and coaches; golf at 1:30 p.m.; awards after golf. Cost: day including golf and gift, $100; lunch only, $20. URL: www.purduesports.com/sports/jpc/spec-rel/050912aab.html

-- "Boilermaker Huddle in Heels Football Clinic." By prior registration. Sign-in at 10:30 a.m. and program 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) Mollekopf Athletic Center. Cost: $35 through May 25; after that, $40; includes lunch, T-shirt, booklet, picture. Information: Kristy Brewer at 49-43220 or kbrewer@purdue.edu. URL: http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050712aad.html

Sunday, June 3

-- Boron Americas Conference (13th biennial). Day 1 of 4. In conjunction with Herbert C. Brown Birth Centennial and Brown Lectures, both to follow the conference. Conference sign-in opens at 5 p.m. Conference registration required: general, $350; students, $175. URL: http://dhwebdev.com/purdueconf/brown

Week 2: June 4-10

Monday, June 4

-- Boron Americas Conference (13th biennial). Day 2 of 4. In conjunction with Herbert C. Brown Birth Centennial and Brown Lectures, both to follow the conference. Conference registration required: general, $350; students, $175. URL: http://dhwebdev.com/purdueconf/brown

-- Blackboard Learn workshops for faculty and staff who support instruction. ITaP Academic Technologies. Moving Content from Vista to Learn at 1:30-2:30 p.m. Respondus: Quiz Tool at 2:45-3:45 p.m. Registration: www.itap.purdue.edu/training/courselisting.cfm?ID=78. Scroll down listing for complete schedule. Questions: tlt-consulting@purdue.edu

Tuesday, June 5

-- Blackboard Learn workshops for faculty and staff who support instruction. ITaP Academic Technologies. Blackboard Learn Essentials at 9:30-10:30 a.m. Blackboard Learn Grade Center at 10:45-11:45 a.m. Registration: www.itap.purdue.edu/training/courselisting.cfm?ID=78. Scroll down listing for complete schedule. Questions: tlt-consulting@purdue.edu

Wednesday, June 6

-- Blackboard Learn workshops for faculty and staff who support instruction. ITaP Academic Technologies. Assessments and Assignments at 1:30-2:30 p.m. Collaborative Tools at 2:45-3:45 p.m. Registration: www.itap.purdue.edu/training/courselisting.cfm?ID=78. Scroll down listing for complete schedule. Questions: tlt-consulting@purdue.edu

Thursday, June 7

-- Herbert C. Brown Birth Centennial events. Day 1 of 2. Registration required. Sign-in and breakfast 7-8 a.m.; program at 8:30 a.m. Featured speaker: Ei-ichi Negishi, Nobel laureate. URL: http://dhwebdev.com/purdueconf/brown (see also lectures under June 9)

-- Blackboard Learn workshops for faculty and staff who support instruction. ITaP Academic Technologies. Blackboard Learn Essentials at 10:30-11:30 a.m. Registration: www.itap.purdue.edu/training/courselisting.cfm?ID=78. Scroll down listing for complete schedule. Questions: tlt-consulting@purdue.edu

Saturday, June 9

-- Herbert C. Brown Lectures. Registration required. Sign-in and breakfast 7-8 a.m.; program at 8:30 a.m. Featured speakers include Akira Suzuki, Nobel laureate. URL: http://dhwebdev.com/purdueconf/brown

Week 3: June 11-17

Thursday, June 14

Week 4: June 18-24

Monday, June 18

-- First day of STAR: Summer Transition, Advising, and Registration. Weekdays through July 13. Families arrive 7-8 a.m. Entering students visit campus for advising, course registration, other matters. Organizer: Student Access, Transition and Success Programs.

Thursday, June 21

-- Ryan Kerrigan 12th Boiler Golf Outing. Benefit for scholarships. Organizers: Purdue Trademark Licensing; National Football Foundation Joe Tiller Chapter. Shotgun start at 10:30 a.m. on Ackerman Hills course. Reception at 5 p.m., dinner at 6:45 p.m. at PMU. Cost: $165 for all; $150 for golf with cart and box lunch; $55 for dinner for nonplayer. URL for event and scholarship proceeds information, and link to registration: www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050812aab.html (registration deadline June 14).

-- Honors Dinner of National Football Foundation Joe Tiller Chapter of Northwest Indiana. Scholarship benefit. General reception and silent auction at 5-6:30 p.m.; dinner and program at 6:45 p.m. PMU, Ballrooms. Cost: general, $55; NFF members, $45; students, $35; tables for eight available. URL: www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051612aab.html ----- Note: Also autograph session with Purdue players at 5-6:30 p.m. at PMU; no ticket required.

Friday, June 22

-- Grant Street Parking Garage cleaning begins. 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. nightly through June 7. No vehicles in affected area during cleaning hours; parking allowed for Union Club Hotel guests. URL for overall garage cleaning schedule: https://www.purdue.edu/pfcommunications/pfconnection/news_events/parking_garage_cleaning.html

ONGOING EVENTS

-- For workshops and other forms of learning and assistance from Human Resources' WorkLife Programs, go to www.purdue.edu/worklife and log in via career account. Topics range from nutrition and health to personal finance to tobacco cessation.

-- For graduate student professional development workshops, go to https://ias.itap.purdue.edu/rgs/wgb_workshop.disp_online_workshop and review schedule. For questions about workshops: profdev@purdue.edu

-- Purdue Channel on Comcast Video on Demand. This service available anytime at no extra cost to Comcast Digital Cable customers in Indiana and Illinois; go to Comcast's On Demand library, select "Hoosier TV" then "Purdue."

All week

-- Exhibition: "Great Outdoors." March 5-May 25. Purdue University Galleries. Views of the natural world from various eras and places in varied media. Works from the Purdue Galleries Permanent Collection. Robert L. Ringel Gallery. For May 7-25, hours will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and by appointment. URL: www.purdue.edu/galleries

Monday-Friday

-- Exhibition: "That Words are Dreams: An Exhibit Honoring Felix Stefanile." April 9-May 25. Archives and Special Collections in Purdue Libraries. Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, fourth floor, HSSE Library, STEW. Hours: 1-4:30 p.m. (summer hours). URL: www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/?page=exhibits

-- Exhibition: "Herbert C. Brown: A Nobel Laureate's Life and Legacy." June 4-Aug. 24. Archives and Special Collections in Purdue Libraries. Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, fourth floor, HSSE Library, STEW. Hours: 1-4:30 p.m.(summer hours). URL: www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/?page=exhibits

-- Exhibitions in the Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. Closed for the summer.

-- John Purdue Room lunches and dinners, offered by the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management for most of each semester in Marriott Hall, have closed for spring semester. They will open again in the early part of fall semester. The Boiler Bistro, also in Marriott Hall, is remaining open. Its hours of 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-Friday may be adjusted slightly; check www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants/restaurants.html for hours and more about dining options from HTM.
----- HTM also operates Lavazza coffee shop, currently open 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday in the Marriott Hall main lobby; Lavazza has sweet treats including gelato, specialized drinks and Espressions coffee.

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, 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.
* Stewart Center/Loeb Playhouse box office (west lobby): 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday (summer hours through Aug. 17).
* Pao Hall box office (first floor southeast): Closed for the summer.

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

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